{"id":133451,"date":"2022-01-01T21:22:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T05:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/cyclists-biometric-data-could-show-us-how-to-make-streets-safer"},"modified":"2022-01-01T21:22:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T05:22:20","slug":"cyclists-biometric-data-could-show-us-how-to-make-streets-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/cyclists-biometric-data-could-show-us-how-to-make-streets-safer","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists\u2019 biometric data could show us how to make streets safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/cyclists-biometric-data-could-show-us-how-to-make-streets-safer2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rather than waiting for multiple crashes to happen at a location before intervening to improve road safety, a new study suggests we can identify dangerous areas proactively \u2014 by measuring cyclist stress levels as they navigate city streets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The challenge:<\/strong> When designing a city\u2019s transportation infrastructure, urban planners must balance the needs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/technology\/traffic-lights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drivers<\/a> with the safety of pedestrians and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/technology\/airless-bike-tires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cyclists<\/a>. This is often done through surveys of local residents and best practices learned over time.<\/p>\n<p>This process doesn\u2019t always get it right, though, so sometimes cities have to install safety improvements, such as crosswalks, bike lanes, or stop lights, at dangerous intersections or stretches of road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rather than waiting for multiple crashes to happen at a location before intervening to improve road safety, a new study suggests we can identify dangerous areas proactively \u2014 by measuring cyclist stress levels as they navigate city streets. The challenge: When designing a city\u2019s transportation infrastructure, urban planners must balance the needs of drivers with [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1412,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-privacy","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}