SÄKMAT
Full title: Traffic safety effects of platform-based food deliveries on cycle paths
Swedish title: Trafiksäkerhetseffekter av plattformsbaserade matleveranser på cykelvägar
According to current regulations, class II moped traffic is permitted on cycle paths unless a local traffic regulation prohibits it. Among the arguments that have been put forward in the public debate for a ban, reference is made to high local emission levels of particles that risk causing poor health for other users of the cycle paths. Noise, space requirements and the fact that mopeds do not meet the requirement for a speed limit of 25 km/h are also mentioned, which leads to an unsafe environment for pedestrians and cyclists. It should be investigated how traffic safety for unprotected road users is affected by the presence of moped traffic, in the form of platform-based food deliveries, on cycle paths. This project aims to map, in the form of a pilot study, exposure, speeds and unprotected road users' experiences of insecurity linked to these deliveries at a number of points in municipal cycle path networks in Malmö and Lund.
Traffic safety benefit: Knowledge about relevant road safety indicators such as exposure (flows), speeds and behaviors/interactions as well as information about perceived road safety is obtained through the observational studies. This contributes to increased knowledge about how the phenomenon of platform-based food deliveries by moped affects road safety for unprotected road users on cycle paths.
Key words: Road safety, vulnerable road users, speed, safety, cycle paths, platform-based food deliveries
