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Title: Bicycles and Motorcycles 2014
Accession Number: 01557587
Record Type: Monograph
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: This issue contains 16 papers that are concerned with bicycles and motorcycles. Specific topics addressed include: computer vision techniques to collect helmet-wearing data on cyclists; interactions between buses and bicycles at stops; a visual survey tool for determining factors that make a street attractive for bicycling; red light running behavior of electric bicycles at signalized intersections; left-turning bicycle traffic and its influence on capacity of left-turning vehicles at signalized intersections; and bicyclists as consumers. Other topics include: a cost-benefit analysis of added cycling facilities; day-of-year scaling factors and design considerations for nonmotorized traffic monitoring programs; use of a public bikeshare system in Vancouver, Canada; the impacts of bicycle facilities on work and recreational bike trips; traffic reduction from bicycle commuting; and annual average daily bicyclist traffic estimation methods. Finally, the papers address: multimodal commuting to work by public transport and bicycle; electric bikes in North America; motorcycle helmet use laws; and usage patterns for powered two-wheelers in Melbourne, Australia.
Language: English
Pagination: 154p
Publication Date: 2014
ISBN: 9780309295659
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 20 2015 3:14PM
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