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Prioritizing Bicycle Facility Improvement Projects Based on Low-Stress Network Connectivity

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Tower, Bradford. (2014). Prioritizing Bicycle Facility Improvement Projects Based on Low-Stress Network Connectivity. Theses and Dissertations Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections. https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/etd/items/tower_idaho_0089n_10473.html

Title:
Prioritizing Bicycle Facility Improvement Projects Based on Low-Stress Network Connectivity
Author:
Tower, Bradford
Date:
2014
Keywords:
bicycle connectivity low-stress prioritizing
Program:
Civil Engineering
Subject Category:
Civil engineering; Transportation planning
Abstract:

This thesis introduces a new method to prioritize bicycle facility improvement projects based on low-stress network connectivity. A bicycle network typically contains the following bicycle facilities: sharrows, bicycle boulevards, bike lanes, buffered bike lanes, and pathways. Using Moscow, Idaho as a case study, over 29 miles of bicycle facilities were analyzed to determine their impact on the bicycle network. The case study's bicycle facilities are part of a proposed improvement plan, which breaks up the bicycle facilities into 37 projects. To determine the importance of each project, a new prioritization method used open-sourced python code and geographic information systems (GIS) software to route every residential parcel to a defined "basket" of important destinations. (Routes were considered only if they were within a specified stress threshold.) The method produced a rank of each project's importance to the bicycle network, which provides planners and engineers valuable insight when facing challenging transportation investment decisions.

Description:
masters, M.S., Civil Engineering -- University of Idaho - College of Graduate Studies, 2014
Major Professor:
Lowry, Michael
Committee:
Kyte, Michael; Hubbs, Graham
Defense Date:
2014
Identifier:
Tower_idaho_0089N_10473
Type:
Text
Format Original:
PDF
Format:
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