title: The factors influencing car use in a cycle-friendly city: the case of Cambridge.
abstract: Encouraging people out of their cars and into other modes of transport, which has major advantages for health, the environment and urban development, has proved difficult. Greater understanding of the influences that lead people to use the car, particularly for shorter journeys, may help to achieve this. This paper examines the predictors of car use compared with the bicycle to explore how it may be possible to persuade more people to use the bicycle instead of the car. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the socio-demographic, transport and health-related correlates of mode choice for work, shopping and leisure trips in Cambridge, a city with high levels of cycling by UK standards. The key findings are that commuting distance and free workplace parking were strongly associated with use of the car for work trips, and car availability and lower levels of education were associated with car use for leisure, shopping and short-distanced commuting trips. The case of Cambridge shows that more policies could be adopted, particularly a reduction in free car parking, to increase cycling and reduce the use of the car, especially over short distances.
authors: Centre for Transport Studies, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Carse
authors: Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Goodman
authors: Centre for Transport Studies, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors: Roger L
authors: RL
authors: Mackett
authors: Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit and UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Box 296, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, UK.
authors: Jenna
authors: J
authors: Panter
authors: Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit and UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Box 296, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, UK.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Ogilvie
keywords: Cars; Cycling; Multivariable regression; Travel behaviour