Ride quality under different pavement conditions is considered critical for adoption and modal shift for bicycle users. Vertical vibration and road roughness values have severe impact on user perception and ride quality. Ride quality depends upon subjective ratings of pavement conditions and quantitative values for surface conditions. Bicycle use in Flanders, Belgium, is considered prominent. In order to stimulate bicycle adoption, governments consider different policy measures. But those policy measures remain insignificant if the user comfort levels are not determined for the current infrastructure. Subjective ratings were collected from 40 different bicycling sections of Flemish cycling infrastructure. The survey reveals critical information regarding bicyclists and surface conditions. Regression models were developed, predicting the comfort level for riding on Flemish bicycle paths. The results reveal good correlation between the evenness coefficient, the roughness, and the subjective ratings for bicycle users under different pavement conditions, i.e., asphalt, concrete, and block pavements. This comfort rating system can be used by transportation planners and government officials. Based on the developed rating system, transportation professionals can determine the comfort levels of different pavement conditions for bicycle paths.
Ride Quality for Bicycle Paths under Different Pavement Conditions
International Conference on Transportation and Development 2018 ; 2018 ; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
12.07.2018
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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