Traffic Impacts of Bicycle Facilities

Traffic Impacts of Bicycle Facilities

April 2015 - January 2016 | by John Hourdos, Derek Lehrke, Melissa Duhn, Alireza Ermagun, Lila Singer-Berk, Greg Lindsey

Purpose:

Analyzed how different types of bicycle lanes affected how drivers behaved. Found that buffered or striped bicycle lanes increased the predictability of driver behavior

Image of a two-way, one lane street with a center turn lane and buffered bike lanes on either side

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