Understanding bikeability: a methodology to assess urban networks

G Reggiani, T Van Oijen, H Hamedmoghadam… - Transportation, 2022 - Springer
A fully separated bicycle network from vehicular traffic is not realistic even for the most
bicycle-friendly cities. Thus, all around the world urban cycling entails switching between …

Assessment of communitywide bikeability with bicycle level of service

MB Lowry, D Callister, M Gresham… - Transportation …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
A novel method assessed the quality of bicycle travel throughout a community. Most
previous research on the quality of bicycle travel assessed bicycle suitability, that is, the …

Developing an urban bikeability index for different types of cyclists as a tool to prioritise bicycle infrastructure investments

J Arellana, M Saltarín, AM Larrañaga… - … Research Part A: Policy …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study proposes an urban Bikeability Index (BI) to assess and prioritise bicycle
infrastructure investments, and in turn, improve accessibility for cyclists. The contribution of …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a bikeability index to assess the bicycle-friendliness of urban environments

PJ Krenn, P Oja, S Titze - Open Journal of Civil Engineering, 2015 - scirp.org
Background: Cycling as a means of transport contributes to public health in terms of
increasing the physical activity behaviour and reducing air pollution. In comparison to …

Bicycle network performance: Assessing the directness of bicycle facilities through connectivity measures, a Montreal, Canada case study

G Boisjoly, U Lachapelle… - International journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last two decades, cycling has seen a rise in popularity in North American cities,
which are continuously expanding their bicycle networks. While studies highlight that a good …

Bikeability in basel

E Grigore, N Garrick, R Fuhrer… - Transportation …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
“Bikeability” is becoming increasingly relevant in the field of transport-and urban planning.
However, it is often unclear how bikeability is defined, let alone how it can be modeled. The …

Bicycle level of service for route choice—A GIS evaluation of four existing indicators with empirical data

R Pritchard, Y Frøyen, B Snizek - ISPRS International Journal of Geo …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bicycle Level of Service (BLOS) indicators are used to provide objective ratings of the
bicycle suitability (or quality) of links or intersections in transport networks. This article uses …

More than bike lanes—A multifactorial index of urban bikeability

M Hardinghaus, S Nieland, M Lehne, J Weschke - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The present study aims to deduce bikeability based on a collective understanding and
provides a methodology to operationalize its calculation based on open data. The approach …

Measure the ability of cities to be biked via weighted parameters, using GIS tools. The case study of Zografou in Greece

C Karolemeas, A Vassi, S Tsigdinos… - Transportation research …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the past decades, unlike other countries of the European community, Greek society
excluded bicycle from its everyday life, both as a solution for sports and recreation, as well …

Data-driven quality assessment of cycling networks

S Weikl, P Mayer - Frontiers in Future Transportation, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Most planning guidelines for bicycle networks define a consistent set of qualitative criteria.
All relevant destinations should be reached by bike in a safe, coherent (ie, continuous …