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Understanding External Factors and Workload's Impact on Cyclist Safety [supporting dataset]
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2024-10-01
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Alternative Title:Excel Spreadsheet of data for CPBS Report 23UNM04 - Understanding External Factors and Workload's Impact on Cyclist Safety
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Abstract:Cycling remains a popular mode of transportation, yet cyclists face numerous safety challenges. Although human factors research typically focuses on motor vehicle drivers, studies addressing active transportation users, like cyclists, are scarce. This project aims to identify the best workload measures and devices for cycling to conduct naturalistic cycling data collection. Additionally, it aims to create a naturalistic cycling dataset considering the different workload measures identified. For that, we conducted a naturalistic cycling experiment in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with 23 volunteers riding a predetermined route while wearing various biosensors to capture performance and physiological data. Subjective workload measures were also collected using established indices from the literature. Then, the team performed exploratory analyses combining data from the multiple sensors. In these analyses, we identified differences between male and non-male riders, as well as variations in workload levels between the first and second rides, highlighting the impact of familiarity with the infrastructure. The analysis focused on two intersections in high bicycle stress segments. Results indicated that subjects preferred routes with cycle paths and good street lighting. Additionally, heart rates were higher at intersections compared to the rest of the route. Subjects tended to look straight ahead or at lower traffic light infrastructure at intersections. We conclude that combining subjective, performance, and physiological measures offers a more comprehensive understanding of the workload experienced by cyclists. These insights can inform infrastructure planning and advance methodologies for assessing bicycle stress levels, considering human factors.
The total size of the zip file is 29.2 KB. The .xlsx and .xls file types are Microsoft Excel files, which can be opened with Excel, and other free available spreadsheet software, such as OpenRefine.
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Content Notes:National Transportation Library (NTL) Curation Note: As this dataset is preserved in a repository outside U.S. DOT control, as allowed by the U.S. DOT’s Public Access Plan (https://doi.org/10.21949/1503647) Section 7.4.2 Data, the NTL staff has performed NO additional curation actions on this dataset. This dataset has been curated to CoreTrustSeal's curation level "C. Initial Curation." To find out more information on CoreTrustSeal's curation levels, please consult their "Curation & Preservation Levels" CoreTrustSeal Discussion Paper" (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11476980). NTL staff last accessed this dataset at its repository URL on 2024-10-17. If, in the future, you have trouble accessing this dataset at the host repository, please email NTLDataCurator@dot.gov describing your problem. NTL staff will do its best to assist you at that time.
Public Access Note: This item is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Use the following citation:
Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety. (2024). Excel Spreadsheet of data for CPBS Report 23UNM04 - Understanding External Factors and Workload's Impact on Cyclist Safety [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13870044
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