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Bikeability Audit in Urban Road Environment: Case Study in the City of Volos, Greece

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  • Athanasios Galanis

    (University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece)

  • Anestis Papanikolaou

    (Hellenic Institute of Transport, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Nikolaos Eliou

    (University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece)

Abstract

Promotion of cycling can improve the sustainability level of a city or an urban area. This study presents a methodology that audits the bikeability level of the urban road environment across three selected routes in the city of Volos, Greece. This methodology is a useful toolkit in order to evaluate and improve the bikeability level of the urban road environment and also evaluate existing bikeways. Four suitably trained auditors rode their bikes and evaluated the bikeability level using an audit tool in order to audit specific features that influence bicycling suitability across the road segments and intersections of the selected routes. Furthermore, the auditors graded specific features of the road environment in order to set a bikeability score for each tested route. Finally, this study concludes that the bikeability level of the selected routes was moderate and certain actions are necessary in order to be improved.

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  • Athanasios Galanis & Anestis Papanikolaou & Nikolaos Eliou, 2014. "Bikeability Audit in Urban Road Environment: Case Study in the City of Volos, Greece," International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems (IJORIS), IGI Global, vol. 5(2), pages 21-39, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:joris0:v:5:y:2014:i:2:p:21-39
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