The feasibility of developing bicycle based urban transportation as a means to reach the goal of sustainable transportation: The case study; zone 2 of Tabriz municipality
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As a result of the expansion of automobiles and motor vehicles after the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of roads, and passages outside the city and inside the city without considering the conditions and standards. Over time, complex problems have taken place. It created a new trend in the urban transportation network, especially in big cities and urban centers. One of the solutions of developed countries is encouraging people to use non-motorized travel models (such as walking and cycling) along with motorized types (public and personal transportation) through the building of necessary infrastructures and public awareness. The expansion or non-expansion of cycling is influenced by various factors including natural and artificial obstacles, social and economic structure and factors, legal framework, traffic policy, safety, and safety of cyclists. The present research is practical and descriptive-analytical due to the description and analysis of the features governing the range. In this research, various library tools, interviews, observation and field observations, statistics and documents of relevant organizations, and scientific sources have been used to collect quantitative and qualitative data, and to analyze the gathered data, the chi-square test, and Kruskal-Wallis were used. According to the participants in the interview, the aspects of sports and recreation, reducing environmental pollution and traffic, and the reasonable price of bicycles compared to other vehicles are the most important incentives, and the absence of an exclusive bicycle path, the social view of people towards cyclists, harassment of some drivers towards cyclists, lack of safety, and security are among the most important obstacles for citizens to use bicycles as a means of travel.
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