Guidelines for Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities (2006) / Chapter Skim
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For bicycling, this includes relatively wide curb lanes, onstreet bike lanes or off-street bike paths, and even parking and showers at the workplace. But bicycle facilities cost money, their merits are often called into question, and many consider spending on them a luxury.
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. These improvements are noteworthy and will surely benefit transportation research.
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congestion, (b) road and parking facility expenses, (c)
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The respondent is asked to trade off a higher travel time as a cost incurred to choosing a better facility while allowing the respondent the option of selecting a less attractive facility at a lower travel time. The trade-off of travel time to amenities of a particular facility determines the value attached to different attributes such as bike lanes, off-road trails, or side street parking.
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Estimating the effect of physical inactivity on direct medical costs is a strategy more often employed, though considerably less straightforward. Part of the reason for ambiguity in this research is that the amount of physical activity required to realize certain health benefits is relatively unknown (i.e., what is the elasticity?
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It also supplies companion resources and information needed to re-allocate resources and plan for healthier workplaces and communities that are more supportive of physical activity. Safety Increased cyclist safety is an often assumed, poorly understood, and highly controversial benefit of bicycle facilities.
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. The prevailing argument is that enhanced facilities -- bike lanes, bikeways, and special intersection modifications -- improve cyclist safety (83)
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contains nearly 200 applications that have examined home purchases to estimate values of several home attributes including structural features (e.g., lot size, a home's finished square feet, and number of bedrooms) , internal and external features (e.g., fireplaces, air conditioning, garage spaces, and
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In many metropolitan areas, bike trails and open space share a spatial location and at minimum exhibit similar recreational qualities. Any research failing to account and control for such correlation would be misguided in its attempt to estimate the independent value of bicycle trails.
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Third, such analysis and frameworks need to be better incorporated into policy discussions. In its current state, this research lacks appeal because many studies are conducted at a relatively abstract scale rather than at a project scale.
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