An Examination of the Strava Usage Rate-A Parameter to Estimate Average Annual Daily Bicycle Volumes on Rural Roadways
| Autor: | Griselda López-Maldonado, David Llopis-Castelló, Francisco Javier Camacho-Torregrosa, Alfredo García |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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lcsh:Industrial safety. Industrial accident prevention
Annual average Context (language use) Track (rail transport) INGENIERIA E INFRAESTRUCTURA DE LOS TRANSPORTES Transport engineering 03 medical and health sciences Two-lane rural roads Bicycle volume 0502 economics and business 03.- Garantizar una vida saludable y promover el bienestar para todos y todas en todas las edades lcsh:T55-55.3 Cyclist safety Short count Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Recreation lcsh:R5-920 050210 logistics & transportation 0303 health sciences business.industry 11.- Conseguir que las ciudades y los asentamientos humanos sean inclusivos seguros resilientes y sostenibles 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030311 toxicology Rural roads Geography Global Positioning System Strava app Road safety lcsh:Medicine (General) Cycling business Safety Research |
| Zdroj: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia instname Safety, Vol 7, Iss 8, p 8 (2021) Safety Volume 7 Issue 1 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/safety7010008 |
| Popis: | [EN] In Spain, a new challenge is emerging due to the increase of many recreational bicyclists on two-lane rural roads. These facilities have been mainly designed for motorized vehicles, so the coexistence of cyclists and drivers produces an impact, in terms of road safety and operation. In order to analyze the occurrence of crashes and enhance safety for bicycling, it is crucial to know the cycling volume. Standard procedures recommend using data from permanent stations and temporary short counts, but bicycle volumes are rarely monitored in rural roads. However, bicyclists tend to track their leisure and exercise activities with fitness apps that use GPS. In this context, this research aims at analyzing the daily and seasonal variability of the Strava Usage Rate (SUR), defined as the proportion of bicyclists using the Strava app along a certain segment on rural highways, to estimate the Annual Average Daily Bicycle (AADB) volume on rural roads. The findings of this study offer possible solutions to policy makers in terms of planning and design of the cycling network. Moreover, the use of crowdsourced data from the Strava app will potentially save costs to public agencies, since public data could replace costly counting campaigns. This research was funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, grant number TRA2016-80897-R and the General Directorate of Education, Research, Culture and Sport of the Valencian Government, grant number GV/2017/038 |
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