Bicycle Research Team

Goal

To improve bicycling opportunities through research and service.

Objective

To conduct research projects pertaining to bicycling knowledge, processes and cycling-related systems. Our research is not limited by physical boundaries, and we work to increase knowledge associated with the community, economic and social costs and benefits of bicycling within the local, regional and global areas.

Bike sharing programs, bike-friendly cities and criteria, trail impact, the social, economic and cultural impacts of biking, factors that influence cycling, community and commuter relations and other areas where bicyclists interact with the community.

Director

Charles Chancellor (hchance@clemson.edu), Ph.D., PRTM Associate Professor

Associate Directors

Lauren Duffy (lduffy@clemson.edu), Ph.D. PRTM Assistant Professor
Bob Brookover (bob@clemson.edu), Ph.D. PRTM Senior Lecturer
Harrison Pinckney (hpinckn@clemson.edu), Ph.D. PRTM Assistant Professor

General Classification Participants

Trey Bargar (tbarga@g.clemson.edu), BS Student, Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management
Samuel Dobrozsi (sdobroz@g.clemson.edu), MS Student, Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management
Paul Gremillion (jgremil@clemson.edu), MS Student, Parks, Recreation, & Tourism
Sam Haile (shaile@clemson.edu), BS Student, Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management
Scott Ogletree (sogletr@clemson.edu), Ph.D. Student, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
Stephen Quigley (sjquigl@clemson.edu), Ph.D. Student, Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design

Emeriti

Li-Hsin Chen
Brent Beadles
Logan McFall
Grace Orders
Josh Swain
Austin Langley
Sam Keith
Gyunghoon Kim

Economic development
Visitor surveys
User surveys
Tourism planning
Marketing research
Destination branding

Evaluation of the Momentum Bicycle Club, a non-profit with the goal to positively impact the development of young people through mentoring relationships by establishing bike clubs in under-served communities.
Increasing Clemson's Bicycle Friendly University level from bronze to silver through research & development projects to enhance cycling on campus.
Study of Clemson Public Bike Share
Mountain bike plan, Hardscramble Property, Camden, SC

Co-author with Clemson University Department of Planning and Design, of Appalachian Regional Commission grant to begin a Clemson University multiuse trail.
Trail use conflict of the Clemson Experimental Forest users
Organizing/planning Jubilee Joy Ride
Triathlon marketing plan
Economic impact of USTA Championship
Clemson bicycle/pedestrian counts
Segmentation of bicycle tourists
Trail use conflict in natural areas
Bicycle participation surveys
GIS mapping of bicycle crashes in S.C.
Doodle Trail User Survey 2016, Pickens, SC. Data supported an Appalachian Regional Commission Grant to extend the trail and the grant was funded.

Clemson University Department of Planning and Design
- Three members of the Bicycle Research Team are members of the Clemson University Bicycle Safety Committee
City of Clemson
People for Bikes
Breakaway Research Group
Pedal Chic
Experience Plus Bicycle Tour Company
Pendleton District Commission
Palmetto Cycling Coalition

Media Links

Clemson research team traveled to England to present research on bicycle tourism

Input from Clemson researchers instrumental in funding of Doodle Trail park