From e-Bikes to e-Scooters; a matter of Safety Item Type - PDF document

From e-Bikes to e-Scooters; a matter of Safety Item Type Presentation Authors Cox, Peter Citation Cox, P. (2016, February) From e-Bikes to e-Scooters; a matter of Safety. Paper presented at Velo-City Global, Taipei, Taiwan. Download date 28/08/2020 23:23:54 Item License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10034/610813

From e-bikes to e-scooters: A matter of safety Dr. Peter Cox

Sharing the road and path Click to edit Master title style • Relationships over road spaces always contested • Click to edit Master text styles • Conflicts increase when resources are scarce Second level • Variations in mass, velocity, power, aerodynamic • Third level drag – Fourth level • Altered acceleration, deceleration, comfortable » Fifth level velocity • Need to examine relative consumption of transit space

Limits of modal differentiation Click to edit Master title style • Homogenizes movement patterns by external • Click to edit Master text styles description • Ignores substantial diversity Second level – Speed bikes are fast even without motors • Third level • At lower speeds percentile relative difference in – Fourth level » Fifth level velocity important • Some natural boundaries? 25-30km/h? • Safety from predictability not necessarily from segregation