Exploring travel patterns and trip purposes of dockless bike-sharing by analyzing massive bike-sharing data in Shanghai, China

Bicycle use varies strongly between countries, and even between municipalities within the same country substantial variations may exist. This paper analyses to what extent municipality policies matter in explaining these variations. It appears that most of the inter-municipality variation in bicycle use is related to physical aspects such as altitude differences and city size, and features of the population (share of youngsters). Differences in ethnic composition also appear to matter. Important policy-related variables are: the number of stops cyclists have to make on their routes; hindrances in road use; and safety of cyclists. In addition the relative position of bicycles with respect to cars (speed, parking costs) also appears to matter. These results shed light on various components of the cyclists' generalised costs, such as those related to accidents and physical efforts, that are not usually considered. We also conclude that cultural tradition, possibly related to ethnicity deserves a more explicit role in travel surveys and the analysis of travel behaviour than it usually receives.

Determinants of bicycle use: do municipal policies matter?

The mobility sector was one of the sectors most affected by COVID-19 and its political restrictions, with, inter alia a huge drop in mobility behavior due to travel bans, lockdowns, and a reduced need to be mobile. The present study examined the potential of COVID-19 restrictions aiming at containing the spread of the virus to be a window of opportunity for the transition toward sustainable mobility by breaking up strongly habitualized daily and travel mobility behaviors through changes of behavioral contexts. We conducted an online survey in a sample representative for the German population (N = 3092) to study the consequences of the COVID-19 restrictions on Germans’ daily and travel mode choices and on their wishes for future mobility. Furthermore, we examined the moderating effects of Germans’ personal norms to protect the climate on changes in their mobility behavior toward sustainable mobility, both within and beyond the corona pandemic. In line with previous research, the present study shows an overall reduction of mobility across almost all modes of transport for daily and travel mobility during time periods of COVID-19 restrictions compared to pre-COVID-19-times, with different transport modes being affected differently. Our findings additionally point out the relevance of personal norms to protect the climate for the transition toward sustainable mobility behavior. Altogether, the present study provides first empirical evidence for the corona pandemic to represent a window of opportunity for the transition toward sustainable mobility. Furthermore, the study also points out relevant directions for further research.

COVID-19 – A window of opportunity for the transition toward sustainable mobility?

Shared mobility is an innovative transportation strategy defined as the shared use of a vehicle, bicycle or other mode which enables users to gain short-term access to transportation modes on an as-needed basis Bike-sharing systems have rapidly expanded around the world with important implications for urban areas Considering the benefits regarding cycling and implications deriving from bike-sharing services implementation, this paper presents an in-depth analysis to investigate a variety of determinants, barriers and motivation that can influence the willingness to cycling and join bike-sharing The study focuses on a specific target group represented by university students and their preferences have been collected through a structured questionnaire in applying the Likert Scale A statistical analysis has been realized based on a chi-squared test, deriving the difference between expected and observed frequencies for several combinations of the analyzed attributes First results highlight the differences between the impact of economic, environmental and social factors for students cycling and provide useful suggestion to define the way for a well-thought-out design of a bike-sharing transport service

Exploring the factors affecting bike-sharing demand: evidence from student perceptions, usage patterns and adoption barriers

Estimating bicycle demand in an aggressive environment

In view of the efforts deployed in many countries to reinstate bicycling as a regular practice, the recent rise of Dock-less App-based Shared-Bike (DASB) systems appears as a new vehicle for this expansion. Realizing how crucial their potential is, we provide a thorough assessment of bicycle acceptance in general and DASB in particular. For an analysis to include perceptions related to the built environment, it would require an investigation ground that complies with three major conditions: (i) displays a common urban environment typology; (ii) features a high bicycle modal share; and (iii) presents a high penetration level of DASB. The most restrictive requirement being the common typology, we focused on university campuses to ensure consistency over each area investigated. After selecting five campuses across Shanghai, a pioneer city for DASB featuring one of the highest bicycle modal share worldwide, we surveyed 1131 respondents about their perception and use of the bicycle. A detailed analysis of our statistical model reveals that cycling is appreciated and even encouraged by a substantial, yet reasonable bicycle density. Moreover, DASB systems appear to paradoxically improve the cycling experience while generating new nuisances such as an increase in perceived danger and major parking issues. We believe our results could have a profound impact on how cycling infrastructures are thought about and realised. Indeed, understanding how DASBs affect the built environment could help city planners to overcome the major setbacks arising from DABS’s fast paced expansion while still encouraging the regular practice of cycling.

