Bike Lines to Campus

Bike Lanes to Campus

Final Report

ERS 285

Prepared by: Becky Bowman

Shawna Cook

Sara Thompson

Paul Wisken

Date: July 20, 2000

Table of Contents

Executive Summary ………………………………………….. 1

Introduction …………………………………………………... 2

Background Information ……………………………………… 3

Research Objective ……………………………………………. 5

Significance …………………………………………………… 5

Systems Diagram ……………………………………………… 7

Methods ……………………………………………………….. 8

Research Results ………………………………………………. 9

Limitations ……………………………………………………. 11

Recommendations …………………………………………….. 15

Conclusions …………………………………………………… 18

Bibliography ………………………………………………….. 19

Appendicies

Appendix A — Survey (As handed out to classes) ……. 21

Appendix B — Survey (Correct Questions) …………… 23

Appendix C — Survey Results ………………………… 24

Appendix D — Group Tasks …………………………... 27

Appendix E — Engineering Committee Report ……….. 28

Preliminary Study Design …………………………………….. 31

Executive Summary

The following report examines the attitudes of students at the University of Waterloo towards biking to campus. In this study a survey was conducted to examine the opinions of students from the University of Waterloo about biking and bike lanes. The survey type used was a disproportional stratified random sample. This allowed an overall view of students’ opinions towards bike lanes to campus to be obtained.

Once the survey was given ethical clearance, 240 students were surveyed, 40 from each of the six faculties at the University of Waterloo. These results were compiled into an Access Database, so that they could be easily analyzed.

Findings confirmed our research question regarding whether bike lanes leading to campus would encourage people to bike. The majority of students were in support of bike lanes and asserted that lanes would encourage them to cycle to campus. Another main concern of the students addressed in our findings was the many security issues regarding bikes.

In completing this study there were many...