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Title:

Measuring stress levels for real-world on-road cyclists: do bicycle facilities, intersections, and traffic levels affect cyclists’ stress?

Accession Number:

01589768

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Research has shown that cyclists’ safety, stress, and comfort levels greatly affect cycling routes and bicycle mode share. Some researchers have tried to categorize cyclists’ levels of traffic stress utilizing data that can be directly measured in the field, such as motorized travel lanes, travel speeds, and type of bicycle infrastructure. This research effort presents a novel approach to measure cyclists’ stress: real-world, on-road measurements of physiological stress as cyclists travel across different types of bicycle facilities in various traffic volumes. The three research questions examined in this study are: i) Does peak traffic impact cyclists’ stress levels? ii) Do intersections impact cyclists’ stress levels? and iii) Does facility type impact cyclists’ stress levels? Through quantification of relative stress levels, novel results indicated that the answer to all three of these questions is “yes.” On the same route, stress levels during peak-hour traffic averaged 1.75 times higher than during off-peak traffic. Signalized intersections were hotspots for cyclists’ stress. At intersections, stress levels were 1.7 times higher during peak hours than at the segments connecting intersections at off-peak periods. Statistical tests clearly show that separated facilities were associated with lower stress levels than other types of facilities.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF20 Standing Committee on Bicycle Transportation. Alternate title: Measuring Stress Levels for Real-World On-road Cyclists: Do Bicycle Facilities and Traffic Levels Affect Cyclists’ Stress?

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-6753

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Caviedes, Alvaro
Figliozzi, Miguel Andres

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-6753

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 6:56PM