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Research Highlights
NCHRP 15-74 Safety Evaluation of On-Street Bicycle Facility Design Features
Christopher Monsere
Sirisha Kothuri
https://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4763
BACKGROUND
While non-separated on-street bicycle facilities have been used in the United States for many years, separated on-street bicycle facilities are becoming increasingly popular. Many state and local departments of transportation (DOTs) have recently installed such facilities to address safety concerns and promote bicycling. Numerous other DOTs are exploring the potential for additional facilities to improve an...
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How Can E-bike Purchase Incentives Grow the E-bike Market?
John MacArthur
Christopher Cherry , Luke Jones
The electric bicycle (e-bike) is a low-emission mode of transportation that offers communities benefits in the areas of health, planning, time, cost, street safety, congestion, air pollution, noise pollution, and energy security, among others. Despite the establishment of a stable and growing market, e-bike ownership remains prohibitively expensive for many people. Across the world, incentive programs have emerged as a popular technique in the effort to bridge the chasm of e-bikes' technology...
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