Awareness of The Bicycle’s Functions and Using Bicycle in the Urban Short Trips

Using bicycles in the urban short trips can be an important solution to face many problems caused by the widespread use of cars, but using bicycles in Iran has not been developed. Awareness of the functions of using a bicycle can play an important role. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the relationship between awareness of the functions of the bicycle and its use.

This quantitative research was carried out by a survey method. The population was people aged 18-65 in Yasouj in which 400 cases were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. Research tools to measure the use of bicycles; and awareness of the functions of bicycle, were two researcher-made questionnaires, in which the validity was determined through content and factor validity; and the reliability was assessed using re-test and Cronbach's alpha coefficients.

The descriptive findings showed that only 34.8% of respondents use bicycles. In addition, the logistic regression analysis showed a positive and significant relationship between the awareness of the functions of bicycles and using this device in the urban short trips.

This research concludes that by improving people's awareness of the functions of using bicycles, it is possible to increase the use of bicycles for the urban short trips and so to alleviate one of the country's acute problems.