Citation

Wang D, Feng T, Liang C. Transp. Res. A Policy Pract. 2008; 42(8): 1129-1139.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.tra.2008.03.016

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In developing countries, bicyclists represent a high proportion of all road users. The safety of bicyclists and movement efficiency are reduced because of the motor vehicle-bicycle conflicts under mixed traffic conditions. In order to solve the problem, it is necessary to separate motor vehicles from bicycles and to distribute the road resources reasonably between motor vehicles and bicycles. In order to conduct the above work, it is necessary to work on the bicycle conversion factors. The factors are researched under various traffic conditions in the paper. According to traffic characteristics of motor vehicles and bicycles, the conversion factor models are set up for bicycle relevant to pcu (passenger car unit). The bicycle conversion factors are calculated under four situations based on the field data collected in Shenyang, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang in China. The through bicycle conversion factor is 0.28 and the left-turn 0.33 at mixed intersections. The bicycle conversion factor in road section is 0.22 with physical separations and 0.24 without physical separations.

Language: en