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Computer Science, Information Systems
Tao Wang, Yuzhi Chen, Jin Yu, Sihong Xie
Summary: Understanding the individual differences among riders and their influences can effectively explore and prevent risky riding behaviors among electric bike riders.
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Economics
Hongming Dong, Shiquan Zhong, Shuxian Xu, Junfang Tian, Zhongxiang Feng
Summary: Compared to other cyclists, food delivery drivers in China face time constraints and less strict traffic regulations for e-bikes. Both external and internal regulations can effectively reduce aggressive driving behaviors, with time pressure positively correlated with aggression for food delivery drivers. Traffic enforcement has a strong inhibiting effect on aggressive driving behaviors for food delivery drivers, while personal norms are stronger regulators for normal e-bike riders.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Anat Meir
Summary: This study examined the effectiveness of two hazard perception training interventions for young novice e-bike riders in enhancing their ability to anticipate potential unmaterialized hazards. The trainees in both interventions showed improved awareness and responsiveness to hazardous situations compared to the control group. These findings have important implications for improving hazard perception skills and ensuring traffic safety for e-bike users.
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Transportation
Tianpei Tang, Yuntao Guo, Xizhao Zhou, Samuel Labi, Senlai Zhu
Summary: The study shows that e-bike accidents are mainly caused by riders violating traffic rules, with some riders more prone to accidents. Understanding the factors influencing riders' intention to violate rules and accident proneness is crucial for designing safety policies. The extended Theory of Planned Behavior provides a better explanation and predictive power for these factors, highlighting the importance of descriptive norm, conformity tendency, and past behavior in affecting e-bike riders' behavior.
TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zhuo Wang, Richard L. Neitzel, Wenlong Zheng, Dezheng Wang, Xiaodan Xue, Guohong Jiang
Summary: The study reveals that a significant number of courier and take-out food delivery riders in China engage in overspeeding, traffic violations, and have been involved in road traffic crashes. There are differences in key behaviors such as helmet use and running red lights between injured and uninjured riders. Therefore, the road traffic safety issues related to e-bike use among this vulnerable group require more attention and prevention efforts.
TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kelsey Sievert, Madeleine Roen, Curtis M. Craig, Nichole L. Morris
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the behaviors and preferences of e-scooter riders to improve their safety. Data was collected through online and in-person surveys from 329 e-scooter riders. The study found that protected bike lanes were considered the safest infrastructure, but sidewalks were the most preferred and perceived safest riding infrastructure. Riders had low feelings of safety and preference for riding on major/neighborhood streets or unprotected bike lanes. Findings suggest the need for better roadway infrastructure and support for e-scooter riding safety.
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Ergonomics
Suchuan Yu, Wei-Der Tsai
Summary: The study found that mandatory Road Safety Classes (RSC) for novice motorcyclists in Taiwan can decrease the likelihood and frequency of traffic violations and accidents in the short term, with effects lasting for up to two years. However, the reduction effect was less significant for accidents compared to violations, possibly due to accidents being more influenced by riders' or others' carelessness rather than intentional behavior.
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matus Sucha, Elisabeta Drimlova, Karel Redka, Narelle Haworth, Katrine Karlsen, Aslak Fyhri, Pontus Wallgren, Peter Silverans, Freya Slootmans
Summary: This study examines the impact of e-scooters on pedestrian safety, focusing on the interaction, conflicts, crashes, and attitudes between pedestrians and e-scooter riders. Data collected from riders and non-riders in Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Norway, and Sweden reveal that a significant percentage of e-scooter riders use sidewalks. Non-riders perceive riding e-scooters as dangerous, and pedestrians, except in Australia, find e-scooter riders annoying. A substantial number of e-scooter riders have experienced near misses and crashes. Based on these findings, it is suggested to separate e-scooter riders and pedestrians for sustainable urban mobility.
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Psychology, Applied
Mohamed Boua, Dongo Remi Kouabenan, Abdelkarim Belhaj
Summary: This article examines the relationship between control beliefs, risk perception, and road safety behaviors. The results suggest that drivers with a high sense of control over road risks tend to have a lower perception of these risks and adopt fewer safety behaviors.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zihao Zhang, Chenhui Liu
Summary: This study collected naturalistic cycling data of food delivery riders in Changsha, China to understand their riding characteristics. The findings show that these riders are mainly young males with low education levels who choose this job for its flexible working hours. They often work overtime and engage in risky riding behaviors to deliver food on time. They deliver orders throughout the day within a radius of less than 3 km from the delivery station.
Article
Neurosciences
Naoki Kuroda, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Wataru Teramoto
Summary: Previous studies have found that self-motion alters space perception around the body and that various self-motion cues from different modalities contribute to it. However, the existing literature largely overlooks how online self-motion information affects the perception of passable width in a narrow aperture, particularly during virtual bike riding. This study aimed to investigate this issue and found that online self-motion information, especially visual self-motion information, can significantly influence the perception of passable width during bike riding.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Transportation
Xiaolong Zhang, Jianling Huang, Yang Bian, Xiaohua Zhao, Tangshan Han
Summary: This study analyzed the influencing factors of traffic accidents among shared e-bike riders in China through a questionnaire survey and a structural equation model. The results showed that traffic violation behaviors and attitude toward safety responsibility had significant effects on traffic accidents. Attitude toward rule violations, perceptive-motor skills, and safety skills could predict traffic accidents when traffic violation behaviors were used as a mediator. Additionally, risk perception could also predict traffic accidents using attitudes toward safety responsibility or rule violations and traffic violation behaviors as mediators. This study provides a foundation for policymakers and traffic managers to develop effective intervention strategies and improve shared e-bike safety.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY & SECURITY
(2023)
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Ergonomics
Xuesong Wang, Jiawen Chen, Mohammed Quddus, Weixuan Zhou, Ming Shen
Summary: Micro-mobility vehicles like e-bikes are increasingly important for transportation in urban areas, with many cities dependent on them for deliveries. Researchers have found that familiarity with traffic regulations is a crucial mediator influencing helmet use and e-bike crash occurrence among delivery riders in Shanghai. By improving riders' understanding of traffic rules, helmet usage can be increased and crash rates can be reduced.
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
(2021)
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Psychology, Applied
Fan Zhang, Yanjie Ji, Huitao Lv, Phil Blythe, Shuo Li, Dmitry Ivanovich Samal
Summary: As vulnerable traffic participants, electric bike (EB) riders have suffered from high collision casualties in recent years. This study explores the road user anger experienced by EB riders and the differences between ordinary and delivery EB riders. The results show that police interaction is the largest source of anger for both groups and aggressive riding behaviors are significantly correlated with riding anger.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
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Engineering, Industrial
Fangrong Chang, Md Mazharul Haque, Shamsunnahar Yasmin, Helai Huang
Summary: Fatal crashes involving electric bikes have increased significantly in China, posing a challenge to traffic safety. This study analyzed 2222 police-reported crash records from 2014 to 2016 in Hunan province to investigate factors affecting e-bike rider injury severity. The random parameters generalized ordered probit model showed superior performance in modeling injury severity, highlighting the importance of considering various factors such as road characteristics, environmental conditions, and crash types.