Study Details

Study Title: Cycle-tracks, bicycle lanes & on-street cycling in Montreal: a preliminary comparison of the cyclist injury risk

Authors: Nosal and Miranda-Moreno

Publication Date:JAN, 2012

Abstract: This paper estimates the relative cyclist injury risk of bicycle facilities with respect to streets without bicycle provisions, and explores the differences in cyclist injury risk between different types of facilities, namely, cycle-tracks and bicycle lanes. The cyclist injury rates for a set of four cycle tracks (totaling 11.75 km) and four bicycle lanes (totaling 3.76 km) in the City of Montreal are compared to injury rates for corresponding control streets using relative risk ratios. Nine control streets are used. Overall, it was found that most bicycle facilities in the analysis do indeed exhibit lower cyclist injury rates than the corresponding control streets. Furthermore, factors that may affect the injury risk of a particular bicycle facility include whether or not it is bidirectional, visibility, physical separation, presence and location of parking, vehicular traffic, and the direction of vehicular traffic. However, further research is required to determine the exact effect of these factors, and to address several limitations in data.

Study Citation: Nosal, T. and L.F. Miranda-Moreno. "Cycle-tracks, bicycle lanes & on-street cycling in Montreal: a preliminary comparison of the cyclist injury risk." Presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 22-26, Washington, DC, 2012.

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CMFs Associated With This Study

Category: Bicyclists

Countermeasure: Install cycle tracks, bike lanes, or on-street cycling

CMF CRF(%)QualityCrash TypeCrash SeverityRoadway TypeArea Type
0.9282 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban
0.85152 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban
0.15852 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban
0.26742 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban
0.27732 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban
0.12882 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban
0.19812 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban
0.06942 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban
0.41592 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban
0.41592 StarsVehicle/bicycleA,B,CNot SpecifiedUrban