Aiden Sidebottom, Adam Thorpe and Shane Johnson of Bikeoff were invited to present Evaluating Efforts to Design Out Bicycle Theft at the eighth European Society of Criminology conference held at the University of Edinburgh in September 2008.
This presented findings from the recent evaluation of two design-based interventions intended to reduce opportunities for bicycle theft: a communication-based strategy in the form of stickers attached to bicycle parking stands, and prototype bicycle parking stands. The paper opens by describing the problem of bicycle theft and its relevance to current policy targets regarding sustainable transport. Following the description of the two design-based interventions, findings are presented from the evaluations of their impact of intervention on cyclists locking practice. Finally, the implications of the findings for further research are discussed.
Tags: 2008, Adam Thorpe, Aiden Sidebottom, Bikeoff Outputs, presentations, Shane Johnson
