Highlights ► Risk-taking behavior and the safety records of e-bikes and bicycles are compared. ► E-bikers are more likely to be risk-taking than bikers at intersections, but less so than automobile drivers. ► Red-light running is the leading cause of incidents in which e-bikes were at-fault. ► The presence of e-bikes increases the number of incidents at signalized intersections.

    Abstract The paper compares the risk-taking behavior of the riders of electric-bikes and bicycles and their effects on safety at signalized intersections. Data were collected at signalized intersections in the city of Kunming in China. Traffic conflicts techniques are used to estimate the safety effects of electric-bikes and bicycles, with the incidents observed divided into sixteen types. About 77.7% of conflicts were caused by the risky behavior of the automobiles drivers that in particular did not yield right-of-way to electric-bikes/bicycles, 13.4% by the risky behavior of e-bikers, and the rest by cyclists. Red-light running was the leading cause for the conflicts in which the electric-bikes were at-fault.


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    Title :

    Comparative analysis of the safety effects of electric bikes at signalized intersections


    Contributors:
    Bai, Lu (author) / Liu, Pan (author) / Chen, Yuguang (author) / Zhang, Xin (author) / Wang, Wei (author)


    Publication date :

    2013-01-01


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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