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Creators:
Watkins, Kari E. ; LeDantec, Chris ; Misra, Aditi ; Asad, Mariam ; Mingus, Charlene ; ... More +
Watkins, Kari E. ; LeDantec, Chris ; Misra, Aditi ; Asad, Mariam ; Mingus, Charlene ; Bearn, Cary ; Poznanski, Alex ; Guo, Anhong ; Ammanamanchi, Rohit ; Gentry, Vernon ; Gooze, Aaron Less -
Corporate Creators:
Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering ; Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Literature, Media and Communication
Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering ; Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Literature, Media and Communication Less -
Corporate Contributors:
Georgia. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Materials & Research ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Georgia. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Materials & Research ; United States. Federal Highway Administration Less -
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Bicycle Infrastructure
Bicyclist Route Choice
Crowdsourced Data
Crowdsourcing
Level Of Traffic Stress (LTS)
Smartphone App
Bicycle Facilities
Cyclists
Data Collection
Decision Making
Demographics
Global Positioning System
Mobile Applications
Route Choice
Transportation Planning

Publication/ Report Number:
FHWA-GA-16-1439
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
United States ; Atlanta (Georgia) ; Georgia
United States ; Atlanta (Georgia) ; Georgia Less -
Edition:
Final report
Corporate Publisher:
Georgia. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Materials & Research
Abstract:
Effort to improve the bicycle route network using crowdsourced data is a powerful means

of incorporating citizens in infrastructure improvement decisions, which will improve

livability by maximizing the benefit of the bicycle infrastructure funding and

empowering citizens to be more active in transportation decisions. This research

developed a free, GPS-enabled smartphone application to collect socio-demographic and

route data of cyclists in Atlanta. The crowdsourced data were then used to model the

factors influencing bicycle route choices of different types of cyclists as defined by their

perceived safety and comfort with a facility. Finally, this research refined a quality-of-service

measure for bicyclists based on the perceived level of traffic stress (LTS) that the

users attach to the facility. The developed quality-of-service measure can be used by

transportation professionals to compare alternative roadway and bikeway designs using

quantifiable variables such as speed limit, traffic volume, and number of through lanes.


Format:
PDF
Funding:
GDOT Research Project No. 0013114 (RP 14-39 ; UTC Sub-Project)
GDOT Research Project No. 0013114 (RP 14-39 ; UTC Sub-Project) Less -
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:cac9c04ddf84bface26c6507950ce654d000b2e8c168c68b9d6a0b380f58a0ff
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