Kay Teschke

TL;DR: Evidence is beginning to accumulate that purpose-built bicycle-specific facilities reduce crashes and injuries among cyclists, providing the basis for initial transportation engineering guidelines for cyclist safety.

TL;DR: In a survey of 1,402 current and potential cyclists in Metro Vancouver, 73 motivators and deterrents of cycling were evaluated as discussed by the authors, and the top motivators were: routes away from traffic noise and pollution; routes with beautiful scenery; and paths separated from traffic.

TL;DR: Methods to improve assessments are suggested, including the incorporation of hygiene measurements: using data from administrative exposure databases, using results of studies identifying determinants of exposure to develop questionnaires, and where reasonable given latency and biological half life considerations, directly measuring exposures of study subjects.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that the built environment has a significant influence on healthy travel decisions, and spatial context is important, and future research should explicitly consider relevant spatial zones when investigating the relationship between physical activity and urban form.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared cycling injury risks of 14 route types and other route infrastructure features, including cycle tracks and bike lanes, and found that bike lanes had the lowest risk.