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This research aims to examine the environmental perception and recreational experiences of the cyclists of different personal traits riding along the bicycle lanes on Tamsui River banks, and analyzes the relation between the cyclists’ environmental perception and recreational experiences.
The research undertakes a sampling survey with questionnaires, collecting samples from the cyclists on the bicycle lanes along Tamsui River on the weekends of May, 2010. The questionnaires obtained are analyzed by way of descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson product-moment correlation.
The analyses show that most cyclists find the environment elements of the bicycle lanes along the Tamsui River agreeable and the recreational experience they get satisfactory. The most frequented lane is the “Guandu Bikeway.” Mostly, they ride here because of the “recommendation of friends” and usually stay for “half a day” with “more than three companions.” The vehicle mostly used is “one-man bicycle” and the frequency is “at least once a week,” motivation “for health.” In the section of environmental perception, the variable “marriage” makes a noticeable difference in “environmental layout”; in “spatial experience,” “living location” and “education” are the major variables, and “marriage” is key to the variation in “attractiveness.” In the section of “satisfaction on the recreational experience,” the variables of “gender,” “marriage,” “career,” and “owning a bicycle” make a remarkable difference in “periphery supplement,” while in “the facilities of the lanes,” “marriage” is a key variable. However, in “recreational perception,” none of the variables make a noticeable difference. The findings show that the cyclists’ environmental perception and their recreation experiences are highly related on every level.
In conclusion, this research offers suggestions for the planning of the bicycle lanes along the Tamsui River as well as for the further studies on the same subject.
Keywords: bicycle lanes along the Tamsui River, environmental perception, recreational experience.
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