Assessing Transportation Infrastructure Segments for Bike Suitability

There is need for research and empirical measurements to assess how the built transportation infrastructure accommodates bike trips in urbanized communities across the US. This project will focus on assessing transportation infrastructure segments for bike suitability using motion and vibration sensors. This effort will supplement the previously completed C2M2 project “Assessing Potential of Bike Share Networks and Active Transportation to Improve Urban Mobility, Physical Activity and Public Health Outcomes in South Carolina”. Data will be collected in Charleston, SC, Columbia, SC, and Lincoln, NE to provide a case study location for exploring insightful relationships that will be informative to other communities. The data will be analyzed to investigate route conditions to better understand how built environment infrastructure is meeting the users’ needs. This research focuses on evaluating the built environment infrastructure by collecting data that will help determine cyclist riding quality. Qualitative, quantitative, and geospatial methods will be used to evaluate cycling paths.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $235996
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747117

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  The Citadel

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  171 Moultrie Street
  Charleston, SC  United States  29409

  University of South Carolina, Columbia

  502 Byrnes Building
  Columbia, SC  United States  29208
• Managing Organizations:

  Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility

  Clemson University
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634
• Performing Organizations:

  The Citadel

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  171 Moultrie Street
  Charleston, SC  United States  29409

  University of South Carolina, Columbia

  502 Byrnes Building
  Columbia, SC  United States  29208

  University of Nebraska, Lincoln

  College of Engineering and Technology
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68503
• Principal Investigators:

  Michalaka, Dimitra

• Start Date: 20230501
• Expected Completion Date: 20240930
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Bikeways; Built environment; Evaluation and assessment; Mobility; Nonmotorized transportation; Ride quality; Sensors; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Charleston (South Carolina); Columbia (South Carolina); Lincoln (Nebraska)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01908258
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747117
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 14 2024 5:13PM