Urban experiences of cyclists in Copenhagen and Quito
Session
Planning
Abstract
This presentation will be on our collection and analysing place-based, urban experiences of cyclists in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Quito, Ecuador. The presentation introduces an approach to the collection, mapping, and analysis of cyclists’ experiences. By spatially relating located experiences to the availability of bicycle facilities and other aspects of the urban environment, their influence on cyclists’ experiences can be analysed.
By relating the characteristics of the experience points and the routes to the traversed urban area in general, the significance of the preconditions for obtaining positive or negative experiences could be evaluated. Thereby urban spaces can be mapped according to the potential promotion of positive or negative experiences.
We will discuss actual results and compare cycling experiences in Copenhagen to those in Quito.
Målgruppe
The target group is professionals within mapping, urban planning, or transport planning including human behaviour.
Yderligere uddybning af abstract
The presentation introduces an approach to the collection, mapping, and analysis of cyclists’ experiences. By spatially relating located experiences to the availability of bicycle facilities and other aspects of the urban environment, their influence on cyclists’ experiences can be analysed. In a study in Copenhagen, Denmark (Snizek, Nielsen, & Skov-Petersen, 2013) and one in Quito, Ecuador (Gamble, Snizek, & Nielsen, 2017) surveys were implemented as and questionnaires built on Google Maps and hand-drawn traffic diaries. Subjects were asked to designate three positive and three negative experience points to be mapped and classified.
By relating the characteristics of the experience points and the routes to the traversed urban area in general, the significance of the preconditions for obtaining positive or negative experiences could be evaluated. Thereby urban spaces can be mapped according to the potential promotion of positive or negative experiences. Further, the method might be applied to assess the effect of proposed changes to the urban design in terms of cyclists’ experiences (Snizek & Nielsen, 2013)
The presentation concludes with discussing actual results and compares cycling experiences in Copenhagen to those in Quito.
Keywords: mapping; experiences; cycling; urban planning; transport planning; traffic engineering; anthropology.
Read more:
Gamble, J., Snizek, B., & Nielsen, T. A. S. (2017). From people to cycling indicators: Documenting and understanding the urban context of cyclists\' experiences in Quito, Ecuador. Journal of Transport Geography, 60, 167–177. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.03.004.
Snizek, B., & Nielsen, T. A. S. (2013). Kan man planlægge for cyklisters oplevelser på ruten? Trafik & Veje, Oktober.
Snizek, B., Nielsen, T. A. S., & Skov-Petersen, H. (2013). Mapping bicyclists’ experiences in Copenhagen. Journal of Transport Geography, (30), 227–233. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.02.001.
