The Netherlands is well known for their high bicycle use. We used the Health Economic Assessment Tool and life table calculations to quantify the population-level health benefits from Dutch cycling levels. Cycling prevents about 6500 deaths each year, and Dutch people have half-a-year-longer life expectancy because of cycling. These health benefits correspond to more than 3% of the Dutch gross ...

In this paper, we proposed the intersection collision avoidance (ICA) algorithm for bicycle to vehicle (B2V) safety service and analyzed its performance by using ‘PreScan’ and ‘MATLAB’. As typical type accidents related with bicycles, we consider the bicycle to vehicle (B2V) communication. The derived analytical approach can explain the condition and effect of bicycle collisions. Furthermore, p...

In this work, an adaptive critic-based neuro-fuzzy is presented for an unmanned bicycle. The only information available for the critic agent is the system feedback which is interpreted as the last action the controller has performed in the previous state. The signal produced by the critic agent is used alongside the back propagation of error algorithm to tune online conclusion parts of the fuzz...

The proximity and speed of motor traffic passing cyclists in non-separated conditions may be so close and so great as to cause discomfort. A variety of road design and driver behaviour factors may affect overtaking speeds and distances. The investigation presented in this paper builds on previous research and fills gaps in that research by considering the presence of cycle lanes on 20 mph and 3...

Bicycling is a popular activity and a healthy, environmentally friendly form of transportation. However, it is also a leading cause of sport and recreational injury in children and adolescents. Head injuries are among the most severe injuries sustained while bicycling, justifying the implementation of bicycle helmet legislation by many provinces. There is evidence that bicycle helmet legislatio...

This paper evaluates the importance of factors affecting commuter bicyclists’ route choices. Both route-level (e.g., travel time) and link-level (e.g., pavement quality) factors are examined. Empirical models are estimated using data from a stated preference survey conducted by the authors over the Internet. The models indicate that, for commuter bicyclists, travel time is the most important fa...