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Sociodemographic
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Bike commuters
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% of the population who bicycle to work |
Crowdsourced ridership patterns may be similar in areas where more people bicycle to work [@32748] |
Statistics Canada 2016 Census |
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Male population
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% of the population who is male |
Men associated with higher levels of bicycling [@32742] and Strava app usership |
Statistics Canada 2016 Census |
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Median household income
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Quintile |
Higher and lower income associated with more bicycling [@32756; @32765] |
Statistics Canada 2016 Census |
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Post-secondary education
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% of the population with a post-secondary degree or diploma |
Those with higher education more likely to bicycle [@32764] |
Statistics Canada 2016 Census |
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Under 15 years
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% of the population under age 15 |
Children and older adults associated with lower rates of bicycling [@32742; @32757] |
Statistics Canada 2016 Census |
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Over 65 years
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% of the population over age 65 |
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Statistics Canada 2016 Census |
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Visible minority
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% of the population who is a visible minority |
Higher neighborhood % of whites associated with more bicycling [@32747]; lower rates of bicycling investment in high % visible minority neighborhoods [@32746] |
Statistics Canada 2016 Census |
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Network
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Arterial, collector, local roads
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% of the total neighborhood road network in each functional road class |
Road class and density influence bicycling safety and route choice [@32749; @32764] |
Capital Regional District |
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On-street bicycle infrastructure
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% of the total neighborhood road network with on-street infrastructure |
Bicycling infrastructure associated with higher rates of bicycling [@32749]; off-street paths associated with Strava ridership [@32750] |
Capital Regional District |
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Off-street bicycle infrastructure
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% of the total neighborhood road network with off-street infrastructure |
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Capital Regional District |
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Regional trail
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Binary variable, 1 if regional trail network passes through DA |
Important cycling infrastructure in the Victoria region |
Capital Regional District |
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Intersection density
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Count of intersections in 1 km of DA centroid |
Higher intersection density associated with more bicycling [@32764] |
Canadian Active Living Environments (Can-ALE) |
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Built & natural environment
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Bridge
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Binary variable, 1 if DA has a major bridge |
Bridges are important links between different parts of a street network [@32745; @32750] |
Capital Regional District |
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Distance to university
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Distance from DA centroid to nearest university |
Bicycling is higher around major destinations like universities [@32752] |
British Columbia Open Data Catalogue |
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Steep slopes
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% of roads with maximum slope >5% (steep) |
Steep slopes impact route choice in utilitarian cycling and linked to more Strava bicycling [@32764; @32753] |
GeoBC |
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Distance to shore
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Distance from DA centroid to shoreline |
Water bodies associated with more bicycling and Strava ridership [@32747; @32750] |
Statistics Canada 2016 Census |
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Safety
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Bicycle crash density
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# of crashes divided by road length |
Route choice affected by perceptions of safety [@32763] |
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia |