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TITLE PAGE i                  
ABSTRACT i-a i-b i-c              
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii                  
I. INTRODUCTION 1 2 3              
  A. Problem 4 5                
  B. Objective 5 6                
II. LITERATURE REVIEW AND SCOPE OF STUDY 7                  
  A. Literature Review 7 8 9 10            
  B. Background 10 11 12              
  C. Methodology 12 13 14              
III. COLLECTION OF DATA 15                  
  A. Design Of Questionnaire 15 16 17 18            
  B. Performance of Survey 19 20                
  C. Data Processing 21 22                
IV. ANALYSIS OF DATA ON AGGREGATE BASIS 23                  
  A. Geographic and Population Group Distribution 23 24 25 26            
  B. Age and Sex Distribution 26 27 28              
  C. Automobile Availability 28 29                
  D. Bicycle Type and Equipment 30 31                
  E. Bicycling Experience 31 32 33 34            
  F. Total Miles Ridden in 1974 34 35 36 37 38 39 40      
  G. Trip Purpose and Length 41 42 43 44 45          
  H. Accident Experience 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
  I. Attitudinal Questions 54 55 56 57 58          
V. ANALYSIS OF DATA BY SPECIFIC VARIABLES 59                  
 

A.

 Analysis of Miles Ridden 59                  
    1. Age and Sex 59 60 61 62            
    2. Topography and City Size 62                  
    3. Years Experience 62 63 64 65 66          
    4. Auto Availability 66 67                
 

B.

 Analysis of Accident Experience 67                  
    1. Age and Sex 67 68 69 70            
    2. Cycling Experience 71                  
    3. City Size and Topography 71 72 73 74 75          
    4. Location of Crash and Trip Purpose 75 76 77              
    5. Responses to Safety-Related Questions 77 78 79 80            
    6. Responses to Ride in Rain and in the Dark Questions 81                  
    7. Comparison with Auto Accident Rate 82 83                
VI. COMPARISON OF NATIONAL DATA WITH LOCAL DATA 84                  
  A. Age and Sex Distribution 85                  
  B. Automobile Availability 85 86 87              
  C. Bicycle Type and Equipment 87 88 89              
  D. Bicycling Experience 90                  
  E. 1974 Total Miles Ridden 90 91                
  F. Trip Purpose and Length 91 92 93 94 95          
  G. Accident Experience 95                  
  H. Attitudinal Questions 96 97                
VI I. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 98                  
  A. Findings 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 111 111
  B. Recommendations 105 106                
APPENDIX A. MAILBACK QUESTIONNAIRE FOR REGULAR BICYCLE USER STUDY 107 108
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APPENDIX B. NUMBERS OF QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED FROM EACH STATE 109 110 111 112            
APPENDIX C. FORM USED TO CODE INFORMATION FROM QUESTIONNAIRE 113 114                
APPENDIX D. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF RESPONSES TO ODOMETER QUESTION 115 116 117              
APPENDIX E. BICYCLE ACCIDENT RATES FOR EACH STATE 118 119                
APPENDIX F. METRIC CONVERSION UNITS 120 121                
BIBLIOGRAPHY 122 123 124 125            
AUTHOR'S CURRICULUM VITAE 126                  


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1 Flow Chart of Method of Approach 14
2 Age Distribution Of L.A.W. Respondents 27
3 Responses to Equipment Used--L.A.W. Sample 32
4 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Annual Miles Traveled 35
5 Percent Of Total Miles Ridden on Each Type Facility 40
6 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Trip Purpose--L.A.W 42
7 Responses to Attitudinal Questions--L.A.W. 57
8 Miles Ridden in 1974 by Sex 60
9 Miles Ridden in 1974 by Age Groups 61
10 Miles Ridden in 1974 by Topography 63
11 Miles Ridden in 1974 by City Size 64
12 Miles Ridden in 1974 by Years Experience 65
13 Miles Ridden in 1974 by Auto Availability 66
14 Accident Rate by Sex 68
15 Accident Rate by Age Group 69
16 Accident Rate by Years Experience 72
17 Accident Rate by City Size 73
18 Accident Rate by Topography 74
19 Accident Rate by Use of Safety Equipment 78
20 Accident Rate by Response to ''Obey Law" Question 80
21 Age Distribution of WABA Respondents 86
22 Responses to Equipment Used--WABA Sample 89
23 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Trip Purpose--WABA 92


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1 Information Requested on Questionnaire 18
2 Distribution of Respondents by Metropolitan Area Size 24
3 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Topography 25
4 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Automobile Availability 28
5 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Bicycle Type 30
6 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Bicycling Experience 33
7 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Projected Bicycling 39
8 Trip Characteristics by Purpose--L.A.W 43
9 Distribution of Respondents Reporting Accidents 46
10 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Seriousness of Injury 47
11 Ratio of Serious Accidents to All Accidents by Crash Type 49
12 Distribution of Respondents with Respect to Location and Trip Purpose at Time of Accident 53
13 Accident Rate by Location of Crash 76
14 Accident Date by Trip Purpose 76
15 Accident Rate by Response to Ride in Rain and Dark Questions 81
16 Comparisons Between L.A.W. and WABA with Respect to Automobile Availability 87
17 Trip Characteristics by Purpose--WABA 94

 

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1 Level of Response from Each State 20
2 Average Miles Ridden During 1974 37
3 Average Months Ridden During 1974 38
4 Minimum Temperature Below which Respondent Would not Usually Ride a Bicycle 55

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