Conference talk

Intersections as Barriers to Low-Stress Cycling: Intersection Level of Traffic Stress and Dual-Graph Network Modeling

Peter Furth, Nathan David Obeng-Amoako (corresponding author), Armin Akhavan, Bita Sadeghinasr, Ray Saeidi, Luis Miranda-Moreno, Christine Théberge-Barrette, Paul Moser, Nick Ferenchak

Presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2027

Extends the Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) framework to intersections, introducing intersection-level LTS (xLTS) criteria for signalized and unsignalized crossings and a dual-graph network model to capture turning costs. Applied to job accessibility in Boston, showing how high-stress crossings constrain low-stress bike access even where street segments themselves are low-stress.

Recommended citation

Furth, P., Obeng-Amoako, N. D., Akhavan, A., Sadeghinasr, B., Saeidi, R., Miranda-Moreno, L., Théberge-Barrette, C., Moser, P., & Ferenchak, N. (2027). "Intersections as Barriers to Low-Stress Cycling: Intersection Level of Traffic Stress and Dual-Graph Network Modeling." Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2027.