Are bicycle lanes effective? The relationship between passing distance and road characteristics
Published in Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2021
Recommended citation: Jonathan Nolan, James Sinclair, Jim Savage, Are bicycle lanes effective? The relationship between passing distance and road characteristics, Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 159, 2021, 106184, ISSN 0001-4575, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.106184. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457521002153
We have conducted the largest on-road study of passing distance to date, collecting data from 162 cyclists in Victoria and Western Australia, producing over 46,000 passing events. In this publication we found that protected bicycle lanes are 10 times more effective than painted bicycle lanes, and that painted bicycle lanes are better than no bicycle lane at all.