Cycling for a Sustainable Touristic Mobility

A Preliminary Study in an Urban Area of Italy

Bibliographic Data

ID15512972
AuthorsGabriella Mazzulla (0000-0003-0993-454X, University of Calabria, corresponding author), Maria Grazia Bellizzi (0000-0002-1650-1729, University of Calabria), Laura Eboli (0000-0002-3304-6430, University of Calabria, corresponding author), Carmen Forciniti (0000-0003-4562-9884, University of Calabria, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue24
Pages13375-13375
Publication date2021-12-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph182413375
PMID34948984
OpenAlexW4200366706
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited28

This study wants to give a contribution for the investigation of sustainable mobility with positive consequences on public health implementing policies starting from cyclists' perceptions. Data were collected by interviewing cyclists along three bike lanes of an urban area of southern Italy through a face-to-face survey. The survey was conducted in Autumn 2019, interviewing a sample of 129 cyclists. In order to identify the critical aspects of the bike paths, both an importance-performance analysis (IPA) and a gap-IPA were performed. The average values of the cyclists' perceptions of each aspect have been considered as performance values. The importance values have been obtained by performing a principal component analysis (PCA), which was helpful also for better defining the service quality phenomenon. From the PCA, six latent constructs can be identified as: "Physical Nuisance"; "Non-physical Nuisance"; "Physical Comfort"; "Non-physical Comfort"; "Protection"; and "Ambience". The results of Gap-IPA confirmed that the criticalities of the bike paths relate to the degree of protection in relation to accidents, and to the degree of nuisance caused by pollution and opposing pedestrians along the path. Based on the conducted analyses, sustainable tourism implementing policies should be oriented in solving the emerged criticalities of the existing bike paths. The results of Gap-IPA are very intuitive and can certainly be helpful for identifying the most convenient strategies

Business · Cycling · Environmental planning · Geography · Interview · Nuisance · Perception · Political science · Sample (material · Transport engineering · Applied Psychology · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Engineering · Psychology · Urban Green Space and Health · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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