%X In order to improve the modal share of cyclists recent research has shown that perceived safety has a larger impact on mode and route choice than objective safety. However, a lot of research about perceived safety is done in an urban context. Therefore, this research aims to find out if people from rural and urban contexts see the perceived safety differently and if it impacts their mode and route choice. This was done using a questionnaire with the program Maptionnaire together with RTV Noord and analysed using a spatial analysis, binary regression, and a word count analysis. These analyses show that people from urban and rural contexts chose different built environment types as their most unsafe spots for cycling. Even though there is a difference in what kind of built environment they chose as most unsafe, according to the statistical analysis the perceived built environment is only impacted by the socio-demographic characteristics and not by the urban/rural context. The urban and rural contexts on the other hand mostly impact the perception of the different traffic modes. This insight that the urban and rural contexts have an impact on the perceived danger of different modes can be used by policymakers in order to make more area specific plans that deal with the impact of these perceived dangerous modes on people’s mode and travel behaviour.
%D 2023
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%T The importance of context for the perceived cycling safety. A research into how urban and rural contexts impact the perceived safety differently.
%A Niels de Jong