Promotion of cycling can improve the sustainability level of a city or an urban area. This study presents a methodology that audits the bikeability level of the urban road environment across three selected routes in the city of Volos, Greece. This methodology is a useful toolkit in order to evaluate and improve the bikeability level of the urban road environment and also evaluate existing bikew...

Cycling has been shown to confer considerable benefits in terms of health, leading to reductions in death rates principally due to cardiovascular improvements and adaptation. Given the disparity between the benefits of cycling on cardiovascular fitness and previous research finding that cycling may not be beneficial for bone health, Hugo Olmedillas and colleagues performed a systematic review o...

The popularization of smart phones and the large-scale application location-based services (e.g., exercises, traveling food delivery via cycling) have resulted in emergence massive amounts personalized cycling trajectory data, spurring demand for map navigation based on trajectories. Therefore, current paper, we propose a trajectory-based algorithm without need road network data support. propos...

Learning to ride a bicycle and enjoying the pleasures of cycling are synonymous with childhood; unfortunately, cycling does not come without risk of serious injury. Children under 15 years old account for the majority of cycling time in the United States, and on average, 1 child dies every day from a bicycle-related injury. Health care professionals can play an important role in making cycling ...

The SRM power measuring crank system is nowadays a popular device for cycling power output (PO) measurements in the field and in laboratories. The PowerTap (CycleOps, Madison, USA) is a more recent and less well-known device that allows mobile PO measurements of cycling via the rear wheel hub. The aim of this study is to test the validity and reliability of the PowerTap by comparing it with the...

The shift to low-emission mobility, embedded in a growing need for sustainable development, makes soft modes highly promoted transport alternative national and international mobility policies. Soft modes, especially cycling, is an capable of reversing the trend private car use urban areas, being one main strategies Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP). Several factors can influence travel mo...