Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "Cycling"
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Analysis of Passing Distances between Bicycles and Motorized Vehicles on Urban Arterials
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-21)The absence of dedicated cycling infrastructure such as on-street bike lanes or physically separated bike routes forces cyclists to travel more frequently on urban arterials while sharing the road with motorized vehicles, ... -
An Analysis of Stated and Revealed Preference Cycling Behaviour: A Case Study of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)Amongst transportation professionals there is a motivation to increase the use of active transportation to achieve contemporary transportation engineering goals. This research describes a year-long GPS cycling study ... -
Cycle City: Generating a Cycling Culture in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-18)As Toronto’s population continues to grow, the city is faced with many new challenges related to the quality of urban life. Central to overcoming these challenges is a rethinking of urban mobility. As the region’s population ... -
Cycling in a Changing Climate: An Examination of the Effects of Weather and Climate Change on Cycling Frequencies in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-27)This thesis contributes to the knowledge-base of how commuter cycling frequencies are impacted by current weather conditions, and what effects climate change will have on them by mid-century. Numerous studies have focused ... -
Cycling in Toronto: Route Choice Behavior and Implications to Infrastructure Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-23)This research investigates the route choice behavior of cyclists in the City of Toronto using data collected from a smartphone application deployed to a large number of cyclists in the City. A total 4,556 cyclists registered ... -
A Novel System for the Measurement of Dynamic Loading on a Bicycle Frame
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-21)The design of bicycle frames has remained fairly static for the majority of the past century, but recent increases in demand for high performance bicycles has created an accelerated design cycle that requires innovation. ... -
Urban Pathways: Redesigning Toronto's Mobility
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-06)As an increasing proportion of the world’s population travels ever-longer distances between their home and place of work, urban mobility networks have had to cope with this dramatic increase in movement. These networks ...