Citation

Wirth M, Cone E, Moran K. Transp. Res. Rec. 1981; 808: 76-84.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Agreement as to what the critical tasks in bicycling are is essential to the development of valid bicycling educational programs. The bicycle task analysis (BTA) represents a significant first effort to describe what is involved in safe and efficient bicycle operation. In general, it follows the format of the motorcycle task analysis and the moped task analysis. A panel of 15 nationally recognized bicycling specialists reviewed the first draft of the BTA to check for inaccuracies, errors of omission, and organizational design. Following a complete revision of the first draft, the same review panel completed a criticality rating. This was a process by which specific tasks were rated in three categories: efficiency of operation, accident prevention, and accident severity. It is this criticality scoring that does the most to further one's understanding of what tasks are most important in bicycling for safe and efficient operation. The BTA provides a more reliable basis for developing a bicycling education program than that used by any existing bicycling curriculum.