COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CYCLING BEHAVIOR ON STREETS OF ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLES BY ELDERLY AND YOUNG PEOPLE
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- 山中 英生
- 徳島大学大学院 ソシオテクノサイエンス研究部
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- Other Title
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- 高齢者・若年者による電動アシスト自転車の走行挙動特性の比較分析
- コウレイシャ ・ ジャクネンシャ ニ ヨル デンドウ アシスト ジテンシャ ノ ソウコウ キョドウ トクセイ ノ ヒカク ブンセキ
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Abstract
The use of electric assisted bicycles (EAB) has spread to elderly people in these days, who are allowed to cycle on the pavement with sharing with pedestrians. This study aims at comparative analysis on the behavior of assisted bicycles and normal type bicycles by elderly and young people on real streets. As a result,. Both young and elderly people runs faster and more stable handling when using EAB than normal bicycles. Elderly people have, however, a tendency in using EAB even when they run congested shared use with pedestrians, to run faster with less steering, more acceleration, and a little conscious about conflicts with pedestrians, because they need less effort to run by EAB.
Journal
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- Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. D3 (Infrastructure Planning and Management)
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Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. D3 (Infrastructure Planning and Management) 67 (5), 67_I_831-67_I_836, 2011
Japan Society of Civil Engineers