Addressing Bicyclist Safety Through the Development of Crash Modification Factors for Bikeways [Project Summary]

Details

• Creators:
  Dadashova, Bahar ; Dixon, Karen ; Hudson, Joan ; Benz, Robert ; Dai, Boya ; Li, Xiao ; Sener, Ipek ; Turner, Shawn ; Sarda, Soham
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash modification factors
  • Bicycle crashes
  • Bicycle lanes
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Highway safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  0-7043
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Texas
• Edition:
  Project Summary Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The findings of this project indicate that installation of bikeway facilities can significantly improve safety for bicyclists. Implementing conventional bicycle lanes can help reduce total, fatal and injury, and property-damage-only crashes by 41–49 percent. Buffered bicycle lanes can improve safety by 20–65 percent, and separated bicycle lanes can improve safety by 41–53 percent. The economic benefits of these treatments were also found to be significantly higher than the estimated cost of installing them.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64292/dot_64292_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 205.60 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:37a401f4fc122e762ada06c4e634344c9b0a98f072ea2d6c63069d33a53e69bdf1ebd3206ac32c711cea5c553066a5dde15e26fb87eeac0bf14c090ff2e76aac