CYCLE TRACKS IN RURAL AREAS

CYKELVAEGAR PAA LANDSBYGDEN

Sweden is putting forward recommendations on how cycle tracks can be built in urban areas. There are no integrated criteria or recommendations on how or when to build cycle tracks in road areas. The design of cycle tracks and the scale on which they are built in different parts of Sweden depends on the supply of money and the experience or/else interest of the designer. The aim of this work was to study literature from different countries and to combine and compare criteria and recommendations from different countries. The best criteria were found in Dutch and American literature. Criteria and recommendations from Finland, Denmark, England and Germany were also studied. A few examples are chosen from Switzerland, India, Russia, Norway, Canada and Australia. The study tries to answer the following questions: (a) when shall a cycle track be built? (b) how shall a cycle track be designed? (c) how shall the cycle tracks be maintained? (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

  Stockholm,   Sweden  SE-100 44
• Authors:
  • Ludvigsson, B
• Publication Date: 1984

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 94 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • Publisher: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • ISSN: 1650-867X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Bikeways; Design; Environment; Geometric design; Maintenance; Needs assessment; Recommendations; Reviews; Rural areas; Traffic safety; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• ITRD Terms: 2894: Alignment; 2722: Cycle track; 285: Demand (econ); 2455: Environment; 2885: Layout; 3847: Maintenance; 328: Rural area; 1665: Safety; 177: Specifications; 6479: Width
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394339
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: 1983:02 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM