Road safety for cyclists based on the calories needed

• Autorzy: Bosurgi Gaetano , Pellegrino Orazio , Wachnicka Joanna , Okraszewska Romanika

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.21307/tp-2021-010

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Cyclists are a vulnerable group of road users, especially when no separate infrastructure for cyclists is provided. Then, road factors such as distance and altitude differences can indirectly affect cyclists' safety. Therefore, the authors proposed a procedure based on the geometric characteristics of the road that can determine riding difficulties for cyclists. The proposed procedure can be used both by the public authorities who manage cyclists' safety and as a method of classifying the road network for cycling. The proposed procedure, based on the use of pattern recognition techniques, analyses data from a sample of nine riders who travelled on rural roads within the Municipality of Messina (Italy) to classify the roads according to their cycling difficulty. For each rider, duration, distance, road slope, altitude difference and spent calories have been measured and analysed. The collected data were used for the development of a model capable of predicting the cyclist’s physical effort as a function of the road alignment itself. Knowing the effort required to cycle along a route can contribute to a more complete assessment of road classification, commonly defined according to motor vehicles. Moreover, it may constitute a measure determining the safety of cycling by encouraging cyclists to travel along roads compatible with their physical abilities.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

cyclist; road safety; fatigue; classification; pattern recognition

PL

rowerzysta; bezpieczeństwo drogowe; zmęczenie; klasyfikacja; rozpoznawanie wzorców

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Transport Problems
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: T. 16, z. 1
• Strony: 113--126
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Bosurgi Gaetano

• University of Messina, Department of Engineering Contrada di Dio - Villaggio Sant’Agata, Messina, Italy

autor

Pellegrino Orazio

• University of Messina, Department of Engineering Contrada di Dio - Villaggio Sant’Agata, Messina, Italy

autor

Wachnicka Joanna

• Gdansk University of Technology, Department of Highway and Transportation Engineering Narutowicza 11/13, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland

autor

Okraszewska Romanika

• Gdansk University of Technology, Department of Highway and Transportation Engineering Narutowicza 11/13, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland

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