Patrick McDonald

Professor Rothwell
UWRT 1102
28 Feb 2015

Cyclists vs. Pedestrians: An Annotated Bibliography

Christine Haughney. Study Finds Higher Number of Pedestrians Hurt by Bikes.

City Room: Blogging
From the Five Bouroughs. The New York Times., 19 Sep. 2011

Christine Haughney is a blogger for the New York Times. In this article she
talks about a study by Hunter College Professors on the amount of pedestrian
injuries caused by bikes in New York City. This article also talks about an
analysis by two other professors, Peter Tuckel, and William Milczarski on
pedestrian injuries by cyclists in the entire country.

These studies used data from the State Department of health to gather
statistics on the number of reported injuries in hospitals, but like Dr. Tuckel
states, these figures only represent the tip of the proverbial iceberg. The
figures they found only cover pedestrians wounded enough to go to the
hospital, not the victims that just went to their doctors office, or to a walk-in
clinic. The article sites Seth Solomonow, a spokesman for the cities
Department of Transportation, saying that the numbers for injured
pedestrians by bikers is pretty low relative to injured pedestrians by motor
vehicles. A number that has been kept low, because of the cities focus on
safety. Mr. Solomonow also states, will continue to work with N.Y.P.D. to
enforce the law for everyone on the road and install bike lanes to separate
vehicles from cyclists and cyclists from pedestrians. In the article Mr.
Murphy, a spokesman for a bike advocacy group called Transportation
Alternatives, wants critics to keep bicycle-pedestrian related injuries in

perspective compared to the vastly higher amount of injuries caused by

motor vehicles to pedestrians.
This article is helpful because it shows that cyclists do in fact cause injuries to
pedestrians. The numbers may be higher than reported due to the method of
reporting them. That bicycle advocates may tend to down play the problem
by comparing it to the number of vehicle related injuries to pedestrians.

Division of Business Affairs. UNC Charlotte Master Plan 2010. UNCC.edu, Web.
Dec.
2009.

The Division of Business Affairs published a master plan for the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte. In this report they detail its plan to continue its
focus as an institution dedicated to expanding its cultural, economic,
educational, and social needs over the coming years.

Over its history, UNCC has turned into a considerably sized research
institution. The 2010 Master Plan helps identify problems linked to the
growth of the campus. One problem identified, is the need to maintain an
infrastructure to the support the predicted student enrollment of up to 35,000
in the next two decades.

This online report is useful because it identifies how much larger the student
body will grow over the next twenty years. With an increase in students,
there will be potentially an increase in cyclists. An increase in population on
campus will only compound the current problem that pedestrians face from
cyclists.

Times Staff Writers. UCI to Pay $4.5 Million-Plus to Student Left Brain Damaged in
Bicycle Accident.
Los Angeles Times., 02 Jun 1987

A Times Staff Writer reported on the case of James A Fitzgerald, a junior at

UC Irvine. In 1985 he was struck from behind on campus by a cyclist, Trung
Q. Pham. This resulted in many future safety precautions by the institution.

A UCI student was struck and brain damaged on campus by a person riding a
bicycle on his way to class. UCI lawyers denied liability, but agreed to
substantial lifetime payments that could reach up to ten million dollars
depending on how long the victim lives. The lawsuit claimed that UCI had
studied the problem of mixing bike and pedestrian traffic, but took no action.
The victims side also claimed that other campuses segregate the traffic and
that UCI should have done the same. Since the accident a bicycle safety
committee has formed, and many bike limitations have been put in place, but
James A Fitzgerald will never be able to live on his own, or hold a
conversation.

This article is useful because it shows an example of the potential dangers to

students on campus by cyclists. Due to the lack of diligence by UC Irvine, a
students life was irreparably damaged. The extreme financial burden caused
by this tragedy resulted in a heavy handed safety approach towards bicycles
on campus, and harsh consequences still in effect today. Now it is difficult to
be a biker at UC Irvine.