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000208030 245__ $$aASSESSMENT OF BICYCLE PATHS FROM USERS PERSPECTIVE
000208030 260__ $$c2006-03
000208030 269__ $$a2006-03
000208030 270__ $$mliliana@cs.uri.edu$$pGonzalez,   Liliana
000208030 270__ $$mrch@cs.uri.edu$$pHanumara,   Choudary
000208030 270__ $$mcoverdeep@stmartin.edu$$pOverdeep,   Carol
000208030 270__ $$mschurch@dot.state.ri.us$$pChurch,   Steven
000208030 300__ $$a15
000208030 336__ $$aConference Paper/ Presentation
000208030 520__ $$aThe Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has been on the forefront in
recognizing the potential for bicycle travel to provide mobility, reduce congestion, improve
environmental quality, and promote healthy lifestyles. An important component of RIDOT’s
mission has been to create a balanced transportation system that embraces a multi-modal
approach to transportation decision-making and bicycling has remained central to the
department’s inter-modal planning efforts. RIDOT has aggressively pursued a strategy of
acquiring abandoned rail lines to convert into scenic commuter and recreational trails. RIDOT’s
efforts have produced a very popular resource for touring, recreational, exercise, and commuting
activities.
As part of RIDOT’s continuing efforts to promote bicycle use as another form of
transportation, planners in RIDOT’s Intermodal Planning Division identified the need to compile
a comprehensive survey of bike path activity that would provide a gauge of demand and general
attitudes. The construction of several new bikeways as part of RIDOT’s statewide bicycle plan
have intensified the need for new and current data on path use, types of users, maintenance
issues, and the positive economic potential of the state’s bikeways to local businesses.
The survey results show that visitors to the bike paths came from all age groups and from
all over the state. The paths are clearly facilities with wide appeal. In fact, 99.12% of
respondents, answered “yes” when asked if bike path construction constituted good use of tax
dollars. The results of the survey reveal enthusiastic support for the bikeways as a facility to
promote a healthy lifestyle; unfortunately, use of the bike paths as an alternative facility for
commuting remains near its low 1996 level. The lack of restroom facilities and drinking water
were the two common complaints from visitors from all of the paths; there are safety concerns
about intersections with motor vehicles.
Overall, the survey has provided the Intermodal Planning Division a valuable source of
information for improving, maintaining, and providing high quality facilities. The results of this
survey presented in this paper in descriptive form are useful to planners responsible for
developing, expanding and maintaining bike paths in other parts of the country.
000208030 650__ $$aResearch and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
000208030 650__ $$aResearch Methods/Statistical Methods
000208030 650__ $$aTeaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
000208030 700__ $$aGonzalez, Liliana
000208030 700__ $$aHanumara, Choudary
000208030 700__ $$aOverdeep, Carol
000208030 700__ $$aChurch, Steven
000208030 773__ $$d2006
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