Evaluating the quality of inter-urban cycleways

McCarthy, Orla Thérèse; Caulfield, Brian; Deenihan, Gerard

doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2015.11.004

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“…In the thesis by (van Overdijk, R.P.J., 2016) is claimed that good quality paths and low slopes can be worth more than 4 minutes of travel time reduction, and surface quality is placed in the group of most relevant factors for comfortable routes. In line with this, (McCarthy et al, 2016) also state that cyclists are quite sensitive to comfort and safety aspects and thus are not only interested in the most direct or fast route. In the stated preference survey of (Stinson, Bhat, 2003), after travel time and distance to motorized traffic, also the surface type is of highest interest for cyclists.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…In contrast to the car where route choice is mainly influenced by estimated travel time, cyclists rather look also for comfortable routes. Especially to avoid situations with low comfort like gradients, many or long stops at traffic lights and badly maintained roads, cyclists vary from the shortest route ((McCarthy et al, 2016), (van Overdijk, R.P.J., 2016)). This fact is only indirectly considered in common navigation applications.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Joint Estimation of Road Roughness From Crowd-Sourced Bicycle Acceleration Measurements

Wage

Sester

2021

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. In contrast to cars, route choices for cycling are barely influenced by the respective traffic situation, but to a large extent by the routes’ comfort. Especially in urban settings with several alternatives, segments with many or long stops at traffic lights and badly maintained roads are avoided due to a low comfort and cyclists vary from the shortest route. This fact is only indirectly considered in common navigation applications.This work aims to integrate surface roughness measurements collected from diverse bicycles to a joint scale via a least-squares adjustment. Data was collected using smartphones, which were mounted to bike hand bars and measured positions and vertical accelerations on user’s trips. As this way sensed roughness also depends on the bike setting and type, the resulting values would be different for different users. Thus, this paper presents a novel approach to harmonize observations from differing sensitive setups. The basic concept idea of bundle block adjustment is adapted to calibrate a basic scale model and in parallel adjust the observations of surface roughness to a common scale.This way a crowd-sourced roughness map can be generated. Such a map can be used to enrich bike focused routing services and thus encourage cycling in daily live. In addition, it can also be used to derive hints for infrastructure servicing.

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Section: Introduction and Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Joint Estimation of Road Roughness From Crowd-Sourced Bicycle Acceleration Measurements

Wage

Sester

2021

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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“…Although evidence from the research of Heesch et al (2015) and McCarthy et al (2016) suggests the development of different strategies to encourage the two types of cycling behaviour, there are also reasons to believe that many of the factors that influence transport cycling also have an impact on recreational cycling, these include, e.g., physical environment characteristics such as design, safety, prevalence of destinations and aesthetic features (Kamphuis et al, 2008). Giovannini et al (2017) emphasize that whether intended for leisure or mobility needs, the level of cycling depends on the quality of available infrastructure, while Downward et al (2009) indicate that, when planning infrastructure that targets both users, it is important to ensure that the infrastructure can cater for longer trips.…”

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Using the PROMETHEE II Method for the Assessment of Recreational and Tourist Cycle Routes

Solecka¹,

Katarzyna²

2022

ERSJ

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Purpose: This article is devoted to route planning for the purposes of recreational and tourist cycling, presenting the results of research that employed the PROMETHEE II method for the assessment of such routes in Kraków and its suburban areas (Poland). It aims to contribute to the little-studied issue of the evaluation of recreational and tourist cycle routes that connect urban and suburban areas. Design/methodology/approach: The research relies on one of the Multiple Criteria Decision Aid (MCDA) methods, PROMETHEE II. The variants of bike routes were compared in terms of different economic, social and technical criteria to arrive at a final ranking. The weights of the criteria were assigned based on the knowledge and experience of experts in bike infrastructure design as well as the opinion of bike users. Findings: The findings show the factors that matter not only for the users of cycle routes, but also for entities in charge of creating such infrastructure. They also highlight the importance of various aspects that accompany route planning, such as cooperation between entities, integration with the railway system or the use of religious sites as the backbone of the route. Practical Implications: The results of the study complement the current state of knowledge on the factors for planning and accessing the recreational and tourist bike routes. The conclusions can contribute to the broader transport and tourism policy of many regions, including suburban and rural areas. The method employed, because its universal character, may be used for assessment of cycle routes for various user types and different locations. Originality/Value: Its uniqueness consists in that it includes the aspect of integration of cycle routes with railway infrastructure and employs one of the least common MCDA methods. Moreover the importance of the parameters of the recreational and tourist routes are analysed not only from the view point of the route users, but also entities in charge of creating such infrastructure.

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“…The use of such instruments reflects the local specifics of transport and urban systems and every municipality has its own strategy for how to cope with transport-related problems. As indicated by Greene and Wegner [15] or Aftabuzzaman and Mazloumi [18], there are three broad approaches of transport strategies with which to tackle transport-related challenges: (1) to support the shift from private motorised transport to shared-mobility services, non-motorised transport and public transport [19][20][21][22][23][24][25]; (2) complex transport and urban planning [4,7,[26][27][28][29]; and (3) technological innovations to reduce the negative externalities of car-use [30][31][32].…”

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Evaluation of the Road Policy in the Light of Vision Zero in Jaworzno, Poland

Pistelok

Štraub

2021

Sustainability

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Vision Zero (VZ) is a systematic approach whose goal is to reduce the fatalities and serious injuries suffered in road accidents to zero, which was first adopted in Sweden in 1997. Besides assessing the policy implementation in the Polish town of Jaworzno, this paper applies VZ as a framework to describe transport policy development in Jaworzno. It concludes, that even without an explicitly defined strategical VZ document, the action taken by city officials in Jaworzno clearly overlaps with VZ, as evidenced in Sweden. Also, strong political commitment, clear leadership and a dynamic approach to adjust the development according to new evidence, show the city of Jaworzno to be a learning institution in its enhancement of road safety and its support of sustainable development.

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Evaluating the quality of inter-urban cycleways

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Joint Estimation of Road Roughness From Crowd-Sourced Bicycle Acceleration Measurements

Joint Estimation of Road Roughness From Crowd-Sourced Bicycle Acceleration Measurements

Using the PROMETHEE II Method for the Assessment of Recreational and Tourist Cycle Routes

Evaluation of the Road Policy in the Light of Vision Zero in Jaworzno, Poland

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