IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS TO AFFECTING THE ROUTE CHOICE FOR CYCLISTS: A CASE IN SÃO CARLOS, SP.

• Grant number: 13/00959-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: May 01, 2013
• End date: March 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Transportation Engineering - Transportation Planning
• Principal Investigator: Suely da Penha Sanches
• Grantee: Ana Beatriz Pereira Segadilha
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Once of the most bigger problem that affect the population on the towns in Brazil is the traffic jam, with meters of congestion, long trips ans the low quality of the public transportation. For that reasons, some cities adopt the cycling as a solution, for the good price of the infrastucture and the small space who that need in the streets. Forward is necessary a good network of cycling infrastructure who meets the desire lines of the cyclists. However, we couldn´t find a study that worry about this theme. In this way, this research try to investigate who is the factores that influence the routes choice of for cyclists.