TY - GEN
T1 - Current status of cycling lanes at university of johannesburg
AU - Thaba, Sebonkile Cynthia
AU - Jacobs, Lunga
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© IEOM Society International.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The aim of the study was to find out if University of Johannesburg (UJ) students are aware of the cycling lanes which are found between the three UJ Campuses (Auckland Park, Bunting Road, and Doornfontein). Furthermore the study was interested in finding out, the reason behind the low utilization of cycling lanes. This study is driven by the empty cycling lanes that have been around for almost two years since their completion and have mostly under-utilized. Out of 600 students who were targeted to respond to the questionnaires only 480 students responded. 80% of the students are aware of the cycling lanes and only 13% have already utilized the lanes. More than 80% of the students do not own/have bicycle for daily use but 60% of the students agree that if there was a bike sharing system on the campuses, they would be willing to learn how to cycle as well as use the system. It has been found that UJ students are not resisting to cycle but rather that there is a lack of awareness, relevant training programs and facilities. The research used a mixed method approach through observations and a quantitative survey.
AB - The aim of the study was to find out if University of Johannesburg (UJ) students are aware of the cycling lanes which are found between the three UJ Campuses (Auckland Park, Bunting Road, and Doornfontein). Furthermore the study was interested in finding out, the reason behind the low utilization of cycling lanes. This study is driven by the empty cycling lanes that have been around for almost two years since their completion and have mostly under-utilized. Out of 600 students who were targeted to respond to the questionnaires only 480 students responded. 80% of the students are aware of the cycling lanes and only 13% have already utilized the lanes. More than 80% of the students do not own/have bicycle for daily use but 60% of the students agree that if there was a bike sharing system on the campuses, they would be willing to learn how to cycle as well as use the system. It has been found that UJ students are not resisting to cycle but rather that there is a lack of awareness, relevant training programs and facilities. The research used a mixed method approach through observations and a quantitative survey.
KW - Bicycles and students
KW - City of johannesburg
KW - Cycling lanes
KW - University of johannesburg
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018996147&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85018996147
SN - 9780985549763
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
SP - 5739
EP - 5752
BT - 7th Annual Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2017
PB - IEOM Society
T2 - 7th Annual Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2017
Y2 - 11 April 2017 through 13 April 2017
ER -