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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD
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Bikes + data, UofT biophys PhD, mom. I post about bikes and safe streets, local politics, and sometimes science. She/her. Mastodon: @mbonsma@mastodon.social
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1. The more destinations that are accessible to you on SAFE cycling routes, the more likely you are to commute by bike. “Every time the number of accessible jobs... goes up by 100, the likelihood of someone choosing to cycle goes up by about 40%.” news.engineering.utoronto.ca/why-dont-mor...

Finally, the team cross-referenced their data with the results of the Transportation Tomorrow Survey, which gathers detailed data on the travel habits of thousands of households across the Greater Toronto Area. This enabled them to see whether people who commute along the routes designated as low-stress were any more likely to cycle to work. “It turns out that there is a correlation,” says Saxe. “Every time the number of accessible jobs within a 30-minute cycling commute goes up by 100, the likelihood of someone choosing to cycle goes up by about 40%.”
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2. Adding safe cycling infrastructure on arterial roads unlocks more destinations for more people, making practical cycling much more convenient and much more likely. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

In the U of T study, researchers mapped the provincial capital's entire cycling network using city and survey data. It was discovered that the COVID-19 cycling lanes increased cyclists' road access to stores and jobs by 10.4 per cent to 22.3 per cent and increased access to parks by 6.3 per cent. The image shows a map of Toronto with the change in accessible area as a result of COVID bike lanes. Large parts of downtown are highlighted as well as large sections of Scarborough near new infrastructure.
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD
@mbonsma.bsky.social
Bikes + data, UofT biophys PhD, mom. I post about bikes and safe streets, local politics, and sometimes science. She/her. Mastodon: @mbonsma@mastodon.social
2k followers524 following397 posts
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