Table 1 Characteristics of current users and non-users of the Mobi by Shaw Go public bicycle share program in Vancouver, from a sub-sample of the 2017 Mobi member survey (n = 1272) and 2017 Vancouver population survey (n = 792)
Current Users | Potential Users | Unlikely Users | |
|---|---|---|---|
n = 1272 | n = 182 | n = 610 | |
n (%) | Weighted n (%) | Weighted n (%) | |
Demographics | |||
Sex, Female | 530 (41.7) | 92.5 (50.8) | 318.0 (52.1) |
Age | |||
18–24 | 42 (3.3) | 22.4 (12.3) | 54.1 (8.9) |
25–34 | 463 (36.4) | 69.4 (38.1) | 102.2 (16.7) |
35–44 | 376 (29.6) | 36.4 (20.0) | 89.7 (14.7) |
45–54 | 249 (19.6) | 25.2 (13.8) | 115.3 (18.9) |
55–64 | 101 (7.9) | 22.3 (12.3) | 103.5 (17.0) |
65+ | 41 (3.2) | 6.3 (3.5) | 145.5 (23.8) |
Education | |||
High school or less | 38 (3.0) | 18.2 (10.0) | 62.1 (10.2) |
Post-secondary | 791 (62.2) | 125.6 (69.0) | 431.9 (70.8) |
Graduate post-secondary | 443(34.8) | 38.3 (21.0) | 116.3 (19.1) |
Employment status | |||
Employed | 1151 (90.5) | 149.4 (82.0) | 368.9 (60.5) |
Unemployed | 30 (2.4) | 14.0 (7.7) | 31.0 (5.1) |
Student | 43(3.4) | 14.5 (8.0) | 28.6 (4.7) |
Retired | 48 (3.8) | 4.2 (2.3) | 181.7 (29.8) |
Born in Canada (yes) | 805 (63.3) | 117.4 (64.5) | 434.7 (71.2) |
Annual Household income | |||
< $35,000 | 61 (4.8) | 35.4 (19.5) | 72.7 (11.9) |
$35,000 - $74,999 | 228 (17.9) | 55.0 (30.2) | 171.8 (28.1) |
$75,000 - $149,999 | 465 (36.6) | 51.7 (28.4) | 187.3 (30.7) |
$150,000+ | 346 (27.2) | 18.2 (10.0) | 68.5 (11.2) |
No response | 172 (13.5) | 21.7 (11.9) | 110.1 (18.0) |
Has children living at home (yes) | 289 (22.7) | 27.2 (14.9) | 79.2 (13.0) |
Transportation Access and Behaviour | |||
Car share member (yes) | 861 (67.7) | 73.4 (40.3) | 135.8 (22.3) |
Access to personal car (yes) | 817 (64.2) | 129.2 (71.0) | 482.6 (79.1) |
Access to personal bicycle (yes) | 888 (69.8) | 96.5 (53.0) | 347.1 (56.9) |
Primary mode of transportation | |||
Drive | 316 (24.8) | 76.8 (42.2) | 303.6 (49.7) |
Transit | 380 (29.9) | 76.3 (41.9) | 168.3 (27.6) |
Walk | 302 (23.7) | 24.5 (13.5) | 119.1 (19.5) |
Bicycle | 274 (21.5) | 4.5 (2.5) | 19.3 (3.2) |
Bicycled in the past year, any type (yes) | – | 96.3 (52.9) | 220.3 (36.1) |
Perceived safety of bicyclinga | |||
Safe | 1009 (79.3) | 116.6 (64.1) | 267.1 (43.8) |
Neither safe nor unsafe | 19.7 (10.8) | 133.7 (21.9) | |
Dangerous | 45.7 (25.1) | 209.4 (34.3) | |
Perception of bicycle share in Vancouverb | – | ||
Good idea | – | 170.9 (93.9) | 414.8 (68.0) |
Bad idea | – | 7.3 (4.0) | 145.1 (23.8) |
Don’t know/Refused | – | 3.8 (2.1) | 50.4 (8.3) |
Home and work location relative to Mobi by Shaw Go service areac | |||
Home and work outside | 78 (8.0) | 72.2 (41.8) | 297.8 (50.3) |
Home inside | 240 (24.8) | 42.2 (24.4) | 137.4 (23.2) |
Work inside | 145 (15.0) | 22.2 (12.8) | 63.9 (10.8) |
Home and work inside | 506 (52.2) | 36.2 (20.9) | 93.0 (15.7) |