Authors: | Rune Elvik, Marika Kolbenstvedt, Ingunn Stangeby |
Report nr: | 432/1999 |
ISBN: | 82-480-0093-1 |
Language: | Norwegian |
Attachments | Summary Sammendrag |
In Norway, 81 per cent of the population had access to a bicycle in 1998. The percentage of the population owning or having access to a bicycle has increased steadily since the 1960s and is currently higher than ever.
The percentage of journeys made by walking or cycling has decreased to 25 per cent from the1980s until now, with the largest decrease in the 1980s. In Norway conditions are more favourable for cycling during the summer than during the winter.
Pedestrians and cyclists are at approximately 4 times as high a risk as car drivers of being injured in accidents reported to the police. The difference is larger for the risk of fatalities than for the risk of injuries.
The most commonly applied tools for road planning, cost-benefit analyses and transport models do not handle vulnerable road users as well as other road users. An improvement of such planning tools is essential to be able to plan for increased walking and cycling.