A Safe Infrastructure for Micromobility: The Current State of Knowledge

Major cities in Europe have seen a significant increase micromobility infrastructure, including cycling with 42 European Metropolitan implementing 1421.54 km of infrastructure year. However, the design principles for bikeways primarily rely on conventional road bicycles and lack consistency accommodating emerging powered devices like e-scooters. To address this research gap, paper conducts systematic review scientometric analysis to explore safe bikeway design. It identifies three overlooked topics (marking signing, grading, mode choice) nine understudied areas (vibration, distress, skidding, alignment features, clearance, lateral control, connectivity, traffic composition, intersection presence) that significantly impact safety. The study’s comprehensive understanding use tools reveal patterns relationships within literature. also highlights criteria influencing safety need pavement user behavior. findings contribute evidence-based decision-making practitioners researchers, emphasizing importance tailored enhance achieve cost-effective improvements.