Urban cycling research and data

Summary: This post will collate sites and links to research and data on urban cycling including topics like safety and behaviour.


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Research Sites/Collections:
- Amy Gillett Foundation Research

Monash University: City Science
> Melbourne Bike Crash Map

- Marilyn Johnson - Institute of Transport Studies at Monash University

- Understanding the fear of bicycle riding in Australia (PDF)
- Estimates the relative risk of driving and riding and finds that fear of motorised traffic to be disproportionate to actual levels of risk to bicycle riders. Recommends ways to address the perceived risk.

- Bicycle Safety Statistics (US) - Michael Bluejay

- Victoria Transport Policy Institude - Cycling & Walking

- Victorian Department of Transport - Research and Data

- The Conversation - Cycling in Australia

- Cycling Resource Centre

- Victorian Transport Statistics Portal


Selected Research Articles:
- At the Frontiers of Cycling: Policy Innovations in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany
Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany

- Success is due to separated bike tracks, traffic calming/reduction, extensive bike parking, public transport integration, training, promotion and taxes and restrictions on car ownership, use and parking.

- Transportation Cost and Benefit Analysis - Techniques, Estimates and Implications

- Investing in Transport (Victoria, 2008)
Includes discussion on cycling as part of the transport solution. Particularly, Chapter 4: Melbourne's roads - more traffic, more congestion

- Cycling Down Under: A comparative analysis of bicycling trends and policies in Sydney and Melbourne