The intent of this thesis is to increase local government and bicycle advocacy awareness of the importance of end of trip facilities in a transportation network, primarily bicycle parking. The research was motivated by a debate about the worthiness of bicycle parking as an advocacy objective. The thesis begins by reviewing existing end of trip facility research and projects at a national scope. Two surveys were conducted, the first identifies how advocates prioritize bicycle parking as an advocacy objective and the second determines how cyclists in New Orleans perceive bicycle parking. At the most narrow geographic scope an observation of bicycle parking patterns is completed on Magazine Street in New Orleans. The thesis finds that bicyclists desire bicycle parking and that bicycle parking facilities can mitigate chaotic bicycle parking patterns that may interfere with pedestrians. Recommendations are offered for bicycle advocates, local governments, and the City of New Orleans.

This diplom thesis deals with the analysis of existing state and prorosal to improve bicycle parking in the part of town Bohumín. Thesis also deals with evalution of critical section of cycling traffic in the Bohumín. It propose the optimalization of the existing state, or a complete change of it. The aim of the proposal is to improve the traffic situation in place e.g. to increase safety and driving comfort.

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Transportsektorns utsläpp av växthusgaser står för ungefär en tredjedel av de totala utsläppen i Sverige. Till 2030 ska dessa minska med 70% jämfört med 2010 års nivåer. Utöver växthusgaser ger biltransporter upphov till trängsel och utsläpp av partiklar och gaser som påverkar hälsa och miljö negativt, särskilt i tät i stadsmiljö. På global, såväl som nationell nivå finns mål som strävar efter att förbättra miljön och inte sällan lyfts kollektivtrafik, gång och cykel fram som hållbara transportslag för stadsmiljö.  Studien Södertälje, cykel, city har sitt ursprung i Södertälje kommuns ambition att bli en bättre stad för cyklister. Idag konstateras att andelen resor som sker med cykel är låg trots stadens goda förutsättningar för cyklism. Ett mål i den kommunala cykelplanen är att understödja fler cykelresor med hjälp av förbättrad cykelinfrastruktur. Cykelinfrastrukturen innefattar flera delar och den här studien fokuserar på cykelparkering då brist på säker cykelparkering är en vanlig orsak till att södertäljebor avstår från att cykla. Med kartläggning av nuvarande cykelparkeringssituationen syftar denna studie till att producera kunskap till hjälp i planeringen av stadens framtida cykelparkering.  Med hjälp av litteratur på området, insamlad empirisk data och GIS-teknik visualiseras och analyseras hur stadskärnans cyklister parkerar och utformningen av stadskärnans cykelparkeringar. Av studiens resultat framgår att ungefär hälften av cyklarna inom undersökningsområdet parkeras utanför anordnad parkering och att det generellt sett inte råder någon kapacitetsbrist på cykelparkeringarna. Av de cyklar som parkerats utanför ställ återfinns 65% längre bort än 25 meter ifrån anordnade parkering. En av studiens slutsatser är att närhet till cykelparkering inom undersökningsområdet är bristfällig och att andra typer av cykelinfrastruktur är mer adekvat för att nå uppsatta mål om fler resor på cykel. / The transport sector's emissions of greenhouse gases account for about a third of the total emissions in Sweden, by the year 2030 these shall decrease by 70% compared to 2010 levels. In addition to greenhouse gases, car transport contributes to congestion and emissions of particles and gases that negatively affect health and the environment, especially in dense urban environments. At global, national and local levels there are goals in order to improve the environment which often highlight public transport, walking and cycling as sustainable modes of transport in the urban environment. The study Södertälje, cycle, city has its origins in the municipality of Södertälje’s ambition to become a better city for cyclists. Today, the municipality considers the proportion of trips made by bicycle is low even though the city has good conditions to incubate cycling. A designated tool in the municipal cycle plan is to support more cycle journeys with the use of an improved bicycling infrastructure. Organised bicycle parking is part of the bicycle infrastructure that can provide users a number of benefits. At the same time there is an inherent advantage of the bicycle which is its flexibility in terms of parking. Due to that, this study maps and analyses the bicycle parking situation in a central Södertälje. This in order to create greater knowledge and understanding of cyclists' needs but also to support the planning of the city's future bicycle parking. With the help of literature in the field, collected empirical data and GIS technology, how the city centre cyclists park and the design of the city centre bicycle parking is visualized and analysed. The results of the study show that approximately half of the bicycles in the study area are parked outside organized parking and that there is no generall lack of capacity in the organised bicycle parking. Of the bicycles parked outside racks, 90% are found far further than 25 meters from an organized car park. One of the study's conclusions is that proximity to bicycle parking within the study area is deficient and that other types of bicycle infrastructure are more adequate to achieve set goals for more trips by bicycle.

When striving to develop towards sustainability, reducing private car use is a crucial factor. The most convenient alternative is to replace the private car with public transport. Fast public transport types, such as trains, have large catchment areas, thus walking to the station can be time consuming and increases door-to-door travel time compared with the private car. An alternative to this is bike-and-ride, i.e. cycling to the transit station and continuing with public transport. This study aims to find ways to increase public transport use, focusing on cycling between the home and the transit station. This is done through a literature study and a case study in Knivsta, a suburban area of Stockholm connected to the city center through commuter trains. Improvements in the current bike-and-ride infrastructure in Knivsta are suggested, using the principles of Transit Oriented Development and Theory of Planned Behavior as guidelines. The most important aspects of high bike-and-ride proportions is the provision of separate bicycle paths and plentiful high-quality bicycle parking at transit stations. The current situation in Knivsta is inadequate with few separate bicycle paths and the bicycle parking does not fulfil recommendations. Suggestions for improvements are proposed, with developing a regional bicycle highway network in addition to other bicycle paths throughout the town of Knivsta, in addition to increased and improved bicycle parking at Knivsta train station to fulfil the requirements of the future as Knivsta is expected to double in population towards 2030. The changes proposed to the bicycle infrastructure in Knivsta have potential to increase public transport use, decreasing private car and park-and-ride use. Due to the bicycle network being convenient and accessible for virtually everyone, the municipality will develop towards environmental, economic, and social sustainability.