SAPLIOĞLU, Meltem Süleyman Demirel University - Engineering Faculty - Civil Engineering Department, Transportation Division, TURKEY , YÜZER GÜNAY, Emel Süleyman Demirel University - Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences - Civil Engineering Transportation Program, TURKEY

INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS OF SAFE BICYCLE ROUTE BY USING A SURVEY STUDY

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This study provides an overview of effective parameters for safe cycling by carrying out a survey on five hundred participants who have been cycling for a long time and 26 of them are the members of a cycling associationin Isparta City. Additionally, sample applications of effecting parameters for safe cycling routes have been examined. Parameters effective for selecting safe cycling paths have been determined by evaluating the literature research and weights of the effects have been obtained by analyzing the survey results. Literature studies showed that separated bicycle lanes, road grades, bicycle accident prone locations, bicycle lane markings, bicycle parks on their way, come across to a bus stop, vehicle road side parking, and location of bus lines are respectively important effective factors for selecting bicycle route. These safety parameters are weighted with Analytic Hierarchy Process. Furthermore, importance of safe and appropriate bicycle route planning highly recommended to the cities which have not seen cycling as a mode of transportation yet.

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Safe bicycle route , survey , analytic hierarchy process.

Sigma Journal Of Engineering and Natural Sciences

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