TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dumpala, Sowmya
AU  - Roy, Anil Kumar (Guide)
TI  - Assessment of the perceptions and behaviors of public towards bicycling in Gandhinagar city (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-2193 
PY  - 2017///
N1  - CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION  10 1.1: Problem statement and research Objective  12 2. LITRATURE STUDY  15 2.1) History of Bicycles  15 2.1.1) History of Bike sharing:  15 2.2) Bike--‐Sharing’s Impacts  16 2.3) Models of provision  17 2.3.1) Government model  17 2.3.2) Transport agency model  17 2.3.3) University Model  17 2.3.4) The Non--‐profit Model  18 2.3.5) Advertising company model  18 2.3.6) For profit model  18 2.4) Bike Share Success Factors  19 2.5 Behavior study of the commuters  22 2.6 Why is it necessary to study the Attitude toward cycling for transport  24 2.7) Factors influencing Cycling Behavior  25 2.8) Present condition of cycling in India  28 3. STATE OF CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE IN INDIAN CITIES  30 4. PROCESS OF CHOOSING GANDHINAGAR AS A SITE FOR STUDY  33 4.1 About Gandhinagar  33 4.1.1) Network Characteristics  36 4.1.2) Travel Characteristics of Gandhinagar:  36 4.2) Present Bicycling G--‐Bike Scheme In Gandhinagar  37 5. ANALYSIS STRUCTURE:  38 5.1) Method Of Analysis And Survey Conducted  39 5.2) Demographic distribution of sample study: 39 5.2.1) Overview Of the Population Distribution  40 5.2.2) Disparity Among Male And Female Participants  40 6. MODE OF TRANSPORTATION:  42 6.1) Age Effecting The choice of Mode Of transportation  42 6.1.1) Mode Choice By Young Population  42 6.1.2) Mode Choice By Middle Aged Population  45 6.1.3) Mode Choice By Old Aged Population  46 6.1.4) Mode Of transportation used by Present Bike Share users  46 6.2) Income Effecting The choice of Mode Of transportation: 46 6.2.1) Unemployed Participants  47 6.2.2) Lower Income participants:  47 6.2.2) Medium Income Participants  48 6.2.3) High Income Participants  49 7. PRESENT PERCEPTION OVER THE USE OF BICYCLE IN THE CITY  51 7.1) Purpose of riding the bike  52 7.1.1) Age Wise comparison of the users/Non--‐users of Assessment of the Perceptions and Behavior of Public towards Bicycling in Gandhinagar City Bike--‐share Uses:  53 7.1.2) Income Wise comparison of the users/Non--‐users of Bike--‐share Uses:  55 7.1.3 Education Wise comparison of the users/Non--‐users of Bike--‐share Uses  58 8. PERCEPTION OF PARTICIPANTS OVER THE ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE AND REASONS OF NOT CYCLING  60 8.1) Advantage Of Bicycles  60 8.2) Disadvantage of bicycling 61 9. HOW MUCH DOES THE CLIMATE AFFECTED THE CYCLE RIDES AMONG PARTICIPANTS?  63 9.1) Satisfaction on using the bike share  63 9.2)How satisfied are you with riding in Gandhinagar’s climate? 63 9.3) Is The tree canopy satisfactory for a comfortable ride  64 10. PERCEPTION ON INFRASTRUCTURE  65 10.1)Do you recommend a separate path on road for bike share? 65 10.2)If I wanted, I would bike for transportation already under current conditions  66 10.3) Expanded Bicycle infrastructure would make me give up my car/2 wheeler for bicycle  66 11. CONCLUSION OF THE ANALYSIS  67 12. SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THE BIKE--‐SHARE AS A UTILITARIAN MODE IN GANDHINAGAR CITY  70 Questioners  67 Bibliography  87
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