Evaluating the effectiveness of on-street bicycle lane and assessing risk to bicyclists in Charlotte, North Carolina

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-41

  Pulugurtha, Srinivas S ^a   Thakur, Vidya ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Bicycle lane; Bicyclist; Crash; On street; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; BICYCLES; DRIVEWAYS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERSECTIONS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

BICYCLE LANES; BICYCLIST; CHARLOTTE , NORTH CAROLINA; CRASH; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; VEHICLE-MILES TRAVELED;

SPORTING GOODS;

CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 84921044596     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.12.020     Document Type: Article

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