The safety of urban cycle tracks: A review of the literature

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 219-227

  Thomas, Beth ^a   De Robertis, Michelle ^a  

^a Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities Research and Policy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Cycle track; Injury severity Exposure; Multi use shared use path; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

BICYCLING; CYCLE TRACK; INJURY SEVERITY; MULTI-USE/SHARED USE PATH; RELATIVE RISKS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

BICYCLE; CANADA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

BICYCLING; CANADA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; RISK; SAFETY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878394808     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.017     Document Type: Review

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