Analyzing the transition from a public bicycle system to bicycle ownership: A complex relationship
Analyzing the transition from a public bicycle system to bicycle ownership: A complex relationship
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DOI：
10.1016/j.trd.2015.04.004
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发表时间：
2015-07
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
José I. Castillo-Manzano;Mercedes Castro-Nuño;Lourdes López-Valpuesta
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作者：
José I. Castillo-Manzano;Mercedes Castro-Nuño;Lourdes López-Valpuesta
尽管公共自行车共享系统(PBSS)在世界各地取得了成功，但一些研究人员提供了证据，证明了它们在中长期内的局限性和约束性，自行车拥有者可以被视为促进“自行车文化”的补充工具。本文旨在弥补两个系统(公共自行车/私人自行车)之间的相互作用以及哪些方面是解释购买自行车决策的关键方面的差距。在基于西班牙塞维利亚(西班牙)进行的实地调查之后，我们应用了离散选择模型。塞维利亚是目前全世界公认的推广自行车运动的成功政策之一。我们的发现表明，支持从PBSS转向私人自行车的社会人口因素包括：具有更高的教育水平，在意识形态上更进步，以及是城市本身的居民；而年龄和性别似乎并不是决定性的。对有经验的用户来说，自行车是他/她健康生活方式的一部分，他们表示更愿意购买自行车。从公共自行车系统跳到私人自行车的主要障碍，以及任何支持私人自行车使用的行动计划都应考虑到的主要障碍是：起点/目的地缺乏适当的停车，以及对盗窃的恐惧。
Despite the success achieved by Public Bicycle Sharing Systems (PBSS) across the world, several researchers provide evidence on their limitations and constraints in a medium-long term, and bicycle ownership may be considered as a complementary tool to promote a ’bicycle-culture’. This paper aims to cover the gap about the interaction between both systems (public bicycle/private bicycle) and which are the key aspects to explain the bicycle-buying decision. After a fieldwork based on surveys conducted in Seville (Spain), one of the cities currently acknowledged worldwide for its successful policy of promoting cycling, we apply a Discrete Choice Model. Our findings show that among the socio-demographic factors that favor the move from the PBSS to the private bicycle are: having a higher level of education, being more progressive ideologically-speaking, and being a resident of the city itself; while age and gender do not appear to be conclusive. Experienced users, for whom the bicycle is a part of his/her healthy lifestyle, state a greater willingness to buy a bicycle. And the main obstacles to make the jump from the PBSS to the private bicycle, and that any action plan to support private bicycle usage should take into account, are: the lack of proper parking at the origin/destination, and fear of theft.