Evidence of Green Areas, Cycle Infrastructure and Attractive Destinations Working Together in Development on Urban Cycling
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Campos Sánchez, Francisco Sergio; Valenzuela Montes, Luis Miguel; Abarca Álvarez, Francisco JavierEditorial
MDPI
Materia
Cycling Urban planning Decision-making Green areas for people Sustainability Logistic regression
Fecha
2019-08-30Referencia bibliográfica
Campos-Sánchez, F. S., Valenzuela-Montes, L. M., & Abarca-Álvarez, F. J. (2019). Evidence of Green Areas, Cycle Infrastructure and Attractive Destinations Working Together in Development on Urban Cycling. Sustainability, 11(17), 4730.
Resumen
The built environment influences and promotes cycling that has now become a challenge
for sustainable urban mobility in many cities where this mode of transport carries little weight. This is
the case for Granada (Spain), a medium-sized city in southern Europe, which as a university city and
with lots of green areas, could find potential supportive factors to promote cycling. Website-apps
with a Global Positioning System (GPS), such as Ciclogreen that encourage active accessibility try to
promote cycling and are supported by the University of Granada. The aim of this work is to assess
the capacity of green areas and some influential factors of their built environment to attract cycling
routes. To this end, a spatial analysis was made and interpreted by a statistical model to check the
correlation between these factors and a high number of cycling routes through or near the green areas.
The results show a high number of cycling routes within urban surroundings that include green areas,
cycle lanes, university facilities, and public car parks in proximity relationships. Identifying synergies
among these urban factors and the information and incentive coming from a digital catalyst in shape
on an app could be useful in urban planning for cycling.