Community shared bicycle systems are an instance of public transportation systems that provide digital footprints of all the movements made using this system. The completeness of such dataset allows for their study using a complex system point of view. We discuss in this chapter how Lyon’s shared bicycle system, called Vélo’v, can be seen as a dynamical complex network, and how using community ...

conclusions higher age of cyclists and increasing speed of the accident opponent significantly increase the likelihood of sustaining facial fractures. the use of bicycle helmets does not significantly reduce the incidence of mid-facial fractures, while being correlated with an even increased incidence of mandibular fractures. background the effectiveness of bicycle safety helmets in preventing ...

China has a historic system of wide cycle tracks, many of which are now encroached by cars, buses and bus stops. Even with these conditions, college students still bicycle. On campuses, students park their bikes on facilities ranging from kick-stand-plazas to caged sheds with racks, pumps and an attendant. In other countries, including Canada, some of the newer cycle tracks need to be wider to ...

Proper bicycle fit is very important for cycling performance, efficiency, comfort and injury prevention. This is especially true in the case of children cyclists that do not have the necessary cycling experience, balance and the fully developed musculoskeletal system of the adults. Bicycle fit depends on both the design and dimensions of the bicycle as well as on the anthropometric dimensions o...

Urban mobility is a prevalent problem in many cities around the world. Cycling offers a fast and cheap transportation option for short-distance trips, with smaller carbon and physical footprint than driving a car. Cycling can also encourage a modal shift from private car to public transport by providing efficient last mile connections. This has led to a renewed interest to promote cycling in ci...

This paper describes the development and evaluation of a novel effort control system for cycling, which contributes to promote the users’ mobility and physical health. This system provides automatic control of the motor assistance level of an electric bicycle in order to ensure that the cyclist’s effort remains inside the desired target zone, regardless of changes in other variables which norma...

fatal injury caused by bicycle accidents in many countries. when a motor vehicle collides with a bicycle, the results are often devastating as a cyclist has minimal protection from the hard exterior of a car and it is often the cyclist who will suffer incapacitating and potentially life-threatening injuries. vehicle drivers and passengers may suffer from broken glass injuries, whiplash and brui...

Questions concerning the possible mechanisms and ultimate utility of a modal shift towards alternatives to motorised transport in the developed world represent an important topic within the context of the very current problem of ‘greening’ urban environments, in addition to their relevance with respect to health and social aspects of transportation. The study of physical properties of traffic t...

The passive and also the active safety systems of the vehicles evolved in the last decades. Beside the safety system of cars and trucks the smaller vehicles like the motorbikes, scooters, e-bikes and bicycle’s systems evolved as well. The aim of the project was to create and develop a prototype bicycle that uses a hydraulic type antilock braking system. The paper presents shortly the dynamics o...