ACCS 2011 BikeArlington Study

Southeastern Institute of Research

ACCS 2011 BikeArlington Study

October 2011

Key Highlights


Key Highlights – 2011 BikeArlingtonTable of Contents

Finding Page

1. Biking Behavior 1

2. Motivations 7

3. Commute Biking 10

4. Employer Assistance 14

5. Biking and the Metro 18

6. Safety Concerns 21

7. Sharrows and Biking 26

8. BikeArlington Awareness and Use 29

9. Satisfaction with BikeArlington and Services

33

10.Behavior Changes 38

2


Demographic Profile

Demographic Total

Arlington resident 63%

Employed full-time 88%

Work in Arlington 35%

Primary mode of transportation to work

Drive alone 25%

Bike 46%

Mean Age 43

Caucasian 80%

Mean income $108K

Gender

Male 64%

Female 32%3

Southeastern Institute of Research4

Most respondents bike at least a couple times a week and frequently bike on multi-

use trails.

1


More Than Eight in Ten Respondents Bike at Least a Couple of Times a

Week

Less than once a month

At least once a month, but not weekly

Once a week

A couple of times a week

Daily

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

3%

7%

6%

41%

42%

83%

5

Q2. How often do you bike for any purpose?

n = 868

Males are significantly more likely

than females to bike daily.


Nearly Three-Fourths Say They Bike on Multi-use Trails Most Often

Other

Pentagon/Pentagon City

South Arlington

Crystal City/National Airport

East Falls Church

Court House

Rosslyn

Mutli-use trails

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

13%

8%

13%

7%

10%

15%

28%

24%

40%

10%

26%

37%

47%

27%

72%

9%

16%

16%

18%

20%

23%

24%

26%

27%

29%

42%

49%

49%

53%

73%

Arlington Residents

6

Q6. In what Arlington area(s) or location(s) do you bike most often?

Note: Values do not add to

100%. Respondents were able to choose more

than one response.

Arlington = 564Non-Arlington =

304


Motivations for biking vary, but exercise and recreation make up a

large number of biking trips. Millennials tend to bike to save

money and as an efficient means of transportation.

2


Exercise Is the Main Motivation for Biking

Other

No access to other transportation

Faster than driving

Save money

Help the environment

Health

Enjoyment/Recreation

Exercise

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

9%

4%

39%

55%

64%

80%

89%

94%

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than one response.

Q5. For those trips that you choose to bike, what is your motivation to bike?n = 868

Younger and lower income respondents

are significantly

more likely to say saving

money is their motivation for

biking.


Millennials Are More Likely to Bike to Save Money, Get to Their Destination Faster and

Because They Have No Access to Other Transportation

Other

No access to other transportation

Faster than driving

Save money

Help the environment

Health

Enjoyment/Recreation

Exercise

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

4%

0%

21%

36%

54%

71%

93%

96%

8%

3%

31%

50%

66%

81%

90%

96%

10%

3%

43%

57%

64%

82%

88%

93%

8%

11%

49%

70%

64%

77%

91%

93%

MillennialsGeneration XBaby BoomersSilent/GI

9



than one response.

Q5. For those trips that you choose to bike, what is your motivation to bike?Millennials = 120

Gen X = 396Baby Boomers =

297Silent/GI = 28

Millennials 1983 or later

Generation X 1965-1982

Baby Boomers1945 – 1964

Silent/GI1944 or earlier


Three-quarters of respondents report biking to work at least some of the time. Mean travel time is 39 minutes and mean

travel distance is eight miles.

3


More Than Two-Thirds of Employed Respondents Bike to Work at Least

Once a Week

Never

Less than once a month

At least once a month, but not weekly

Once a week

A couple times a week

Daily

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

17%

7%

8%

6%

27%

35%

11

68%

Q10. How often do you bike to work?n = 803

Note: Question was only

asked of those who are currently

employed.


Over Half of Respondents Bike Seven or More Miles One Way to Work

The Mean Distance for Biking to Work Is Eight Miles

10 or more miles

7 to 9 miles

4 to 6 miles

1 to 3 miles

Less than 1 mile

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

28%

23%

28%

20%

1%

51%

12

Q11. How long is your typical one way bike to for from work?n = 665

Baby Boomers and

Respondents Who Make

Over $120,000 a Year Are

More Likely to Bike More

Than 10 Miles to Work

Respondents do not vary the distance they travel

based on their motivation for

biking.


Half of Respondents Travel Between 21 and 45 Minutes by Bike to Get to

WorkThe Mean Travel Time Is 39 Minutes

Over an hour

46-60 minutes

31-45 minutes

21-30 minutes

11-20 minutes

Less than 10 minutes

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

10%

14%

29%

21%

17%

8%

50%

13

Q12. How much time does the biking part of your entire commute take?n = 668


Nearly three-quarters of respondents report that their employer offers assistance, information or facilities to encourage biking to work.

