@article{ref1,
title="Practices and motivations of travellers making rail-cycle trips",
journal="Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport",
year="2011",
author="Sherwin, Henrietta and Parkhurst, Graham and Robbins, Derek and Walker, Ian",
volume="164",
number="3",
pages="189-197",
abstract="Currently only 2% of British rail passengers choose to cycle to the station, in contrast to 40% in the Netherlands, but the combination of cycling with rail use presents a potentially attractive alternative to car use with carbon reduction and health-promotion benefits. The present study examined the motivations and behaviours of people who integrate bicycle and rail use, focusing particularly on the provision of station cycle parking as a facilitator. A novel methodology was applied to two intercity stations in Bristol (southwest England) to examine movements within an extensive cycle parking area. Bike rail integration emerges as a complex set of practices, influenced by a range of factors including, but not limited to, the availability of station cycle parking. It is concluded that bike rail integration can make a contribution to reducing both carbon emissions and car dependence, but a lack of integration within the rail industry and other agencies is limiting the delivery of policies to enhance the opportunities.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0965-092X",
doi="10.1680/tran.2011.164.3.189",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/tran.2011.164.3.189"
}