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dc.contributor.convenorTransportation Research Board
dc.contributor.authorBurke, Matthew
dc.contributor.editorTransportation Research Board
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:19:56Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:19:56Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-16T05:35:02Z
dc.identifier.refurihttp://amonline.trb.org/
dc.identifier.doi10.3141/2247-14
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/42795
dc.description.abstractCycle Centers have emerged as a new travel demand management (TDM) intervention in US and Australian cities in recent years. These large end-of-trip facilities for cyclists offer bicycle storage, changing rooms, lockers, showers, bicycle repair and other amenities, on a user-pays basis. Their effectiveness as a TDM measure is not known, which this research sought to rectify. Australia's first cycle center opened at King George Square in Brisbane's central business district (CBD) in 2008. Operated by the private sector, and marketed as cycle2city, the center provides storage for 420 bicycles. An evaluation framework was derived directly from the stated aims and objectives of its funders and its manager-operators. The research used a questionnaire of cycle2city members, conducted in April 2009, supplemented by interviews with funding agencies, the center's operators and members. Route maps collected information on trip distances and the routes members chose to ride. The results show who is using the center, the travel modes they have been attracted from, and the transport benefits. Most users are men in white collar jobs. The majority of members commenced commuter cycling on joining cycle2city, switching from transit and the private car. Congestion-reduction benefits were small. Disconcertingly, the facility is not generating enough revenues to meet operating costs some two years after opening. The findings have direct implications for transport policy in cities regarding the role and potential use of cycle centers for TDM purposes.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherTransportation Research Board
dc.publisher.placeWashington, DC. United States
dc.publisher.urihttps://trid.trb.org/view/1148685
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameTransportation Research Board Annual Meeting
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleTRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2011-01-23
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2011-01-27
dc.relation.ispartoflocationWashington, DC. United States
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTransport Planning
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode120506
dc.titleAre Cycle Centers Effective Transport Interventions? Evaluating Brisbane’s King George Square Cycle Center
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyrightSelf-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this publisher. Please refer to the conference link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author9s0 for more information.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBurke, Matthew I.


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