Cargo bikes—bicycles made to carry both goods and people—are becoming increasingly common as an alternative to automobiles in urban areas. With a wider and heavier body, cargo bikes often face problems even in the presence of cycling infrastructure, thus limiting their possibilities of route choice. Infrastructure quality and the route choices of cyclists have been well studied, but often solely based on a quantitative approach, leading to tools such as BLOS (bicycle level of service). With various designs of cargo bikes being used for a wide range of purposes, the route choice of cargo bike users is difficult to generalize. This study combines quantitative and qualitative approaches in order to explore what is important for cargo bike users’ route choice, and how this knowledge can be effectively used for planning. Our results suggest that while some general preferences exist, route choice involves complex dynamics that cannot be fully explained by quantitative measures alone: in addition to understanding “what” is important for cargo bike users, we need to understand “why” it is important. Furthermore, route choice is also influenced by the city context, making a study tailored to the local context essential.

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什么才是好的货运自行车路线？用户和计划者的观点

货运自行车是一种既能载人又能载人的自行车，在城市地区作为汽车的替代品正变得越来越普遍。车身更宽，更重，即使在有自行车基础设施的情况下，货运自行车也经常面临问题，从而限制了其选择路线的可能性。人们已经对基础设施质量和骑车人的路线选择进行了充分的研究，但通常仅基于定量方法，从而产生了BLOS（自行车服务水平）之类的工具。随着各种设计的货运自行车的用途广泛，难以概括货运自行车使用者的路线选择。这项研究结合了定量和定性方法，以探讨对于货运自行车用户的路线选择而言重要的是什么，以及如何将这些知识有效地用于规划。我们的结果表明，尽管存在一些普遍的偏好，但路线选择涉及复杂的动力学，仅凭量化指标无法完全解释：除了了解“什么”对货运自行车使用者很重要之外，我们还需要了解“为什么”这一点很重要。此外，路线选择还受城市环境的影响，因此针对当地环境进行量身定制的研究至关重要。