Tag Archives: cyclists

Infrastructure measures in Norwegian cities increased cycling by 31 pct

Posted on September 17, 2019 by nradmin
Improved cycling facilities in city streets increased cycling by 31 pct. TØI collected data using a mobile app recording bicycle patterns. This is the first time data collected by Apps like Strava and Google Maps Timeline are used in Norway in better estimating the utility of investments for...

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EU project protects cyclists and pedestrians

Posted on August 30, 2018 by nradmin
Cyclists are one category of unprotected road users
According to the World Health Organisation, more than one quarter of road traffic fatalities in 2010 were pedestrians and cyclists. Every year, about 335,000 unprotected road users die because of traffic accidents, which shows the scale of the problem. The EU project Prospect intends to...

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Bicycle helmets – To wear or not to wear?

Posted on August 29, 2018 by nradmin
A man wearing a bicycle helmet
Bicycle helmets reduce serious head injury by 60 percent. Chief Research Officer at the Institute of Transport Economics (TØI) Alena Høye has conducted a meta-analysis of the effects of bicycle helmets on serious head injury and other injuries among crash involved cyclists. 179 effect...

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A greater understanding of cyclists’ behaviour

Posted on May 2, 2018 by nradmin
Cyclists are often accused of not following traffic rules and being hooligans on the road. New research shows that there is no support for this perception. "Our observations reveal no such general anarchy" says Sonja Forward, researcher at VTI. Cyclists are one amongst the most vulnerable of...

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ITS Applications for Improving Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users

Posted on June 8, 2016 by nradmin
cyclist and pedestrian in motion blur
The VRUITS project (Improving the Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users through ITS Applications), co-funded by the European Commission, investigated how safety and mobility of Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) can be improved through Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and provided...

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