Abstract
This paper analyzes the recent trend in bicycle-transit integration in the U.S. It reviews data from the National Household Travel Surveys (NHTS) to show the characteristics of bicycle-transit integrated trips, where the integrators were from, and to which population groups the integrators belonged. Bicycle-transit integration was increasingly observed in commuters and younger travelers, and became more imbalanced by gender. Results indicate the rise in socio-economic diversity of bicycle-transit integrators, despite a racial gap. There was a clear concentration of bicycle-transit integrators in large and high-density urban areas, where most transit users lived. Evidence does not support that rail attracts more bike access/egress trips than bus. More transit users used bicycles to access/egress in the Pacific, East North Central, and Mountain regions. Given the non-trivial role of bicycles compared to transit in the U.S., the focus on bicycle use and the marriage between bicycle and transit should be further emphasized.
DOI
http://doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.16.3.6
Recommended Citation
Wang, Rui & Liu, Chen.
2013.
Bicycle-Transit Integration in the United States, 2001–2009.
Journal of Public Transportation, 16 (3): 95-119.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.16.3.6
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jpt/vol16/iss3/6
