You can skip the bike trip to the library. Complete article available online:http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/pucher/Irresistible.pdf or http://www.sfu.ca/city/PDFs/PUCHERMakingCyclingIrresistibleJune2008.pdf
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Meiers, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > This is in a British Journal Transportation Review- you may be able to > get a copy of it through your local library. > > > Journal Article > *Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons From The Netherlands, Denmark and > Germany.* Pucher J, Buehler R. Transp > Rev<http://www.safetylit.org/week/journalpage.php?jid=6004>2008; 28(4): > 495-528. DOI: > 10.1080/01441640701806612 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01441640701806612> > What > is this? <http://www.safetylit.org/definitions.htm#doi> (Copyright (c) 2008, > Taylor and Francis Group) This article shows how the Netherlands, Denmark > and Germany have made bicycling a safe, convenient and practical way to get > around their cities. The analysis relies on national aggregate data as well > as case studies of large and small cities in each country. The key to > achieving high levels of cycling appears to be the provision of separate > cycling facilities along heavily travelled roads and at intersections, > combined with traffic calming of most residential neighbourhoods. Extensive > cycling rights of way in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany are > complemented by ample bike parking, full integration with public transport, > comprehensive traffic education and training of both cyclists and motorists, > and a wide range of promotional events intended to generate enthusiasm and > wide public support for cycling. In addition to their many pro-bike policies > and programmes, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany make driving expensive > as well as inconvenient in central cities through a host of taxes and > restrictions on car ownership, use and parking. Moreover, strict land-use > policies foster compact, mixed-use developments that generate shorter and > thus more bikeable trips. It is the coordinated implementation of this > multi-faceted, mutually reinforcing set of policies that best explains the > success of these three countries in promoting cycling. For comparison, the > article portrays the marginal status of cycling in the UK and the USA, where > only about 1% of trips are by bike. > > Language: Eng > > Steve Meiers > Safety educator > (608) 267-1102 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > Bikies@danenet.org > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > >
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