More to cycle than to buy a car in the future in Beijing

Chunli Zhao, a former PhD student at our department just published an article on attitudes towards cycling and buying a car in the future in Beijing, which some colleagues and I were co-authoring. The paper reports on an extensive transport behaviour survey taken in Beijing in 2014. Beijing has experienced an extreme increase in car ownership in recent years, resulting in severe traffic congestion and frequent heavy smog. But it seems that there is hope for a future of cycling in the city. Attitudes towards future cycling are general positive (see table below), even beneath car owners.

The study also shows that cycling space, distances and cycling policy influences attitudes towards future cycling. On the other hand, many respondents are planning to buy a car in the future (if they get the possibility), indicating a further increase in car traffic in the city.

~ by landblend on 20/04/2018.