{"id":119,"date":"2012-10-19T10:12:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T10:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyclelove.org\/?p=119"},"modified":"2017-06-01T00:03:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T00:03:37","slug":"study-finds-bicycle-infrastructure-reduces-risk-of-cycling-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/study-finds-bicycle-infrastructure-reduces-risk-of-cycling-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds Bicycle Infrastructure Reduces Risk of Cycling Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Vancouver&#8217;s Bike to Work Week coming near, the University of British Columbia has just released a new study that cites <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2010\/12\/27\/doctors-ask-for-bike-infrastructure-improvements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bicycle infrastructure<\/a> as playing an important role in decreasing cycling accidents. The study was\u00a0published in the <em>American Journal of Public Health<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The study analyzed 690 cycling injuries from 2008 to 2009 in the Toronto and Vancouver areas. In the study, researchers looked at bicycle infrastructure and various route types involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-145\" title=\"cyclist at night\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca\/2012\/10\/18\/bicycle-infrastructure-can-reduce-risk-of-cycling-injuries-by-half-ubc-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of British Columbia news release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The greatest risk to cyclists occurs when they share major streets with parked cars, with no bike lanes present &#8212; like on Broadway in Vancouver or Dundas Street in Toronto. Without a designated space on the road, cyclists face a heightened risk of injury from moving cars and car doors opening, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, infrastructure designed for cyclists &#8212; including <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2012\/07\/09\/city-of-sydney-australia-builds-separate-bike-lane-bike-usage-explodes-by-82\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bike lanes<\/a> on major streets without parked cars, residential street bike routes, and off-street bike paths &#8212; carries about half the risk, while cycle tracks (physically separated bike lanes) carries the lowest injury risk for cyclists, at about one-tenth the risk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Reducing bike accidents and car accidents should be the priority of all drivers, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/christensenhymas.com\/salt-lake-car-accident-attorney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christensen &amp; Hymas<\/a>\u00a0car accident attorneys.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zhou_mengjie\/6318011339\/sizes\/m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cyclist at night<\/a> by Miss Jo|\u6211\u662f\u5468\u5c0f\u59d0 (<a title=\"Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">some rights reserved<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This post was retroactively sponsored by Nifty Marketing<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Vancouver&#8217;s Bike to Work Week coming near, the University of British Columbia has just released a new study that cites bicycle infrastructure as playing an important role in decreasing cycling accidents. The study was\u00a0published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study analyzed 690 cycling injuries from 2008 to 2009 in the Toronto &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/study-finds-bicycle-infrastructure-reduces-risk-of-cycling-injuries\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Study Finds Bicycle Infrastructure Reduces Risk of Cycling Injuries<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1543],"tags":[24,25,28,29],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night.jpg",500,500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night.jpg",500,500,false],"large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night.jpg",500,500,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night.jpg",500,500,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cyclist-at-night.jpg",500,500,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Sponsored Content","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/sponsoredcontent\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"With Vancouver&#8217;s Bike to Work Week coming near, the University of British Columbia has just released a new study that cites bicycle infrastructure as playing an important role in decreasing cycling accidents. The study was\u00a0published in the American Journal of Public Health. 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