Accessibility to the winter cycling network in Montréal: A transport equity diagnosis
Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of a well-maintained and safe bicycle network to increase winter cycling. However, inequities in the access to cycling infrastructure in winter have not been documented yet. Based on the concept of equity in transport, this research aims to fill the ga...
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| description | Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of a well-maintained and safe bicycle network to increase winter cycling. However, inequities in the access to cycling infrastructure in winter have not been documented yet. Based on the concept of equity in transport, this research aims to fill the gap and assess whether inequities are exacerbated during winter in the city of Montréal, Canada. The distance to the nearest cycling network section and kilometres of cycling network with 2.5 km and 5 km were computed in GIS. Two types of statistical analysis were then conducted to assess potential inequities for four population groups: weighted t-tests and seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) models. Our results demonstrate that the winter cycling network is more concentrated in central neighbourhoods and that accessibility issues are increasing in winter. Visible minorities face the most lack of accessibility, compared to the rest of the population. People under the age of 15 and over the age of 65 years old are also in unequal situations, while the low-income population has better access to winter cycling infrastructure than other groups. Our results innovate by incorporating measures of accessibility to the winter cycling network into the assessment of transport inequities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-23b1e90f35e944b49d2b6eb61ac7d6e62024-11-29T06:26:48ZengElsevierJournal of Cycling and Micromobility Research2950-10592024-12-012100041Accessibility to the winter cycling network in Montréal: A transport equity diagnosisDavid Carpentier-Laberge0Philippe Apparicio1Gurwet Meret2Marie-Soleil Cloutier3Centre Urbanisation Culture Société, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, 385, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, Québec H2X 1E3, CanadaDepartment of Applied Geomatics, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500, boulevard de l′Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada; Corresponding author.Department of Applied Geomatics, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500, boulevard de l′Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, CanadaCentre Urbanisation Culture Société, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, 385, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, Québec H2X 1E3, CanadaRecent studies have demonstrated the importance of a well-maintained and safe bicycle network to increase winter cycling. However, inequities in the access to cycling infrastructure in winter have not been documented yet. Based on the concept of equity in transport, this research aims to fill the gap and assess whether inequities are exacerbated during winter in the city of Montréal, Canada. The distance to the nearest cycling network section and kilometres of cycling network with 2.5 km and 5 km were computed in GIS. Two types of statistical analysis were then conducted to assess potential inequities for four population groups: weighted t-tests and seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) models. Our results demonstrate that the winter cycling network is more concentrated in central neighbourhoods and that accessibility issues are increasing in winter. Visible minorities face the most lack of accessibility, compared to the rest of the population. People under the age of 15 and over the age of 65 years old are also in unequal situations, while the low-income population has better access to winter cycling infrastructure than other groups. Our results innovate by incorporating measures of accessibility to the winter cycling network into the assessment of transport inequities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950105924000329Winter cyclingEquity in transportAccessibilityMontréal |
| spellingShingle | David Carpentier-Laberge Philippe Apparicio Gurwet Meret Marie-Soleil Cloutier Accessibility to the winter cycling network in Montréal: A transport equity diagnosis Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research Winter cycling Equity in transport Accessibility Montréal |
| title | Accessibility to the winter cycling network in Montréal: A transport equity diagnosis |
| title_full | Accessibility to the winter cycling network in Montréal: A transport equity diagnosis |
| title_fullStr | Accessibility to the winter cycling network in Montréal: A transport equity diagnosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accessibility to the winter cycling network in Montréal: A transport equity diagnosis |
| title_short | Accessibility to the winter cycling network in Montréal: A transport equity diagnosis |
| title_sort | accessibility to the winter cycling network in montreal a transport equity diagnosis |
| topic | Winter cycling Equity in transport Accessibility Montréal |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950105924000329 |
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