| Research document | ...reviewed or critiqued |
| Jerrold Kaplan's Characteristics of the Regular Adult Bicycle User (1975) | |
| 1976 Bikecentennial study by Bruce Burgess and Dan Burden | Comments by John S. Allen |
| The Federal Highway Administration's Bicycle Safety Related Research Synthesis (paper copy - may no longer be available) | Synthesis or Fabrication? -- Review by John S. Allen Review of the BSRRS -- Review by John Forester How safe are bike lanes? -- Review by Alan Wachtel |
| The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Bicycle Use and Hazard Patterns in the United States (1994) (on the CPSC Web site, in Adobe PDF format) | Analysis of Bicycle Use and Hazard Patterns by John S. Allen, response by Dr. Gregory Rodgers of the CPSC and further analysis by John Forester. |
| Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Accidents in the Boston Metropolitan Region (Metropolitan Area Planning Council, 1984). Includes results of Missoula, Montana study | |
| Conspicuity on the Highway: A Symposium Sponsored by the Committee on Visibility, TRB Circular #229, May 1981 |
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| Alan Wachtel and Diana Lewiston, Risk Factors
for Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions at Intersections (on the Bicycling Life Web site) |
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| The Risks of Cycling by Dr. Eero Pasanen This report from Helsinki, Finland, confirms the poor safety record of bicycle sidepaths. | |
| Regulation vs. the Market: The Case of Bicycle Safety by Ross D. Petty | |
| A Survey of North American Bicycle Commuters by Dr. William Moritz -- summary results (on the Bicycling Life Web site) | |
| Adult Bicyclists in the U.S. by Dr. William Moritz -- (on the Bicycling Life Web site) | |
| A Tale of Three Cities: Analysis of Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Crashes by Wayne Pein (on the Bicycling Life Web site) | |
| The
Effects of Bikelane System Design on Cyclists' Traffic Errors by
John Forester (on his Web site) |
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| John Franklin's survey of research on the safety of bicycle paths and cycle tracks. | |
| Ken Cross's Santa Barbara
study (suppressed for 28 years!) on John Forester's site. |
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| The 1979 Eugene, Oregon study | |
| Bicycle Accidents and Usage Among Young Adults, by Chlapecka and Driessen | |
| Traffic safety on one-way streets with contraflow bicycle traffic (translation of German paper) | |
| Critique of Bicycle compatibility Index |
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