Is cycling infrastructure in London safe and equitable? Evidence from the cycling infrastructure database

Tait, C (通讯作者),Leeds Inst Data Analyt, Level 11 Worsley Bldg,Clarendon Way, Leeds LS2 9NL, England.
2022-9
Introduction: We describe and analyse a new, open dataset of surveyed cycling infrastructure in London UK. We demonstrate its potential to contribute to research and evidence-based policy development through a spatial analysis of infrastructure provision in London, before evaluating administrative boroughs on their infrastructure mix and compliance with UK Cycle Infrastructure Design Standards. Methods: We processed and cleaned the 233,596 records in the London Cycling Infrastructure Database (CID) that contains nine infrastructure types. To support comparison between London boroughs, infrastructure provision was normalised to borough area, population size and level of commuter cycling. We generated variables capturing cyclist separation from motor vehicles and estimated cycle lane compliance for such segregation against design standards. Results: Each CID record contains the infrastructure survey date, spatial location, infrastructure -specific variables and accompanying photographs. Traffic calming assets are numerous and distributed throughout London. Cyclist signals, crossings, Advanced Stop Lanes and cycle lanes and tracks are less numerous and more commonly seen in inner rather than outer London. Normalisation by area and population did not change these spatial patterns. Six percent of on -road cycle lane length is physically segregated from vehicles. Estimated compliance with UK design standards was notably higher for inner London boroughs with 66% exceeding mean compliance compared to just 24% of outer London boroughs. Conclusions: In this first systematic description and analysis of the CID we have demonstrated its potential to quantitively and qualitatively compare infrastructure and a method to estimate compliance against design standards. We found that cycling infrastructure is not distributed equally across London and may not be of the quality that provides safe space for cycling. Such datasets are critical assets to evaluate infrastructure and guide health and transport policies.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH
卷号:26
ISSN:2214-1405|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Leeds; University of Leeds; University of Leeds; University of Leeds
资助信息
CT completed this work as part of a Centre for Doctoral Training Studentship funded by the Economics and Social Research Council, United Kingdom (Grant number ES/P000401/1, Project reference LE25) and the Schools of Geography and Mathematics at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. RL work is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) & Administrative Data Research (UK) (Grant number ES/W004305/1) as part of the ESRC-ADR UK No.10 Data Science (10DS) fellowship in collaboration with 10DS and Office for National Statistics (UK) .
被引频次(WOS)
1
被引频次(其他)
1
180天使用计数
7
2013以来使用计数
7
出版年
2022-9
DOI
10.1016/j.jth.2022.101369
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Cycling infrastructure Spatial analysis Cycling equity Cycling safety Transport planning Active travel
资助机构
Economics and Social Research Council, United Kingdom Schools of Geography and Mathematics at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council (UK) & Administrative Data Research (UK) Office for National Statistics (UK)
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Transportation