ABSTRACT

This study was aimed at comparing cyclists’ perceptions of comfort when in traffic and when online. Questions about comfort were structured according to three hierarchical levels, namely strategic (city level), tactical (frequent route level) and operational (survey spot level). The purpose is to understand how the cyclists’ perceptions of comfort at different levels vary between questionnaire administration methods. The results suggest that cyclists are more positive and optimistic about the cycling comfort when answering online questionnaires than when answering in-traffic questionnaires, but only when the questions refer to the operational level (at a more general level, their answers were not statistically different). Cycling planners and researchers could incorporate these findings in their data collection policies by selecting online approaches, which are generally less expensive than but equally effective as in-traffic approaches, when carrying out studies that concern the strategic and/or tactical levels of comfort.

摘要

这项研究旨在比较骑自行车者在交通中和在线时对舒适度的看法。有关舒适度的问题根据三个层次结构构建，即战略（城市级别）、战术（常用路线级别）和操作（调查点级别）。目的是了解骑自行车者对不同水平的舒适度的感知在问卷管理方法之间有何不同。结果表明，骑车人在回答在线问卷时比回答交通中的问卷时对骑行舒适度更积极和乐观，但仅当问题涉及操作层面时（在更一般的层面上，他们的回答没有统计差异） .