Bike riders wear helmets and high-vis vests to reduce their vulnerability on the road. Problem is a new study finds this dehumanises cyclists, putting them more at risk of aggression from drivers.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Bike safety
Displaying all articles
Men outnumber women by two-to-one on bikes in Australia. It’s time more women were involved in planning new bike paths and protected lanes to feel safer on the road.
Reliance on the support of others after an accident showed philosopher David Newheiser the power of solidarity. We need a similar sense of communal connection in our approach to COVID, he writes.
We surveyed over 4,000 Victorians and found more than three-quarters are interested in riding a bike, but only in infrastructure that separates people from cars – such as protected bike lanes.
Electric scooter rides soared from zero to 88 million a year between 2017 and 2019. But launching e-scooters in cities without safe infrastructure or clear rules of the road can be deadly.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor and Head of Sustainable Mobility and Safety Research, Monash University
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash University
-
Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
-
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee
-
Research Associate, Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
-
Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning, Queensland University of Technology
