Table 3.
Problems with and suggestions on how to improve bicycle parking environment on campus *. (N = 381).
| Problems | School/Office Areas | Living Area | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | p-Values ξ | Male | Female | p-Values ξ | |
| N | 154 | 227 | 154 | 227 | ||
| No problem (%) | 3.9 | 9.7 | 0.054 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 0.074 |
| Problems (%) | ||||||
| Lack space for bicycle parking area | 29.2 | 26.9 | 0.63 | 33.1 | 30.0 | 0.53 |
| Bicycle not parking orderly | 40.9 | 32.6 | 0.098 | 50.0 | 43.6 | 0.21 |
| Lack shed at bicycle parking area | 55.8 | 59.9 | 0.45 | 57.8 | 56.0 | 0.72 |
| Lack bicycle racks at bicycle parking area | 21.4 | 27.3 | 0.24 | 27.9 | 25.6 | 0.61 |
| Existing racks are inconvenient | 14.3 | 9.3 | 0.13 | 16.2 | 12.3 | 0.27 |
| Bicycle parking has no security (guard or camera) | 52.0 | 56.4 | 0.46 | 50.7 | 44.1 | 0.25 |
| Lack of convenient bicycle services nearby | 18.2 | 26.4 | 0.056 | 18.2 | 18.5 | 0.94 |
| Others | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.52 | 0.65 | 2.2 | 0.23 |
| Suggestions (%) | ||||||
| No need to improve | 10.4 | 14.1 | 0.37 | 8.4 | 16.3 | 0.035 |
| Provide parking area for bicycle parking | 80.5 | 77.5 | 0.52 | 77.9 | 75.8 | 0.64 |
| Sheds | 46.1 | 50.2 | 0.44 | 45.5 | 46.3 | 0.88 |
| Security (guard or cameras) | 40.3 | 37.0 | 0.56 | 39.0 | 32.6 | 0.22 |
| Bicycle racks | 33.8 | 33.9 | 0.98 | 35.1 | 32.2 | 0.57 |
| Others | 0.65 | 0.0 | 0.22 | 0.0 | 0.44 | 0.41 |
| Provide bicycle parking services | 27.3 | 36.1 | 0.098 | 26.6 | 30.8 | 0.43 |
| Others | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.53 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.033 |
| I will probably increase bicycle use if bicycle parking environment is improved (%) | 71.4 | 70.5 | 0.86 | 74.7 | 68.3 | 0.20 |
* Excluded surveys with missing values for preference or perceived safety. ξ p-value from chi-square test, 2-sided; bold values indicate p < 0.05.