2017 Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages A_116-A_124
For this study, cycling experiments were conducted on road shoulders and bicycle lanes of different widths to examine the impact of automobile traffic on the consciousness of cyclists and their cycling behavior. When cycling on 1.0 meter-wide road shoulders and 1.85 meter-wide bicycle lanes, a percentage of the subjects said that they felt a sense of insecurity about cycling. It was found that the cause of their concern was not only the narrowness of the road shoulders and bicycle lanes, but the close proximity of running automobiles and the obstructions caused by parked vehicles. The relationships between these factors and cycling behavior were analyzed to identify the impact of automobile traffic on cycling behavior. In addition, the relationships between security and insecurity and cycling behavior were analyzed to identify the cycling behavior characteristics of subjects who cycled with a sense of security and those who cycled with a sense of insecurity. Based on the results, issues that need to be addressed in the development of bicycle lanes that reflect the perspectives of cyclists’ feelings of security were considered.
