SWOV researchers Uijtdewilligen and Wijlhuizen coauthored the article 'Effects of crowding on route preferences and perceived safety of urban cyclists in the Netherlands' in the journal 'Transportation Research Part A'.
Bicycle use increases in many cities around the world. In the Netherlands, cycling is one of the main transport modes in cities and bicycle use is still growing. This leads to crowded cycling infrastructure in cities with high cycling shares, including in the four largest Dutch cities. Since few studies have been done to the effects of high crowding levels on cyclists’ route preferences and perceived safety, the present study aims to examine this for Dutch urban cyclists. Moreover, the relationship between perceived safety and route preferences is established.
