In an effort to fight climate change, many cities try to boost their cycling levels. They often look towards the Dutch for guidance. However, historians have only begun to uncover how and why the Netherlands became the premier cycling country of the world. Why were Dutch cyclists so successful...

Introduction: The investigation of pedestrian dynamics is important as cities continue to develop facilities for high volume foot traffic. Important insights into speed-density relationships, flow patterns, boundary effects and critical states have been derived from experimental studies....

This paper presents fatality rates for walking and cycling in European Countries used in the World Health Organization's Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT). It evaluates and ranks the quality of data sources and gives fatality rates adjusted by exposure (i.e. distance travelled). It also...

Der Planungshorizont der Jahre 2025 und 2030 ist in Infrastrukturprogrammen und lokalen Verkehrsentwicklungsplänen üblich, weil hierfür bereits verschiedene Grundlagen vorhanden sind. Die Reflektion des Verkehrssystems in Deutschland im Jahr 2050 weist dagegen große Spielräume auf, hier...

This paper examines whether the relationship between traffic fatalities and per capita income is the same for different classes of road users and investigates the factors underlying the decline in fatalities per vehicle kilometer traveled (VKT) observed in high-income countries over recent...

This paper examines the relationship between traffic fatalities and income for vehicle occupants and pedestrians and investigates factors underlying the decline in fatalities per vehicle kilometre travelled (VKT) using panel data for 32 countries from 1963-2002. Results suggest the...