This thesis examines the existence of a dominant route between a hub pair and factors
that influence bike share cyclists route choices. This research collects 132,396 hub
to-hub global positioning system (GPS) trajectories over a 12-month period between
April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016 from 750 bicycles provided by a bike share program
(BSP) called SoBi (Social Bicycles) Hamilton. Then, a GIS-based map-matching
toolkit is used to convert GPS points to map-matched trips and generate a series of
route attributes. In order to create choice sets, unique routes between the same hub
pair are extracted from all corresponding repeated trips using a link signature tool.
The results from t statistics and Path-size logit models indicate that bike share cyclists
are willing to detour for some positive features, such as bicycle facilities and low traffic
volumes, but they also try to avoid too circuitous routes, turns, and steep slopes over
4% though detouring may come with a slight increase in turns. This research not
only helps us understand BSP cyclist route preferences but also presents a GIS-based
approach to determine potential road segments for additional bike facilities on the
basis of such preferences. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/22150 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Lu, Wei |
| Contributors | Scott, Darren, Geography |
| Source Sets | McMaster University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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