Intersection Safety System for Cyclists Trial: Results and Lessons Learned
Intelligent Transport Systems are being developed to improve the safety of cyclists. A trial of one such system, an Intersection Safety system, was held in Helmond, the Netherlands, in March 2015. The trial tested the technical performance of the set-up, as well as the cyclists’ subjective and objective behavior during the tests. Car passengers also provided subjective feedback. This paper describes the experimental design and the results of the trial. The trial was small-scale. The Van der Laan Acceptance showed a statistically significant higher score on the usefulness (car passengers) and satisfaction (cyclists and car passengers) scales after having experienced the system. The technical performance tests show that the communication range acquired with the Cohda gateways was more than sufficient for the intended application. The cyclist detection rate was slightly less than desired (77% vs. 85%). The detection rate of power two-wheelers (PTW’s) is higher than for cyclists (88%). The paper concludes with a discussion of the ethical balance of using live test subjects with a realistic test set-up.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF20 Standing Committee on Bicycle Transportation. Alternate title: Trial of Intersection Safety System for Cyclists: Results and Lessons Learned
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Authors:
- Malone, Kerry
- Van Dam, Esra
- Wilschut, Ellen
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
- Date: 2017
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 20p
- Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cyclists; Detection and identification systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Intersections; Safety; Testing
- Uncontrolled Terms: Motorized bicycles
- Geographic Terms: Helmond (Netherlands)
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01623034
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 17-00738
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jan 24 2017 3:15PM