Print Email Facebook Twitter Determining the necessary width of a bicycle lane by means of simulations on a bicycle-rider model. Title Determining the necessary width of a bicycle lane by means of simulations on a bicycle-rider model. Author Schwab, A.L. (TU Delft Biomechatronics & Human-Machine Control) Meijaard, J.P. (Olton Engineering Consultancy) Contributor Aultman-Hall, Lisa (editor) Buehler, Ralph (editor) Chapman, Jeremy (editor) Date 2017 Abstract It can be observed that there is a wide variety in the width of bicycle lanes. It can range from wide to very narrow, see figure 1. Several guidelines disagree on the desired width of a bicycle lane [1, 2]. These guidelines are mainly based on observations and best practices. Instead of such an evolutionary approachwe propose to determine the necessary width by means of a scientific approach. We hypothesize that the dynamic properties of the bicycle together with the rider control determine the needed width of the bicycle lane. The inherent lateral instability of the bicycle with fixed steer input results in unavoidable lateral contact point displacements to keep the bicycle upright. Additionally, think of the necessary act of counter-steering to change heading direction. Subject bicycle dynamicshapticssimulators To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:84fb6d96-6365-4d72-8966-c36a27265052 DOI https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5405125 Publisher University of California, Davis, CA, USA Source Proceedings of the 6th Annual International Cycling Safety Conference - ICSC 2017 Event ICSC 2017: 6th Annual International Cycling Safety Conference, 2017-09-20 → 2017-09-23, Davis, United States Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2017 A.L. Schwab, J.P. Meijaard Files PDF 67_schwab_meijaard.pdf 413.57 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:84fb6d96-6365-4d72-8966-c36a27265052/datastream/OBJ/view