Incidents and Crashes: Exploring the Formation of Attitudes toward Bicycling

摘要: Several studies have shown the influence of attitude on bicycling behavior but little is understood about how preferences around are created and shaped. This study qualitatively explored nature formation attitudes, comfort preference 54 residents Davis, California. Participants between ages 25 65 years responded to self-administered questionnaires open-ended interview questions regarding their experience throughout life. In exploring role incidents in results showed that attitudinal response crashes was unique during youth period, where “glory” childhood replaced by anxiety fear as participants reached adulthood. Incidents involving cars particularly exacerbated deterrence discomfort towards bicycling, whereas solo were commonly perceived unlucky or careless mishaps part bicyclist. experienced others more damaging than those oneself, especially when participant not a regular However, vast majority said they at least somewhat “like bicycling” had bicycled recently, demonstrating infrastructure makes sufficiently easy safe may encourage positive attitudes despite past traumatic experiences.