4


Employers Most Often Provide Assistance to Bikers in the Form of Showers and Protected Bike Racks

Personal storage lockers for overnight

Enclosed bike lockers

Connection to bike trails

Unsheltered bike racks

Connection to bike lanes

Bike racks protected from the weather

Showers for use after biking to work

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

30%

30%

37%

40%

54%

66%

70%

50%

15

Q17. Following is a list of biking facilities that might be available at your workplace. In the first column, check all the facilities that are available. For those that are not available, please indicate if you would like to have the facility.

n = 663

Note: Graph represents

the percentage

of respondents who say this

service is currently

provided by their

employer.


Of Respondents Who Do Not Have These Services at Work Currently, 87% Say They Would Like Showers and 83% Would Like

Connections to Bike Lanes








0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

15%

56%

60%

71%

74%

83%

87%

16n = varies


the percentage

of respondents who would like to have

the facility at their

workplace among those

who currently do not have it.

Q17. Following is a list of biking facilities that might be available at your workplace. In the first column, check all the facilities that are available. For those that are not available, please indicate if you would like to have the facility.


Showers Have Influenced More Than Half of Those Who Currently Bike to

Work to Make That Decision

None of the above








0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

22%

3%

14%

18%

21%

28%

34%

56%

17

Q18. Which of these facilities influenced your decision to bike to work?

n = 632


About half of respondents would consider biking to a Metro Station

and taking the Metro to work. Respondents would be most likely to use bike trail/lane connections and bike racks protected from the

weather.

5


About Half of Respondents Would Consider Biking to a Metro Station

and Taking the Metro to Work

47%

46%

7%

YesNoDon't know

19

Q19. Would you consider riding your bike to a metro station, parking your bike, and riding the Metro to work?

n = 666

Note: Distance away from the Metro did not

affect respondent interest in

biking to the Metro station

and then taking the

Metro to work.


Respondents Would Be Most Likely to Use Bike Trail and Bike Lane Connections at a

Metro Station

Personal storage lockers for overnight use







0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

13%

12%

17%

19%

16%

16%

15%

17%

20%

22%

27%

58%

67%

72%

30%

32%

39%

46%

74%

83%

87%

5 -Definitely would use

Column1

20Q20. Which of the following facilities would you use at a Metro station?

n = 517


The largest safety concern for cyclists is sharing the way with vehicles, both day and night.

Women are more likely than men to feel unsafe at all times of day and from all types of dangerous

situations.

6


Respondents Generally Feel Safe Biking in the Day

The Most Concern About Safety in the Day Is Sharing the Way with Vehicles

Series1

-100% -80% -60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

91%

70%

50%

3%

15%

39%

Safe

Unsafe

Navigating hazards

Crime

22

Q7. How safe you feel in regards to each of the following when you bike during the day?n = 868

Sharing the way with vehicles


Women are Significantly More Likely to Feel Unsafe than Men

Crime

Navigating Hazards


0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

5%

12%

33%

2%

21%

47%

Women Men

23

Q7. How safe you feel in regards to each of the following when you bike during the day?n = 868

Note: Percentages

indicate those

reporting they feel unsafe.

Crime

Navigating Hazards


0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

9%

28%

47%

29%

46%

60%

During the Day At Night


Concerns About Safety Intensify Slightly When Biking at Night

Series1

-100% -80% -60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

64%

43%

30%

17%

36%

56%

Safe

Unsafe


Navigating hazards

Crime

24

Q8. How safe do you feel in regard to each of the following when you bike during the evening or at night?

n = 868


More than Half Say Encounters with Aggressive or Inattentive Drivers are

a Safety Issue when Biking

Nothing in particular

Other

Car doors

Buses or cars in bike lanes

Traffic/bad intersections

Limited bike lanes

Road/trail conditions

Pedestrians and other trail users

Aggressive or inattentive drivers

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

3%

10%

9%

10%

12%

12%

27%

30%

55%

25



than one response.

Q9. What safety issues, if any, do you encounter when biking?n = 751


Three-fourths of bikers have noticed sharrows, but fewer are

certain of an increase in safety for bikers due to the sharrows.

7


About Three-Fourths Have Noticed the Sharrows in Arlington

76%

18%

6%

YesNoDon't know

27

Q31. Have you noticed any sharrows in Arlington? n = 868


Four in Ten Say Sharrows Make Streets Safer for Bicyclists

1-Not at all

2

3

4

5-Very much

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

7%

22%

30%

31%

10%

41%

28

Q32. To what extent are sharrows making the streets safer for bicyclists? n = 663


More than three-quarters are aware of BikeArlington and

slightly more than a third of those consider themselves familiar with

it.

