Thesis Topic: The Effects of Cycling Infrastructure upon Cyclists and their Interaction / Behaviour with Vehicular Traffic.
RE: Information Sourcing
Hi All,
I finish my Civil/Structural Engineering degree in June. Unfortunately, I have a thesis topic and advanced geotechnical structures to go (advanced geo is easy).
What I hate with a passion is a non-defined scope, and because i would rather be riding than working on thesis, there has not been much development on this. Luckily there is a topic that I can feign interest in and that is the Topic listed above (although it really has nothing to do with what i have majored in but was not allowed to use the dual velocity stacks (air intake trumpets) that i had previously designed and brought to production (and sold), nor to design a dual suspension bike frame (as that would be mechanical... retarded civil lecturers). On a side note, I will be designing and building an all-mtn bike and have the first prototype by the end of the year (more for fun than anything). I really should have done mechanical engineering (as that is what excites me) but the work available for civil/struc is so much greater.
Back on Topic.
In short, it is basically going through a bunch of footage of road riding in different countries as well as filming and reviewing footage of my commuting throughout Brisbane. From that, conclusions can be drawn as to the effect of the local infrastructure has upon cyclists and their surrounding traffic (both bike paths and roads with other cyclists/pedestrians/vehicular traffic). I might also look at the difference between how a motorcyclist and cyclist can interact with the surrounding traffic (use of wide lanes to filter).
It will be looking at anything from, cyclist speeds, cycle path lane widths, designated cycle paths, shared roads, vehicle specific roads (no bike lanes or shoulders), etc.
Does anyone know, or have completed research on anything similar; something that could give some direction/expansion; things that can be cited, journals, studies, papers, conference proceedings, etc? I'm not particularly interested in News Papers as I want factual, unbiased findings and not some wishy washy spin.
I have only recently been commuting, and am not a 'roadie' (DH and GE is where its at); so am not used to looking for this sort of information.
Anything that you can provide will be gratefully appreciated, even a point to the right location would be awesome (I have never really looked into traffic design much... Structural Engineering is lucky enough to skip over this).
Regards
James
RE: Information Sourcing
Hi All,
I finish my Civil/Structural Engineering degree in June. Unfortunately, I have a thesis topic and advanced geotechnical structures to go (advanced geo is easy).
What I hate with a passion is a non-defined scope, and because i would rather be riding than working on thesis, there has not been much development on this. Luckily there is a topic that I can feign interest in and that is the Topic listed above (although it really has nothing to do with what i have majored in but was not allowed to use the dual velocity stacks (air intake trumpets) that i had previously designed and brought to production (and sold), nor to design a dual suspension bike frame (as that would be mechanical... retarded civil lecturers). On a side note, I will be designing and building an all-mtn bike and have the first prototype by the end of the year (more for fun than anything). I really should have done mechanical engineering (as that is what excites me) but the work available for civil/struc is so much greater.
Back on Topic.
In short, it is basically going through a bunch of footage of road riding in different countries as well as filming and reviewing footage of my commuting throughout Brisbane. From that, conclusions can be drawn as to the effect of the local infrastructure has upon cyclists and their surrounding traffic (both bike paths and roads with other cyclists/pedestrians/vehicular traffic). I might also look at the difference between how a motorcyclist and cyclist can interact with the surrounding traffic (use of wide lanes to filter).
It will be looking at anything from, cyclist speeds, cycle path lane widths, designated cycle paths, shared roads, vehicle specific roads (no bike lanes or shoulders), etc.
Does anyone know, or have completed research on anything similar; something that could give some direction/expansion; things that can be cited, journals, studies, papers, conference proceedings, etc? I'm not particularly interested in News Papers as I want factual, unbiased findings and not some wishy washy spin.
I have only recently been commuting, and am not a 'roadie' (DH and GE is where its at); so am not used to looking for this sort of information.
Anything that you can provide will be gratefully appreciated, even a point to the right location would be awesome (I have never really looked into traffic design much... Structural Engineering is lucky enough to skip over this).
Regards
James
