{"id":1256,"date":"2013-09-20T19:39:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T18:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2013-09-20T19:39:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T18:39:44","slug":"u-s-federal-highway-administrations-new-policy-informed-by-cycle-track-research-published-in-ip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2013\/09\/20\/u-s-federal-highway-administrations-new-policy-informed-by-cycle-track-research-published-in-ip\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Federal Highway Administration\u2019s new policy informed by cycle track research published in IP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a guest blog post by Anne Lusk, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health, <a href=\"mailto:AnneLusk@hsph.harvard.edu\">AnneLusk@hsph.harvard.edu<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor note:\u00a0 The incorporation of scientific evidence into policy is a critical element in public health research benefiting populations.\u00a0 This guest blog post highlights one example of research, published in Injury Prevention, which has influenced policy. This example underscores the need for continued efforts to make policy more responsive to scientific evidence.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There has been a sea change in the bike land and we can credit research.\u00a0 On July 31, 2013, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requested proposals on \u201cCycle Track Planning and Design Information.\u201d Until this call, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Engineers (AASHTO) had published bike guidelines that for years intentionally did not include cycle tracks (barrier-protected bicycle-exclusive paths beside sidewalks).<\/p>\n<p>The FHWA proposal defended their new call, \u201cThere is a growing body of research on cycle tracks in the U.S. and Canada indicating that, when they are designed well, they do not increase bike crash rates.\u201d\u00a0 The FHWA proposal added, \u201cA growing body of research is also suggesting that separated bikeways encourage more people to bicycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, research that colleagues and I had conducted on cycle tracks was accepted by <i>Injury Prevention, <\/i>\u201cRisk of injury for bicycling on cycle tracks versus in the street (2011).\u201d Our research showed that there was a 28% lower injury rate on cycle tracks compared to bicycling on comparable roads without bicycle facilities and also that 2.5 times as many bicyclists bicycled on the cycle tracks compared to comparable roads.\u00a0 We also determined the crash rate per million bike-km on the 6 cycle tracks in Montreal (10.5) and compared this crash rate to published crash rates for bicycling in the road (3.75-67). Important confirmatory findings were reported by Teschke and colleagues<sup>1, 2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>While research in other domains has influenced policy in those fields, the connection to policy change has not always been as evident. In this case, rigorous research by our group and other authors who also study cycle tracks helped change a policy that can change hearts, waist lines, blood pressure, cancer levels, longevity, and states-of-mind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Teschke K, Harris MA, Reynolds CC, Winters M, Babul S, Chipman M, et al. Route Infrastructure and the Risk of Injuries to Bicyclists: A Case-Crossover Study. Am J Public Health 2012;102(12):2336-2343.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas B, DeRobertis M. The safety of urban cycle tracks: a review of the literature. 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