Bicycle acceptance on campus: Influence of the built environment and shared bikes

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Behaviour in public open spaces: A systematic review of studies with quantitative research methods

The metaverse elicits an extensive range of user curiosity by attractive virtual indoor environments, in which users can solve different tasks and conduct enormous collaborations. However, limited interaction methods are slowing down this development process, and the understanding of how such methods impact user experience is limited. To address this problem, we conducted a lab experiment with 150 valid participants to analyze the effect of user construction behavior on user satisfaction, perceived performance, and recommendation intention. By using the PROCESS 3.3 model, the results show that a higher level of participation facilitates satisfaction, which is a complete mediator that has a significant positive effect on perceived performance. Additionally, recommendation intention is positively affected by both satisfaction and perceived performance. Demographic factors could also generate significant impacts on user experience. We discuss the theoretical explanations, as well as design implications. Taken together, this study represents the first inquiry into the relationship between user construction behavior and user experience, thereby laying the groundwork for future interaction methods.

Effects of User Construction Behavior on User Experience in a Virtual Indoor Environment

BACKGROUND
High school students are at an increased risk of developing generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) due to significant pressure to achieve academic success.


AIM
Although it is known that a school's physical learning environment can influence students' GAD, there is limited research examining this relationship. To fill this knowledge gap, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 230 students from two high schools in China.


METHODS
A survey questionnaire captured students' GAD self-evaluations (dependent variables), perceptions/preferences of their school physical environment (independent variables), and social and personal conditions (confounding variables). Bivariate analysis showed that students' GAD scores were associated with multiple factors related to the learning environment, physical activities, and personal characteristics. The multivariate analysis examined the relationship between GAD scores and physical learning environment variables while controlling for confounding variables.


RESULTS
The results indicated that adequate lighting (B = -0.154, p = .029) and perceived effectiveness of using self-service cafeterias in reducing anxiety (B = -0.138, p = .044) were significantly associated with GAD scores.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings provide evidence for the importance of designing high schools with students' mental health in mind. Specifically, school administrators and designers should consider how to improve the physical learning environment by incorporating natural light, a self-service cafeteria, and spaces for physical activities to promote students' mental well-being.

Influences of High School Physical Learning Environments on Students' Anxiety in China.

With vast influences of Chinese industrial transformation, also largely impacted by the global challenges, such as climate change and pandemic, the home becomes as a place for occupants to perform their work tasks. To that end, this study concentrates on the effects of residential indoor environments, especially the factor of indoor environment quality (IEQ) and indoor greenery (IG), on occupants’ residential satisfaction and performance. By conducting a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) survey with the perspective of user experience (UX), 764 samples were collected, of which 528 are valid for statistical analysis. The method of structural equation modeling (SEM) was adopted to test the hypotheses. The results show that both indoor environment quality and indoor greenery have a positive effect on residential satisfaction and occupant performance, however, the former is more influential. In addition, residential satisfaction is a partial mediator, which demonstrates the mechanism: residential indoor environment mainly affects satisfaction, then occupant performance. The findings of this study provide important evidence from China in the period of the post-pandemic era that combines the unique characteristics of urbanization, gaining more insight for researchers to understand the relationship between the built environment of homes and their occupants, revealing specific design implications for practitioners. 

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Leiqing Xu

Papers

Bicycle acceptance on campus: Influence of the built environment and shared bikes

Behaviour in public open spaces: A systematic review of studies with quantitative research methods

Effects of User Construction Behavior on User Experience in a Virtual Indoor Environment

Influences of High School Physical Learning Environments on Students' Anxiety in China.

Effects of residential indoor environments on occupant satisfaction and performance