ABSTRACT
At the curbside bus station on the mixed road, buses stop at the station will take up the bicycle lane. Many cyclists decided to detour to the motor lane to reduce delays. Cycling detours could disturb the traffic order of the motor lane and increase the danger of cycling. To explore the factors affecting cyclists' detour decisions in the curbside bus station area, a video survey was conducted in Xi'an to collect data about bicycle traffic. Based on the analysis of cyclists' psychology and cycling habits, cyclists are classified as adventurous, neutral, and conservative types according to their position on the road when entering the bus station area. It is found that the riding tracks of adventurous and conservative cyclists are relatively fixed, while that of neutral cyclists are uncertain. The Binomial logistic model was used for exploring the relationship between the neutral cyclists' detour decisions in the curbside bus station area and the gender of the cyclist, cyclists' perception of the bus state, the number of passengers getting on and off the bus, the distance between the bus and the platform, the number of buses parked in the station, the number of vehicles in the adjacent lane, and the number of non-vehicles in the adjacent lane. The results show that cyclists' perception of bus state, the number of passengers getting on and off the bus, and the distance between the bus and the platform are significant variables. Among them, the number of passengers getting on and off the bus is positively correlated with the neutral cyclist's detour decision, and the cyclist's perception of the bus state and the distance between the bus and the platform are negatively correlated with the neutral cyclist' detour decision. This study provides important guidance for studying bicycle micro-traffic behavior and optimizing the design of curbside bus stations, and it is beneficial to improve the safety of bicycle riding.
