The Vulnerability and Safety of Road Users (Pedestrian and Cyclist)

Dear Colleagues,

It is my great pleasure to serve as the Guest Editor for the Special Issue “The Vulnerability and Safety of Road Users (Pedestrian and Cyclist)” to be published in Safety.

Weak road users are too often victims of fatal accidents. In fact, in the collision between a car and a pedestrian, the risk that the latter may lose their life is very high. For this reason, it would be necessary to prevent collisions, investing more in safety, aiming specifically to protect the weakest subjects: children, the elderly, the disabled, pedestrians, and cyclists. In recent years, several actions have been carried out aimed at reducing vulnerability through the assessment of infrastructures and the behavioral component of users.

This Special Issue will consist of articles that describe the synthesis of the evolution of road safety research, paying particular attention to weak users of the able-bodied and non-able-bodied road and to the current theory and practice of planning, design, and management of infrastructures and public spaces, with particular attention to future challenges, and will be of interest to scientists who deal with safety problems and issues generally involved in road traffic engineering, urban planning, as well as design, traffic, and maintenance engineers.

Other important areas of concern regarding road safety of vulnerable users include but are not limited to:

• Road infrastructure development;
• Issues related to pedestrians, bicyclists, and visually impaired users;
• Transport and infrastructure modeling;
• Walkability;
• Psychological aspects of road user behavior;
• Road accident estimation.

Manuscript Submission Information

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• Road users
• Pedestrian
• Cyclist
• Vulnerability
• Road risk