Bicycle and Free Car Parking Availability at Trip Destinations: A Sustainable Mobility Test for Parking

Using a Swiss national survey, we explore three questions that can support better bicycle parking planning: 1) What destinations are the most likely to have bicycle parking? 2) Do trips by e-bikes more frequently end with parking at destinations than those by regular bicycles? 3) Is available bicycle parking at the destination for bicycle trips as frequent as free car parking? Results suggest a relative undersupply of bicycle parking at destinations compared with free car parking, an increasing need for bicycle parking for costlier e-bikes, and the identification of destination types where bicycle parking is most lacking.