bicycle_signage: Bicycle Signage and Safety

In speegled/fosdata: Data for use with the book "Probability, Statistics, and Data: A Fresh Approach Using R", by Darrin Speegle and Bryan Clair

Bicycle Signage and Safety

Description

Survey data where respondents describe the safety and propriety of a situation where a bicyclist is taking the full lane on a narrow, two lane road.

Usage

bicycle_signage

Format

A data frame with 1824 observations of 11 variables

treatment

The traffic control device the respondent viewed. 1_None (no signage); 2_STR (Share the Road signage); 3_SLM (Shared Lane Markings); 4_BMUFL (Bicycles May Use Full Lane signage)

bike_move_right2

Response to the bicyclist should move to the right and allow the following motorist to pass within the lane.

mv_wait2

Response to the motorist behind the bicyclist should slow and wait for a break in incoming traffic before passing in the adjacent lane. 0_Disagree; 1_Agree

permitted2

Response to the bicyclist is permitted to ride in the center of the lane.

safe2

Response to it is safe for the bicyclists to ride in the center of the lane.

cycle_distance

How many miles do you bicycle during a typical week

mv_distance

How many miles do you drive a motor vehicle during a typical week

commute_type2

CommuteType recoded to motor vehicle or something else

state

State of residence

gender

Male or female

education

Level of education

Details

From the authors: "Many global challenges, including obesity, health care costs, and climate change, could be addressed in part by increasing the use of bicycles for transportation. Concern about the safety of bicycling on roadways is frequently cited as a deterrent to increasing bicycle use in the USA. The use of effective signage along roadways might help alleviate these concerns by increasing knowledge about the rights and duties of bicyclists and motorists, ideally reducing crashes."

Source

Hess G, Peterson MN (2015) “Bicycles May Use Full Lane” Signage Communicates U.S. Roadway Rules and Increases Perception of Safety. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0136973. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136973

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