SYSTEMATIC TRENDS IN BICYCLE TRAFFIC CONCENTRATION OUTSIDE BUILT-UP AREAS

WETMATIGHEDEN IN DE INTENSITEITEN VAN HET FIETSVERKEER BUITEN DE BEBOUWDE KOM

From a study of literature, inaccuracies in traffic counts and daily flow patterns the author derives some systematic trends. It seems that weather conditions are the most important factor influencing bicycle intensities. Furthermore opening times of schools, the duration of daylight and the character of the cycle path (recreational or utilitarian) play a role. Bicycle traffic can quite accurately be measured by mechanical counts; mopeds and platoons cause problems. Comparisons between locations can be made using daily December averages. Models can be used for estimating the yearly day average by type of day. Weekday peaks on utilitarian cycle paths amount to 10-12 per cent of the daily flow. Zipf's law can be used for calculating the busiest hours in sequential order. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Laarhoven, AJM van
• Publication Date: 1984-10

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 450-453
• Serial:
  • Verkeerskunde
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: NWB BV/Royal Dutch Touring Club
  • ISSN: 0377-8495
  • Serial URL: http://www.verkeerskunde.nl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Average daily traffic; Bicycles; Bikeways; Bunching; Calculation; Errors; Forecasting; Mathematical models; Measuring instruments; Methodology; Mopeds; Peak hour traffic; Traffic; Traffic counts; Traffic density; Traffic flow; Weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 1211: Bicycle; 652: Bunching; 6464: Calculation; 2722: Cycle track; 6440: Error; 132: Forecast; 9102: Method; 1221: Motorcycle; 8078: Netherlands; 673: Traffic concentration; 689: Traffic count; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394210
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM