Tools for surveillance of cycling safety

Urban Systems是世界领先的主动交通规划和设计公司。Urban的关键组成部分

Urban Systems is a world leader in active transportation planning and design. A key component of Urban System's work is helping governments design active transportation infrastructure. With massive investments being made in cycling infrastructure, clients would often benefit from approaches to evaluate the impact of new infrastructure. For instance, it is ideal to be able to report statistics on how infrastructure construction has changed cycling safety, as safety related concerns are a primary barrier to meeting targets of increased ridership. The project goal is to develop new technology that can be translated into a client service for surveillance of change in rider safety as a result of cycling infrastructure construction. Based on a literature review of available approaches to spatially explicit surveillance, we will customize GIS and spatial statistical tools for application to cycling safety surveillance. Developed methods will be implemented in modifiable software for integrating into Urban Systems' client services workflows. The developed tools will enable Urban Systems to offer new services to existing clients and will also have the capacity to demonstrate the benefit of design work being conducted by Urban Systems in a pilot project in Victoria, British Columbia.