Abstract
The fast transformation of the urban centers, pushed by the impacts of climatic changes and the dramatic events of the COVID-19 Pandemic, will profoundly influence our daily mobility. This resulted scenario is expected to favor adopting cleaner and flexible modal solutions centered on bicycles and scooters, especially as last-mile options. However, as the use of bicycles has rapidly increased, cyclists have been subject to adverse conditions that may affect their health and safety when cycling in urban areas. Therefore, whereas cities should implement mechanisms to monitor and evaluate adverse conditions in cycling paths, cyclists should have some effective mechanism to visualize the indirect quality of cycling paths, eventually supporting choosing more appropriate routes. Therefore, this article proposes a comprehensive multi-parameter system based on multiple independent subsystems, covering all phases of data collecting, formatting, transmission, and processing related to the monitoring, evaluating, and visualizing the quality of cycling paths in the perspective of adverse conditions that affect cyclist. The formal interactions of all modules are carefully described, as well as implementation and deployment details. Additionally, a case study is considered for a large city in Brazil, demonstrating how the proposed system can be adopted in a real scenario.
Highlights
Among the most urgent challenges in this century, the development of sustainable and resilient cities has driven much attention lately [1,2]
Investments in smart cycling are rising, with many large cities experiencing innovative mobility solutions centered on public transportation connected to last-mile cycling [4]
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the resulted social distance measures have played an important role in strengthening this sustainable mobility trend [5]
Summary
Among the most urgent challenges in this century, the development of sustainable and resilient cities has driven much attention lately [1,2] While this century reported most people living in cities worldwide, for the first time in our history, this intense urbanization process has created continuous pressure on urban centers. Most recent efforts toward mobility efficiency have been harnessed to improve traditional transportation based on motor vehicles, with massive investments dedicated for widening roads to allow more cars, indirectly incurring in the emission of additional tons of pollution gases yearly In this sense, alternative transportation should be promoted instead, putting cleaner and more sustainable modals like bicycles at a prominent place. The COVID-19 Pandemic and the resulted social distance measures have played an important role in strengthening this sustainable mobility trend [5]
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