Bogotá has recently seen an increase in bicycle commuting with this means of transport being currently used for around 880,000 daily trips, in contrast to 475,000 in 2011. What has led bicycle ridership to nearly double in nine years and what are the factors influencing a growing number of residents to switch to bicycle commuting? Using data from an intercept survey, we analyze the personal attitudes, commuting preferences, and mode change motivations of utilitarian bicyclists (people bicycling for work, study, shopping, errands, or health). We conducted an ordered probit model and statistical tests of differences in means between four statistically different quartiles based on the time period for which they have been bicycling. Quartiles of cyclists were further divided based on socioeconomic and attitudinal characteristics into two groups: those who have recently taken up bicycle commuting (people who started bicycling 3 years ago or less) and those experienced utilitarian cyclists who adopted this mode much earlier (people who started bicycling 4 years ago or more). Results show that recent and experienced cyclists differ in how they view the bicycle as a transport vehicle: recent cyclists were more motivated to switch to bicycling for rational reasons such as saving money and shifting from a poor-quality transit system while the longer-term cyclists were more motivated by a passion for bicycling.

波哥大最近发现通勤通勤的情况有所增加，目前这种交通方式每天用于出行的次数约为880,000次，而2011年为475,000次。这导致自行车骑乘人数在9年内几乎翻了一番，是什么因素影响了越来越多的自行车出行的居民改用自行车上下班？我们使用截取调查中的数据来分析功利性骑车人（为工作，学习，购物，出差或健康骑车的人）的个人态度，通勤偏好和方式改变动机。我们根据他们骑车的时间段，进行了有序的概率模型，并对四个统计学上不同的四分位数之间的均值差异进行统计检验。根据社会经济和态度特征，将骑自行车者的四分位数进一步分为两类：那些最近开始骑自行车上下班的人（3年前或更短时间开始骑自行车的人）和经验丰富的功利主义骑自行车的人更早地采用了这种方式（4年前或更早开始骑自行车的人）。结果表明，新近和有经验的骑自行车者在将自行车视为运输工具的方式上有所不同：新骑自行车者出于理性原因（例如省钱和从质量差的运输系统转向）而更愿意转向骑自行车，而长期骑自行车的人则更有动机对骑自行车的热情更有动力。