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During the inception of CAN of a coherent list of research themes was established that aims at building, extending and strengthening the body of knowledge that is crucial for achieving the ambition of the Bicycle Partnership Program (BPP). This thematic focus is derived from the ambition and objectives of BPP: the ambition towards cycling-inclusive city and transport planning, the focus on cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and the aim to contribute to development goals regarding poverty alleviation, emission reduction strategies and sustainable spatial planning and design.
CAN Young Researchers on tour in Utrecht, The Netherlands The following 8 research themes have been identified. These are: - Identification of cycling demand needs, behaviour and potential
- Impact assessment of travel demand management related to cycling
- Contribution of cycling to poverty alleviation and social inclusion
- The interaction between urban form, transport networks and cycling
- Establishing a pro cycling argumentation related to environmental and safety factors
- Cycling inclusive methods and processes
- Design of cycling facilities (NMT/PT interface, intersections)
- Vision of the city
Obviously, these research themes are strongly interrelated. However, each of the themes constitutes a relevant, substantial and clearly distinguishable aspect of cycling inclusive planning. The scientific knowledge base for each of these aspects is rather limited and predominantly focused on transport systems and travel behaviour in highly developed countries. Adequate knowledge on related social, physical and environmental aspects is often missing. The current cohort of PhD students is working on the following research areas (please refer to detailed descriptions under research projects) Developing an Integrated Framework for Establishing Cycling Demand Potential in African Cities: Using Behavioural Models and Empirical Analysis. This research relates predominantly to theme 1, but partially also with theme 3. Modelling the Relationship between Built Environment and Neighbourhood Travel Behaviour using Indicators from Remote Sensing. This research relates predominantly to theme 4. Bicycle and public transport integration – the potential of cycling in multimodal trips. This research relates predominantly to theme 7, but also has elements of 1, 4 and 6. The development of a bicycle demand estimation model incorporating landuse sensitive parameters. This research relates predominantly to themes 1 and 4. Bicycle level of service on urban roadways of Brazilian medium-sized cities. This research relates predominantly to themes 6 and 7.
Multi-variable usage and needs assessment methodology as an alternative design tool to functional road classification systems. This research relates predominantly to themes 6 and 7. Meanwhile, in addition to the previously mentioned themes, a new theme has been added, concerning cycling and climate change. Within this theme research is ongoing into monetary valuation of CO2 reduction through cycle use. More in particular the research looking into the development of a shadow price method to attach a CO2 value to a cylincg kilometre related to other modes, The resulting saving in CO2 is accounted. Within the research on the integration of cycling and PT, a detailed research line has started on the development of integrated cycling PT Geographic Informaion based analytical models to support cycling inclusive planning. Research in this theme is going on in the cities of Pune, Dar es Salaam and Rio de Janeiro. In March 2010 an evaluation of the ongoing research is planned and the development of future research themes is foreseen. |
