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Authors:
Joshua James Coniglio
Jianhong (Cecilia) Xia
Ryan Mark
Keywords: freqently used bicycle route; bicycle crash characteristics; bicycle motor vehicle crashes; spatial distribution
Abstract:
Cycling is a popular and sustainable transport mode. However, cyclists make up three percent of all road fatalities and fifteen percent of all road hospitalisations in Australia. Limited studies have been conducted to investigate the characteristics of Bicycle Motor Vehicle Crashes (BMVC) from a spatial perspective. This paper aims to compare the characteristics of BMVC on frequently and infrequently used bicycle routes within the Perth metropolitan region. It is broken down into two parts. The first part was to identify the frequently and infrequently used recreational bicycle paths based on Strava heat maps. The second task uses market segmentation with the Expectation-Maximisation (EM) algorithm to identify the major characteristics involved in BMVC on frequently and infrequently used routes. Through the findings presented in this study, the overall safety of these frequently used bicycle routes was determined.
Pages: 39 to 43
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017
Publication date: March 19, 2017
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-393X
ISBN: 978-1-61208-539-5
Location: Nice, France
Dates: from March 19, 2017 to March 23, 2017