Intersections as Barriers to Low-Stress Cycling: Intersection Level of Traffic Stress and Dual-Graph Network Modeling
Under review at Journal of Transport Geography
Bicycle network analysis has lacked a method for incorporating intersection crossing stress into routing and accessibility analysis. This paper proposes crossing level of traffic stress (xLTS) criteria for both signalized and unsignalized intersections, merging lanes crossed, traffic volume and speed, crossing islands, and rider characteristics into a gap acceptance model, and introduces a dual-graph network representation so that turning and crossing costs can be modelled directly.
Recommended citation: Furth, P. G., Obeng-Amoako, N. D., Akhavan, A., Sadeghinasr, B., Saeidi, R., Miranda-Moreno, L., Théberge-Barrette, C., Moser, P., & Ferenchak, N. "Intersections as Barriers to Low-Stress Cycling: Intersection Level of Traffic Stress and Dual-Graph Network Modeling." Manuscript submitted 7 June 2026 and under review at Journal of Transport Geography (manuscript no. JTRG-D-26-01066).