BikewaySim Technology Transfer: City of Atlanta, Georgia

The City of Atlanta plans to triple the mileage of protected bike infrastructure. These projects are on Atlanta’s High Injury Network, the small fraction of city streets that contribute the majority of Atlanta’s traffic fatalities and injuries on arterials and local roads. Adding new protected facilities is likely to influence how existing cyclists get around. The new infrastructure may also influence a mode shift to cycling. However, cyclists choose routes based upon more than distance and travel time. For example, uphill/downhill road grade and perception of safety may significantly influence route choice. This project will develop a shortest path calculator that can identify the relative travel cost across routes for a case study subarea within the City of Atlanta. BikewaySim will be an important tool for use in assessing where to place new bicycle infrastructure.

• Record URL:
  https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/bikewaysim-technology-transfercity-atlanta-georgia

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $60000
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3551747114

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

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

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0355
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Georgia Transportation Institute University Transportation Center (GTI-UTC)

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332
• Project Managers:

  Iacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0355
• Principal Investigators:

  Watkins, Kari

• Start Date: 20200401
• Expected Completion Date: 20210831
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bikeways; Case studies; Costs; Infrastructure; Location; Shortest path algorithms; Technology transfer
• Identifier Terms: Bikeability
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01744713
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3551747114
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 8 2020 3:08PM