Inequalities in the London bicycle sharing system revisited: impacts of extending the scheme to poorer areas but then doubling prices
Inequalities in the London bicycle sharing system revisited: impacts of extending the scheme to poorer areas but then doubling prices
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.04.004
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发表时间：
2014-12-01
影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
Cheshire, James
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作者：
Goodman, Anna;Cheshire, James
骑自行车可以带来交通、健康和环境方面的好处，而自行车共享系统是一种越来越受欢迎的促进城市骑自行车的方式。自2010年推出伦敦自行车共享系统（LBSS）以来，妇女和贫困地区的居民在初始用户中的代表性不足。本文使用总人口登记和使用数据，研究了用户概况在该计划的前3年中发生的变化。我们发现，女性仍然不到20%的所有“注册使用”LBSS旅行，虽然从其他地方的证据表明，引入“休闲”使用鼓励了更高的整体女性份额的旅行。来自“高度贫困地区”（在全国收入最低的10个地区中）的注册用户的旅行比例从6%上升到12%。这不仅是由于2012年LBSS扩展到了伦敦的一些最贫困地区，而且还由于原LBSS区高度贫困地区居民的出行份额稳步增加。然而，间接证据表明，2013年1月LBSS价格上涨了两倍，不成比例地阻碍了较贫困地区居民的私人旅行。我们得出的结论是，贫困地区的居民可以使用自行车共享系统，如果这些都是建立在他们的本地地区，并可能会随着时间的推移逐步这样做，但只有当该计划仍然负担得起相对于其他模式。(C)2014爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Cycling confers transport, health and environmental benefits, and bicycle sharing systems are an increasingly popular means of promoting urban cycling. Following the launch of the London bicycle sharing system (LBSS) in 2010, women and residents of deprived areas were under-represented among initial users. This paper examines how the profile of users has changed across the scheme's first 3 years, using total-population registration and usage data. We find that women still make fewer than 20% of all 'registered-use' LBSS trips, although evidence from elsewhere suggests that the introduction of 'casual' use has encouraged a higher overall female share of trips. The proportion of trips by registered users from 'highly-deprived areas' (in the top tenth nationally for income deprivation) rose from 6% to 12%. This was due not only to the 2012 LBSS extension to some of London's poorest areas, but also to a steadily increasing share of trips by residents of highly-deprived areas in the original LBSS zone. Indirect evidence suggests, however, that the twofold increase in LBSS prices in January 2013 has disproportionately discouraged casual-use trips among residents of poorer areas. We conclude that residents in deprived areas can and do use bicycle sharing systems if these are built in their local areas, and may do so progressively more over time, but only if the schemes remain affordable relative to other modes. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.