Experiencing Urban Cycling

Abstract

Stimulating cycling can have a lot of benefits from health to sustainability and preventing traffic issues. A lot of cycling stimulation happens with the promotion of cycling benefits as well as adapting infrastructure and making car use less beneficial. These adaptions are mostly functional more than stimulating the cycling experience. This research uses experimental video research, showing moving images of 6 different routes to respondents which fill in a survey after watching each route. The research proves that the cycling experience is under the influence of physical environmental aspects. This concerns aspects grouped as the built environment, the green environment as well as the visual heterogeneity. The experienced travel time of a route influences the cycling experience, however the elements in this research only partially ex issues. A lot of cycling stimulation happens with the promotion of cycling benefits as well as adapting infrastructure and making car use less beneficial. These adaptions are mostly functional more than stimulating the cycling experience. This research uses experimental video research, showing moving images of 6 different routes to respondents which fill in a survey after watching each route. The research proves that the cycling experience is under the influence of physical environmental aspects. This concerns aspects grouped as the built environment, the green environment as well as the visual heterogeneity. The experienced travel time of a route influences the cycling experience, however the elements in this research only partially explain the experienced travel time. The impact of the experienced time on the appreciation of the route is more significantly visible than the impact of the route appreciation on the perceived time. These aspects influence the cycling experience and with this possibly route choice and cycling behaviour.plain the experienced travel time. The impact of the experienced time on the appreciation of the route is more significantly visible than the impact of the route appreciation on the perceived time. These aspects influence the cycling experience and with this possibly route choice and cycling behaviour.