TIPP—Bicycle Safety: Myths and Facts

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bicycle Safety

scholarly journals Promoting Sustainable Mobility: A Perspective from Car and Public Transport Users

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4715
Author(s):  
Audrius Dėdelė ◽  
Auksė Miškinytė
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Bicycle Safety ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Significant Factors

Sustainable mobility is becoming a key factor in improving the quality of life of the residents and increasing physical activity (PA) levels. The current situation of sustainable mobility and its analysis is a first step in understanding the factors that would encourage residents to discover and choose alternative modes of travel. The present study examined the factors that encourage the choice of active modes of travel among urban adult population. Walking and cycling were analyzed as the most sustainable forms of urban mobility from the perspective of car and public transport (PT) users. Total of 902 subjects aged 18 years or older were analyzed in the study to assess commuting habits in Kaunas city, Lithuania. The majority (61.1%) of the respondents used a passenger vehicle, 28.2% used PT, and only 13.5% used active modes of travel. The results showed that safer pedestrian crossings, and comfortable paths were the most significant factors that encourage walking. A wider cycling network, and bicycle safety were the most important incentives for the promotion of cycling. Our findings show that the main factors encouraging walking and cycling among car and PT users are similar, however, the individual characteristics that determine the choice of these factors vary significantly.

scholarly journals Mining crowdsourced data on bicycle safety critical events

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 100360
Author(s):  
Subasish Das ◽  
Zihang Wei ◽  
Xiaoqiang “Jack” Kong ◽  
Xiao Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Critical Events ◽  
Safety Critical ◽  
Bicycle Safety ◽  
Crowdsourced Data

Bicycle safety helmet usage in Berlin 1999: An observational study

2002 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-127
Author(s):  
Dankmar B�hning ◽  
Ruth Boose ◽  
Sandra Kurzawski ◽  
Nadine Saul
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Bicycle Safety

Bicycle Safety

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-139
Author(s):  
Alex Okun
Keyword(s):  
Bicycle Safety

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Bicycle Helmet Subsidies in a Defined Population

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 902-907
Author(s):  
Robert S. Thompson ◽  
Diane C. Thompson ◽  
Frederick P. Rivara ◽  
Angela A. Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Head Injuries ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
Cost Effectiveness Analysis ◽  
Bicycle Helmet ◽  
Discount Rates ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Helmet Use ◽  
Bicycle Safety ◽  
Effectiveness Analysis

Objective. To examine the potential effects of bicycle safety helmet cost subsidy on bicycle head injury rates and costs. Design. Using empiric data on the incidence and costs of bicycle injuries to children, we examined the hypothetical effects of various bicycle helmet subsidies in a cost-effectiveness analysis. A hypothetical cohort of 100 000 5- through 9-year-olds was followed for 5 years after helmet cost subsidization. Sensitivity analyses were done of three different levels of safety helmet subsidy ($5, $10, $15), three discount rates (2%, 4%, 6%), 10 levels of safety helmet use ranging from 10% to 100%, and the occurrence or nonoccurrence of catastrophic head injuries. Patients. Forty-three children 5 through 9 years of age and 27 children 10 through 14 years of age with head injuries due to bicycling were identified through emergency department surveillance of a population of 29 533. Setting. Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, a large health maintenance organization. Outcome measures. Bicycle head injuries prevented and the savings or costs associated with various subsidy, safety helmet use, and discount rates. Results. Hypothetically, an increase in bicycle helmet use rates to 40% to 50% due to subsidies of $5 or $10 prevents 564 to 840 head injuries in a cohort of 100 000 5- through 9-year-olds over 5 years. Under these conditions and a 2% discount rate, cost savings ranging from $189 207 to $427 808 will result when catastrophic head injuries are included in the analysis. Conclusion. Subsidization of bicycle safety helmets to achieve a cost of $14 to $20 per helmet and use rates of 40% to 50% will likely prove cost-effective. Empirical evidence from a Seattle campaign suggests that such helmet use rates are achievable.

Regina's Juvenile Bicycle Safety Court

1964 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-376
Author(s):  
Walter J. Rohac
Keyword(s):  
Bicycle Safety
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