Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
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A Cycling Indicator for Tourism Accessibility Evaluation in Urban Areas
There is no doubt that the tourist industry is now a key factor in the perception of cities from cultural, economic, and social points of view. Micromobility plays an important role in providing intelligent, fast, and sustainable travel from accommodation facilities, such as hotels and bed and breakfasts (B&B), to locations of various attractions. In particular, bikes are one of the most widely used means of transportation in the city. They can be private property, provided by private entities, or rented from shared systems. Therefore, it is fundamental to identify the level of bike-friendliness in the city to improve sustainable tourism. For this purpose, factors such as the existence and safety of bicycle infrastructures and the presence of sharing systems are taken into consideration. In this chapter, we propose a cycling indicator for tourism accessibility with the aim of defining the level of bike-friendliness through numerical values related to a specific city zone. The proposed indicator has positive values, and it is greater the higher the level of bike-friendliness. Municipal councils may have an interest in increasing these values, especially in zones where they are very low. The indicator can also be applied to other sustainable micromobility systems, such as e-scooter sharing. It was applied to the city of Bari (Apulia, Italy) and the results are interesting and highlighted zones in which it is necessary to increase tourist bike-friendliness.
A Cycling Indicator for Tourism Accessibility Evaluation in Urban Areas
There is no doubt that the tourist industry is now a key factor in the perception of cities from cultural, economic, and social points of view. Micromobility plays an important role in providing intelligent, fast, and sustainable travel from accommodation facilities, such as hotels and bed and breakfasts (B&B), to locations of various attractions. In particular, bikes are one of the most widely used means of transportation in the city. They can be private property, provided by private entities, or rented from shared systems. Therefore, it is fundamental to identify the level of bike-friendliness in the city to improve sustainable tourism. For this purpose, factors such as the existence and safety of bicycle infrastructures and the presence of sharing systems are taken into consideration. In this chapter, we propose a cycling indicator for tourism accessibility with the aim of defining the level of bike-friendliness through numerical values related to a specific city zone. The proposed indicator has positive values, and it is greater the higher the level of bike-friendliness. Municipal councils may have an interest in increasing these values, especially in zones where they are very low. The indicator can also be applied to other sustainable micromobility systems, such as e-scooter sharing. It was applied to the city of Bari (Apulia, Italy) and the results are interesting and highlighted zones in which it is necessary to increase tourist bike-friendliness.
A Cycling Indicator for Tourism Accessibility Evaluation in Urban Areas
Tira, Maurizio (Herausgeber:in) / Tiboni, Michela (Herausgeber:in) / Pezzagno, Michele (Herausgeber:in) / Maternini, Giulio (Herausgeber:in) / Morgese, Fulvio (Autor:in) / De Bartolomeo, Simona (Autor:in) / Binetti, Mario (Autor:in) / Caggiani, Leonardo (Autor:in)
European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming ; 1987 ; Paris, France
New Challenges for Sustainable Urban Mobility: Volume I ; Kapitel: 18 ; 205-213
10.08.2024
9 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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