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Title: Applying Road Safety Audits to Bikeways
Accession Number: 01152567
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: Modern-day society is undergoing a process of change-evolution that involves increasing use of the bicycle as a means of transport. Policies to promote bicycle use specify the need for safer bikeways, for which reason, as for road safety audits, it is necessary to draw up specific checklists for bikeways that will ensure safer bike travel for bike users. At present, there is no documentation that serves as a guide for the preparation of such audits. In this paper, we propose a checklist that is based on different bikeway layout and design criteria, on requests made by cycling associations, and on the adaptation of road safety audits. The objective of the checklist is twofold: it serves to evaluate the safety of bikeways and it is a guide for the relevant authorities to plan and to maintain safer bikeways. The checklist has been successfully tested in Burgos (Spain), where it was instrumental in identifying the main problems throughout the entire network of bikeways in the city.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01147878
Report/Paper Numbers: 10-0278
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Linares, AlaitzGonzalo-Orden, HernanRojo, MartaPagination: 17p
Publication Date: 2010
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: DVD
Features: Figures
(6)
; References
(43)
; Tables
(3)
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-0278
Files: BTRIS, TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 25 2010 10:11AM
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