Evaluación de los factores que influyen en la elección de la bicicleta como modo de transporte en barranquilla incluyendo variables latentes
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Estrada Contreras, Sebastian de Jesús | 2018-04-05
Promotion of urban cycling has emerged as a strategy for improving mobility in cities,
reducing the carbon footprint, decreasing pollution levels and consolidating sustainable
lifestyles. A clear understanding of the key factors influencing the individual bicycle choosing is
essential for developing effectives policies towards encouraging the use of this mode of
transportation. On the present work an integrated choice and latent variable model with
sequential estimation approach was used to determine the factors that influence on choosing the
bicycle as mode of transportation. Through a stated preference survey, applied in the city of
Barranquilla, northern Colombia, individual information about socioeconomic data, attitudes,
perceptions and preferences towards cycling, was captured. An exploratory and confirmatory
factor analysis were conducted, and six latent variables were extracted (safety awareness, desire
for commodity, desire for economy, environmental awareness, perception towards bicycling and
willingness to use bicycle). Lately, a MIMIC model was used to estimate the structural equations
of the latent variables. Overall, the results show that the factors influencing the choosing of the
bicycle in Barranquilla are: sex, access to a bicycle, the slope, traffic level, temperature, the
existence and type of infrastructure, perception towards bicycling, desire for economy and
environmental awareness. Subsequently, results indicate that the non-segregated infrastructure,
which is the one existent in the city, might not be very attractive to people.
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