This project aims to assess the impact of Protected Bike Lanes (PBL) on safety, user experience and operational management, in order to define recommendations for a national standard. PBLs, an intermediate solution between separate cycle paths and cycle lanes, offer flexibility and reduced costs, but raise issues (winter maintenance, crossing, multimodal conflicts). The research is based on four phases:
- Analysis of international and grey literature (effects on traffic, safety, comfort)
- Feedback from Swiss cities and cantons (inventory, interviews).
- Before-and-after pilot tests in Zurich, Bern and Lausanne (counts, videos, on-site intercept surveys, Moveable platform).
- Summary and recommendations (fact sheets by type of PBL, expert workshops, proposals for federal implementation on ordonnance level).
The expected results include a typology of PBLs, a scientific analysis of their effects, and recommendations for standardising practices and improving cyclist safety in Switzerland.