This looks like a very sensible idea: SafePath, a new app being developed in Arizona, aims to help cyclists cut road-related risks by alerting them to real-time hazards, and plotting alternative routes.
With lots of factors involved in helping cyclists stay safe – including individual behaviour, infrastructure, cultural attitudes and more – it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly whose responsibility it is to ensure vulnerable road users are protected.
The SafePath app, being developed by epidemiologist David Bui of the University of Arizona, aims to address one part of this knotty equation.
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When in action, SafePath would estimate the risk of injury for any given route, suggest an alternative lower-risk route, and alert the user of any particular hazards or weather conditions that might increase the risk of injury. However, the app is still in the proposal stage, and although potentially useful, information on how it would identify 'riskier' routes is yet to be explained.
With useful real-time alerts of hazards on regular routes, there are definite benefits to this app, which sounds essentially like a satnav aid for bikes.
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David Bui isn’t the only researcher interested in cyclist safety and identifying risk hot spots.
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