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Title:

Bicycle Infrastructure from the Driver's Seat: Evaluating Bicycle Infrastructure Using a Driving Simulator

Accession Number:

01624359

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

In recent years there has been an increasing number of recreational and bicycle commuters in the United States. Although bicycle users still represent a very small mode share, municipalities have been attempting to further encourage the health, economic, and environmental benefits of cycling by implementing new and innovative bicycle infrastructure treatments. However, many of these treatments have only been recently implemented in a few locations and are often constructed with little or no understanding of their effects on user behavior. Currently, there is a substantial amount of research investigating bicyclist behavior, as well as operations and safety from the cyclists’ perspective at such innovative treatments. However, there is little research conducted from the driver’s perspective towards cyclists and bicycle infrastructure. With approximately 75 percent of all bicycle-vehicle crashes occurring at intersections, there especially is a need to investigate driver behavior at intersections with unfamiliar bicycle treatments. The objective of this research is to provide an in-depth evaluation of driver behavior from the driver perspective when approaching new and unfamiliar bicycle infrastructure intersection treatments. This project utilizes a driving simulator as well as participant questionnaires to determine whether any patterns, or causalities exist between infrastructure and driver behavior. The questionnaires will then yield insight into the driver’s background to understand whether prior exposure to the infrastructure or experience as a cyclist affects their behavior as a driver. This in depth study can help inform design, education, or other countermeasures for safer operation.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AND30 Standing Committee on Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operator Performance.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-01981

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Fournier, Nicholas
Christofa, Eleni
Knodler, Michael A

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References (21) ; Tables

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-01981

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 10:42AM