{"id":182535186,"date":"2010-10-14T16:13:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T16:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=182535186"},"modified":"2010-10-14T16:13:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T16:13:06","slug":"still-more-evidence-of-the-network-effect-in-bicycle-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=182535186","title":{"rendered":"Still more evidence of the network effect in bicycle safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Streetsblog.net<\/a> by WashCycle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I have heard some criticism of Jacobsen\u2019s 2003 study that showed that, for cyclists, there was safety in numbers, but it\u2019s good to see<\/a> a couple of other studies that seem to validate it.<\/p>\n

As ridership goes up, crash rates stay flat. It\u2019s happening in Portland (see page 11 of this report<\/a> [PDF]). It\u2019s happening in New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The phenomenon, dubbed \u201csafety in numbers,\u201d was first identified in 2003, in an academic paper<\/a> by public health researcher Peter Jacobsen [PDF]. After being asked by officials in Pasadena, Calif., if their city \u201cwas a dangerous place to bicycle,\u201d Jacobsen began looking at crash data from various communities where bicycle ridership had fluctuated over time.<\/p>\n

What he found surprised him: The number of crashes involving bikes correlated with the number of riders in a community. As ridership fluctuated, so did the crash rate. More riders, fewer crashes; fewer riders, more crashes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


\nhttps:\/\/www.thewashcycle.com\/2010\/10\/still-more-evidence-of-the-network-effect-in-bicycle-safety.html<\/a>oldId.20101014161306833<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from Streetsblog.net by WashCycle I have heard some criticism of Jacobsen\u2019s 2003 study that showed that, for cyclists, there was safety in numbers, but it\u2019s good to see a couple of other studies that seem to validate it. As ridership goes up, crash rates stay flat. It\u2019s happening in Portland (see page 11 of this … <\/p>\n

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