8


More Than Three-Quarters Are Aware of BikeArlington

E-blast

E-Newsletter

BikeArlington Twitter Feed

Washington Area Bike Forum

BikeArlington

Capital BikeShare

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

12%

25%

26%

53%

77%

91%

30

Q23. Following is a list of transportation organizations and services available in Arlington. n = 868


the percentage

of respondents who “have

used” services and who “have not used

services, but are aware”

to demonstrate awareness.


And of Those Who Are Aware of BikeArlington, More Than One-Third

Are Familiar with It

1-Not at all famil-iar

2

3

4

5-Very familiar

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

9%

26%

30%

24%

13%37%

31Q24. How familiar are you with BikeArlington?

n = 671

Note: Data represents the level of familiarity

among those who are aware of

BikeArlington.


Seven in Ten of Those Who have Heard of BikeArlington, have Used its

Services

TeleworkVA!

Capital BikeShare

Arlington's Car Free Diet

BikeArlington Twitter Feed

WalkArlington

Commuter Connections

Arlington Transit (ART)

The Commuter Store

BikeArlington

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

7%9%

21%24%25%

28%29%29%

34%35%36%

43%45%46%48%

52%70%

89%

32Q23. Following is a list of transportation organizations and services available in Arlington. n = 868


the percentage

of respondents

who have used

services among those

who have heard of the

services.


Overall satisfaction with BikeArlington is high.

Respondents are likely to use and recommend BikeArlington

services.

9


Nearly Eight in Ten are Satisfied with BikeArlington Services

Don't know

1-Not at all satified

2

3

4

5-Very satisfied

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

5%

0%

1%

15%

48%

31%

34

79%

Q34. How satisfied have you been overall with the services that you have used from BikeArlington?

n = 463


Respondents Are Most Satisfied with Bike to Work Day, Bike Maps, and Bike Lanes

and Trails

Wayfindings signs

Public bike racks

Safe Bicycling in the Washington Area booklet

BikeArlington.com website

Bike DC, Washington and Arlington Community Bike Ride

Capital Bikeshare

Confident City Cycling classes

Bike lanes and trails

Bike Maps

Bike to work day

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

41%

37%

46%

42%

32%

31%

33%

45%

40%

27%

19%

24%

23%

28%

43%

48%

47%

36%

46%

61%

60%

61%

69%

70%

75%

79%

80%

81%

86%

88%

5-Very Satisfied

Column1

35

Q30. Based on your experience, how satisfied are you with each of the following BikeArlington services and resources?

n = varies by service

Note: Respondents

were only asked to rate the services they have

used.

Note: Services and resources

with an “n” less than 30 are excluded due to small sample size.


Nearly Eight in Ten of Those Who Have Used BikeArlington are Likely to Continue to Use its

ServicesAbout Half of those who Have Not Used BikeArlington Services Are Likely to Start

Don't know

1-Not at all likely

2

3

4

5-Very likely

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

15%

2%

11%

25%

24%

23%

4%

0%

1%

16%

33%

46%

Have used BikeAr-lingtonHave NOT used BikeArlington

36

79%

Q35. How likely are you to use the services of BikeArlington?

n = 666

Note: Data represents the likelihood to

use BikeArlington

services among those

who are aware of

BikeArlington.


More Than Half of Those Who Use BikeArlington Have Already

Recommended BikeArlington Services to Someone

Don't know

No

Yes

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

9%

64%

27%

6%

40%

54%

Have Used BikeAr-lingtonHave NOT Used BikeArlington

37

Q37. Have you ever recommended BikeArlington services to someone? n = 666

Note: This question was asked only of those who are

aware of BikeArlington.


Nearly half of those who use BikeArlington services

report making a change in their biking behavior since beginning to use BikeArlington services.

10


Nearly Half Made a Change to Their Biking Behavior Since Using BikeArlington Services

No, I did not make any of these changes

I have not used BikeArlington services

Don't know

Started riding my bike for at least some portion of trip to work

Started riding my bike for non-work trips

Ride my bike more often for at least some portion of trip to work

Ride my bike more often for non-work trips

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

44%

2%

7%

14%

16%

24%

25%

39

47% of respondents

report making at

least one of these

changes to their biking behavior.

Q38. Since you first started using BikeArlington services, have you made any of the following changes in your biking behavior? n = 463

Note: This question was asked only of

those who have used

BikeArlington services.

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ACCS 2011 BikeArlington Study