2019 Volume 54 Issue 2 Pages 90-101
A bicycle has been recognized as an effective means to enrich experiences of excursion or sightseeing; however, there is no existing index to evaluate how bicycle behavior dynamically changes from part to another part. Meanwhile, it has become common for community cycle providers to collect GPS logs of bicycle travels recently. Accordingly, in this research, we propose three new characteristic indicators, which are degrees of a detour, change of direction, and travel speed, to evaluate characteristics of cycling excursion from GPS trace data and examine how these indicators can reflect dynamic changes in excursion behaviors from part to another part. Furthermore, we suggest an example of these indicators' application to investigate relationships between characteristics of cycling excursions and how bicycle users find a city attractive while traveling.
