Walking and Cycling
FilterWalkability in Amsterdam: More space for the mother of all modes of transport
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
Safer City Streets - Current Research on European Cities
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
Reviewing speed limits: the case for multi-criteria analysis
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
Prioritising walking to create a safe and accessible city
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
How to monitor motorist behaviour at pedestrian crossings
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
Invisible Road Signs: Why truck drivers' visibility must improve to enhance road safety
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
New directions for data driven transport safety: Impact of GDPR on road safety policy making
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
Crowdsourced sensor data helping to improve cyclist safety
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
Speed and crash data: Combining speed and crash data for safer city roads in The Hague
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
Estimating city-level burden of road-traffic-collision fatalities
Presentation, slides, speech,28 November 2018
The Safety of Electrically-assisted Bicycles Compared to Classic Bicycles in the Netherlands
Presentation, slides, speech,29 January 2018
Cycling Safety in World Cities: Measuring Exposure and Risk
Presentation, slides, speech,29 January 2018
Exposure-adjusted Fatality Rates for Cycling and Walking in European Countries
Presentation, slides, speech,29 January 2018
Cycling, Health and Safety
Research Report, Policy Insights,19 December 2013
- Insufficient evidence supports causality for the “safety in numbers” phenomenon – policies increasing the number of cyclists should be accompanied by risk-reduction actions.
- Efforts must be made to harmonise definitions of bicycle accident terminology so as to be able to make reliable international comparisons on cyclist safety.
- National authorities should set standards for, collect or otherwise facilitate the collection of data on non-fatal cycling crashes based on police reports and, in either a systematic or periodic way, on hospital records.
- Authorities seeking to improve cyclists’ safety should adopt the Safe System approach - policy should focus on improving the inherent safety of the traffic system, not simply on securing marginal improvements for cyclists in an inherently unsafe system.
- Authorities should establish top-level plans for cycling and cycling safety and should ensure high-level coordination among relevant government agencies to ensure that cycling grows without aggravating safety performance.
- Speed management acts as “hidden infrastructure” protecting cyclists and should be included as an integral part of cycle safety strategies.
- Cyclists should not be the only target of cycling safety policies – motorists are at least as important to target.
- Where appropriate, traffic speeds should be limited to less than 30km/hr where bicycles and motorised traffic mix but care should be taken so that speed control devices do not create hazards for cyclists.