Rapid growth and congestion within the City of Austin amplify the need to plan
for and incorporate multi-modal infrastructure, facilities and policies. According to the
2005 US Census sample, the City of Austin falls short of many other bicycle-friendly
cities in the number of commuters riding bicycles to work. Experiencing the
achievements towards a more diverse modal share in other cities prompted the author to
evaluate programmatic bicycle planning and fixed variables (geographic, demographic,
and climatic conditions) in a descriptive multiple-case study.
Data was collected from the City of Austin and the City of Tucson; both with
significant university populations, and descriptive comparisons were made between the
two cities. Findings show that the City of Tucson met most of the predicted values of
ideal demographic, climatic, and programmatic variables. In addition, the City of Tucson
has a well-staffed bicycle and nationally recognized regional bicycle program.
Recommendations for the City of Austin include improving upon all programmatic variables (education, engineering, evaluation, enforcement and encouragement) through a
new local and regional bicycle plan, and a legally mandated focus on supportive bicycle
legislation, policies and enforcement. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22341 |
| Date | 21 November 2013 |
| Creators | Barrera, Nadia Mojica |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works., Restricted |
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