Table 4.
Bike-riding characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristics | Total study population, N (%) | Never uses an app, N (%) | Any-app user, N (%) | Fitness-app user,1 N (%) | Planning-app user,1 N (%) | ARC Survey2,3 % ± SE% | p-value3: any app vs. none | p-value3: fitness app vs. else | p-value3: planning app vs. else | p-value3: ARC vs. study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 95 | 58 (61%) | 37 (39%) | 31 (33%) | 9 (9%) | N = 18 ± 5 | ||||
| Bike-riding frequency | ||||||||||
| 5 or more times per week | 44 (49%) | 25 (46%) | 19 (53%) | 17 (55%) | 4 (50%) | 59% ± 17% | 0.090 | 0.196 | 0.338 | 0.001 |
| Several times per week | 31 (34%) | 16 (30%) | 15 (42%) | 13 (42%) | 3 (38%) | 18% ± 11% | ||||
| Several times per month | 11 (12%) | 10 (19%) | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 3% ± 3% | ||||
| < once per month, at least once every six months | 2 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0% ± 0% | ||||
| Less than once per year | 2 (2%) | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 20% ± 11% | ||||
| Reason(s) for bicycling, ever4 | ||||||||||
| Utilitarian | 79 (83%) | 50 (86%) | 29 (78%) | 25 (81%) | 6 (67%) | N/A | 0.583 | 0.810 | 0.174 | N/A |
| Leisure | 86 (91%) | 51 (88%) | 35 (95%) | 29 (94%) | 9 (100%) | N/A | 0.475 | 0.713 | 0.594 | N/A |
| Utilitarian is most frequent ride purpose | 59 (62%) | 39 (67%) | 20 (54%) | 16 (52%) | 6 (67%) | 0.577 | 0.177 | 1.000 | N/A | |
| Bicyclist self-classification | ||||||||||
| Strong and fearless | 31 (35%) | 17 (32%) | 14 (41%) | 13 (43%) | 2 (29%) | N/A | 0.025 | 0.022 | 0.920 | N/A |
| Enthused and confident | 34 (39%) | 17 (32%) | 17 (50%) | 15 (50%) | 3 (43%) | N/A | N/A | |||
| Comfortable but cautious | 19 (22%) | 16 (30%) | 3 (9%) | 2 (7%) | 2 (29%) | N/A | N/A | |||
| Interested but concerned | 4 (5%) | 4 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | N/A | |||
| Ever do not take the most direct route | 68 (83%) | 39 (80%) | 29 (88%) | 25 (86%) | 7 (100%) | N/A | 0.384 | 0.761 | 0.597 | N/A |
| Why4 | ||||||||||
| Safety / avoid car traffic | 57 (84%) | 32 (82%) | 25 (86%) | 22 (88%) | 6 (86%) | N/A | 1.000 | 0.735 | 1.000 | N/A |
| To avoid hills | 15 (22%) | 8 (21%) | 7 (24%) | 6 (24%) | 2 (29%) | N/A | 0.769 | 0.765 | 0.837 | N/A |
| More exercise | 8 (12%) | 4 (10%) | 4 (14%) | 4 (16%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | 0.708 | 0.444 | 1.000 | N/A |
| More attractive scenery | 17 (25%) | 7 (18%) | 10 (35%) | 9 (36%) | 1 (14%) | N/A | 0.284 | 0.266 | 0.665 | N/A |
| Relaxation or fun | 19 (28%) | 11 (28%) | 8 (28%) | 7 (28%) | 1 (14%) | N/A | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.664 | N/A |
| Better surface | 2 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 1 (4%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | 1.000 | 0.549 | 1.000 | N/A |
| Ever ride on the sidewalk | 66 (77%) | 47 (90%) | 19 (56%) | 17 (57%) | 3 (43%) | N/A | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.048 | N/A |
| Why3 | ||||||||||
| Safety / avoid car traffic | 51 (84%) | 36 (86%) | 15 (79%) | 13 (77%) | 3 (100%) | N/A | 0.710 | 0.444 | 1.000 | N/A |
| Better surface | 9 (15%) | 6 (14%) | 3 (16%) | 3 (18%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | 1.000 | 0.700 | 1.000 | N/A |
| Travelling uphill | 3 (5%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (11%) | 2 (12%) | 1 (33%) | N/A | 0.558 | 0.248 | 0.261 | N/A |
| Travelling wrong way on one-way streets | 4 (6%) | 2 (4%) | 2 (11%) | 2 (12%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | 0.641 | 0.594 | 1.000 | N/A |
| Other | 2 (3%) | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | 0.519 | 1.000 | 1.000 | N/A |
1
Three respondents used both app types at least on occasion, which is why these groups add to 40 and not 37.
2
ARC Survey, 2011 Atlanta Regional Commission Regional Travel Survey. Additional detail can be found in Supplement 1, Section 2
3
P-values are from two-sided Fisher’s Exact Test for categorical measures or Wilcoxon test for continuous measures.
4
More than one response possible. Percents are proportions.
N/A, not available