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Title:

Operational Evaluation of Advisory Bike Lane Treatment on Road User Behavior in Ottawa, Canada

Accession Number:

01707907

Record Type:

Component

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

The City of Ottawa has been investigating design solutions to facilitate the addition of cycling facilities, while maintaining parking, to roadways with limited right-of-ways. A pilot project to install advisory bike lanes was initiated. The purpose of this study is to determine how new pavement markings (advisory bike lanes) influence cyclist and motorist interactions and positioning, especially with respect to the distance between motorists and cyclists when passing. The study presents a before–after evaluation of two contrasting pavement indications. Video data were collected in two phases (pre- and post- treatment); each phase consisted of two different days. A number of safety performance parameters were used to assess whether safer conditions existed after the new treatment was installed: (i) the lateral distance between the motor vehicle and cyclist, (ii) the lateral distance between the cyclist and curbside edge/cyclist and buffer edge line, and (iii) the speed of the cyclist and motor vehicle. The findings indicate that the advisory bike lanes created more favorable conditions for cyclist safety and for motor vehicle compliance. These findings are (i) motorists passed cyclists with a greater lateral separation distance, (ii) cyclists positioned themselves further from parking edge line and rode in the middle of the bike lane, (iii) motor vehicle traveling speed decreased (the 85th percentile speed decreased by 5.2% after the installation of the advisory bike lane), and (iv) average cyclist speed increased (the average cyclist speed increased by 7.7% after the installation of the advisory bike lane).

Supplemental Notes:

The Standing Committee on Bicycle Transportation (ANF20) peer-reviewed this paper (19-02985). © National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2019.

Language:

English

Authors:

Kassim, Ali
Culley, Alex
McGuire, Shawn

Pagination:

pp 233-242

Publication Date:

2019-11

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Volume: 2673
Issue Number: 11
Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
ISSN: 0361-1981
EISSN: 2169-4052
Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Media Type:

Web

Features:

References (15)

Geographic Terms:

Ottawa (Canada)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jun 13 2019 3:07PM