Cycling Safety on Urban and Rural Roads
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2021) | Viewed by 2500
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, cycling has become more and more popular in almost every part of the world. Compared to that of motor vehicle users, cyclists’ safety has improved more slowly. While the majority of bicycle-related crashes take place in urban areas, crashes between bicycles and motor vehicles on rural roads are more severe due to the higher speeds.
The study of cycling safety has to deal with various limitations, such as the underreporting of single-bicycle crashes and light injuries, or the absence of exposure data. New challenges for cycling safety include, among others, the sudden increase of cyclists in areas with traditionally low cycling shares, the introduction of automated vehicles, and their ability to detect cyclists or the growth of electric bicycles, with higher speed and weight.
This Special Issue welcomes any paper related to cycling safety on urban and rural roads, including but not limited to the following highlights:
- Cyclist exposure data, in particular, if related with crash data analyses;
- Empirical observation of cyclists’ conflicts or near crashes;
- Cycling infrastructure and its effects on safety;
- Before-after studies of bicycle-related safety treatments;
- Interactions between cyclists and motor vehicles;
- Interactions between cyclists and pedestrians;
- Temporal analyses of cycling demand and crashes;
- Studies about single-bicycle crashes;
- Safety of electric bicycles;
- Safety of sport and leisure cyclists;
- Assistance systems for cyclists and to protect cyclists.
Keywords
- Cycling
- Bicycling
- Cycling safety
- Bicycle safety
- Road safety
- Traffic data collection
- Electric bicycles
- Pedal-assisting bicycles
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