TRB Webinar: The Relationship between Bicycle Facilities and Increasing Bicycle Trips

How do cyclists use different bicycling facilities? Do certain facilities encourage more bicycle trips? TRB hosted a webinar on Monday, August 31, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that discussed how current and potential cyclists perceive different types of facilities, and will identify how to quantify bicycle trips as a result of implementing bicycle facilities. The presenters discussed a study that took place in the southeastern United States, where bicycling is less prevalent than in other regions.

This webinar draws on research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 941: Bicyclist Facility Preferences and Effects on Increasing Bicycle Trips.

The slides are available. Contact Reggie Gillum for a copy of the recorded webinar. 

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. Introduction to report: Kari Watkins, Georgia Institute of Technology
2. Findings in report: Calvin Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Expressed comfort, safety, and willingness to try cycling
• Perceptions of transportation change
• Changes in metrics and cycling behavior
3. Conclusions: Kari Watkins, Georgia Institute of Technology
4. Question and answer session: Moderated by Kari Watkins, Georgia Institute of Technology

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will able to:

• Identify how bicycle facility preferences vary by demographic characteristics, cyclist experience level, community environments, and attitudes
• Determine how effective different types of bicycle facilities are for attracting new bicycle users and increasing bicycle travel by existing bicycle users

Professional Development Hour Information

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

Pre-registration is required. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to register. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk for assistance in signing in. Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board. TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum.