Tag: Bicycles

Bicycle Helmets: Systematic Reviews on Legislation, Effects of Legislation on Cycling Exposure, and Risk Compensation

  • March 6th, 2019

Cycling has been shown to have health and environmental benefits, but there are also inherent risks including serious and fatal injury. Head injuries are common among cycling hospitalisations and fatalities, and bicycle helmets have been designed to mitigate head injuries in a crash or fall. Biomechanical and epidemiological evidence suggests wearing a bicycle helmet substantially […]

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Self-Driving Bikes: Seattle’s Next Transit Revolution?

  • July 6th, 2018

What does your future commute look like? Will you be taking a self-driving car, a solo-wheel, the hyperloop? What about a self driving bike? Professor Tyler Folsom and his students at the University of Washington Bothell are spearheading a grassroots effort to test and develop lighter, more affordable, personal rapid transit: self-driving bikes. Read the […]

Hit-and-Run Deaths at All-Time High

  • April 26th, 2018

“Hit-and-run crashes in the United States are trending in the wrong direction,” said Dr. David Yang, executive director of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The new study found that most victims of fatal hit-and-run collisions — 65 percent — were pedestrians or cyclists and that almost 20 percent of all pedestrian deaths over the […]

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Hit-and-Run Fatalities Soar as More People Bike to Work

Hit-and-Run Fatalities Soar as More People Bike to Work

  • April 26th, 2018

Hit-and-run crash deaths are rising nationwide, and pedestrians and bicyclists account for close to 70% of the victims, according to a new report, as more people cycle to work and motor-vehicle fatalities are at a near-decade-high level. The number of hit-and-run fatalities jumped 61% from 2009 to 2016, the most recent year for which data […]

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Discussion Guide for Automated and Connected Vehicles, Pedestrians, and Bicyclists

  • September 20th, 2017

Pedestrians and bicyclists are a powerful indicator of the social and economic health and safety of a community. A high level of pedestrian and bicycle activity in a community is often associated with more robust economies and healthier, more socially-cohesive populations, while a lack of pedestrian and bicycle activity on roadways can be an indicator […]

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New Report Detailing Bicyclist Fatalities Prompts 30 Life-Saving Action Steps for States

New Report Detailing Bicyclist Fatalities Prompts 30 Life-Saving Action Steps for States

  • August 25th, 2017

Better data, law enforcement training, and promotion of roadway improvements among recommendations WASHINGTON, D.C. – New research shows that bicyclist deaths rose 12.2% to 818 in 2015, the largest percentage increase of all roadway user groups that year (the latest year in which data is available). But unlike decades ago, when children and teens represented […]

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