Red Light Running Behavior of Electric Bicycles at Signalized Intersections in China

A comparative analysis was conducted on the red light running behavior of the riders of scooter-style electric bicycles (e-scooters), bicycle-style electric bicycles (e-bikes), and bicycles as they crossed signalized intersections. The crossing behaviors of 5,646 riders (1,568 e-bikes, 2,612 e-scooters, and 1,466 bicycles) were observed. The average red light running rates for e-bikes, e-scooters, and bicycles at the selected sites were 24.9%, 25.0%, and 18.3%, respectively. The rates for e-bikes and e-scooters were significantly higher than those for bicycles. The difference in the rates between e-bikes and e-scooters was not statistically significant. A binary logit model was developed to evaluate how various factors affected the red light running rates of two-wheeled vehicles at signalized intersections. Results of a comparison of traffic conflicts caused by various red light running two-wheeled vehicles indicated that bicycles were slightly more likely to be involved in traffic conflicts than e-bikes or e-scooters as they crossed intersections during a red pedestrian phase. Also, e-bikes were less likely than e-scooters and bicycles to be involved in traffic conflicts in the middle stage of a red pedestrian phase. Both e-scooters and e-bikes had higher crossing speeds than bicycles. Although e-scooters traveled at speeds significantly higher than e-bikes did when crossing intersections during green phases, the difference in crossing speeds between red light running e-bikes and red light running e-scooters was not statistically significant.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2468-04
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Guo, Yanyong
  • Liu, Pan
  • Bai, Lu
  • Xu, Chengcheng
  • Chen, Jun
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 28–37
• Monograph Title: Bicycles and Motorcycles 2014
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2468
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Cyclists; Electric vehicles; Logits; Red light running; Scooters; Signalized intersections; Speed; Traffic conflicts
• Uncontrolled Terms: Comparative analysis
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01515303
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309295659
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-1921
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 21 2014 3:18PM