METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A BICYCLE LANE DEVIATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION

An approach is provided for determining bicycle lane deviations for autonomous vehicle warning or operation. The approach, for example, involves retrieving probe data associated with a bicycle transportation mode. The approach also involves determining a plurality of probe points of the probe data that are map-matched outside of a bicycle lane. The approach further involves clustering the plurality of probe points into at least one location cluster. The approach further involves storing the one or more location clusters in a geographic database as respective one or more hazard areas where a plurality of bicycles deviates outside of the bicycle lane. By way of example, the approach can further involve using the at least one location cluster to perform at least one of providing a warning message or determining a driving parameter for an autonomous vehicle.