Factual Consulting, a trusted CycleRAP supplier, has kicked off its biggest Lane Patrol CycleRAP project to date in Skopje, North Macedonia – a safety assessment of the city’s expansive 140km of cycling infrastructure.

The Auto-moto Association of Macedonia (AMSM), supported by Lane Patrol and the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), will complete the “Safe Cycling Lanes, Safe Cyclists”  project supported by the FIA Grants 2024 programme.

Utilising the CycleRAP and Lane Patrol Methodology, the risk of crashes for bicyclists and light mobility users will be analysed to identify high-risk locations and inform prioritised investment plans to improve cycling safety in the city.

CycleRAP is an easy, affordable and fast methodology of evaluating road and bicycling infrastructure for safety. It aims to reduce crashes and improve safety specifically for bicyclists and other light mobility users by identifying high risk locations without the need for crash data.

Factual Consulting will leverage Lane Patrol to collect geo-referenced images, code the CycleRAP attributes and calculate risk scores. The Lane Patrol mobile app, when mounted on a bike, automatically captures georeferenced images of the cycling infrastructure. These are later synchronised with the web tool, which utilises vision models to assess safety with over 40 features, such as infrastructure width, protective barriers and obstacles.

Lane Patrol has been used in multiple cycling assessment projects worldwide, including in Lisbon, Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Madrid, Montevideo, Copenhagen and Oxford.

The project is expected to finish in August.

In the video below, you can see Pietro Podestà navigating the capital’s streets and utilising Lane Patrol technology for the survey:

For more information on CycleRAP, visit irap.org/cyclerap

Image and video credit: Lane Patrol