A Bicycle Safety Index for Evaluating Urban Street Facilities

[en] Objectives: The objectives of this research are to conceptualize the Bicycle Safety Index (BSI) that considers all parts of the street and to propose a universal guideline with microscale details.Method: A point system method comparing existing safety facilities to a defined standard is proposed to estimate the BSI. Two streets in Singapore and Malaysia are chosen to examine this model.Results: The majority of previous measurements to evaluate street conditions for cyclists usually cannot cover all parts of streets, including segments and intersections. Previous models also did not consider all safety indicators and cycling facilities at a microlevel in particular. This study introduces a new concept of a practical BSI to complete previous studies using its practical, easy-to-follow, point system–based outputs.Conclusions: This practical model can be used in different urban settings to estimate the level of safety for cycling and suggest some improvements based on the standards. © 2015, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Disciplines :

Regional & inter-regional studies
Architecture
Civil engineering
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)

Author, co-author :

Asadi-Shekari, Z.; Centre for Innovative Planning and Development (CiPD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Moeinaddini, Mehdi ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Transports et mobilité

Zaly Shah, M.; Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Language :

English

Title :

A Bicycle Safety Index for Evaluating Urban Street Facilities

Publication date :

2015

Journal title :

Traffic Injury Prevention

ISSN :

1538-9588

eISSN :

1538-957X

Publisher :

Taylor and Francis Inc.

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Issue :

Pages :

283-288

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Funders :

MOHE - Ministry of Higher Education

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