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Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany
John Pucher,Ralph Buehler +1 more
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In this paper, the authors show how the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany have made bicycling a safe, convenient, and practical way to get around their cities, relying on national aggregate data as well as case studies of large and small cities in each country.About:
This article is published in Transport Reviews.The article was published on 2008-06-14. It has received 1413 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Traffic calming.read more
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Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not?
Adrian Bauman,Rodrigo Siqueira Reis,Rodrigo Siqueira Reis,James F. Sallis,Jonathan C. K. Wells,Ruth J. F. Loos,Ruth J. F. Loos,Brian W. Martin +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a broad view of health behaviour causation, with the social and physical environment included as contributors to physical inactivity, particularly those outside the health sector, such as urban planning, transportation systems, and parks and trails, is presented.
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Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling: An international review
TL;DR: Most of the evidence examined in this review supports the crucial role of public policy in encouraging bicycling, including infrastructure provision and pro-bicycle programs, supportive land use planning, and restrictions on car use.
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Commuting by Bicycle: An Overview of the Literature
TL;DR: This article conducted a survey of the current literature in order to identify the determinants for commuting by bicycle and found many determinants, not all of which are addressed by conventional mode choice studies and models.
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Time Use and Physical Activity: A Shift Away from Movement across the Globe
Shu Wen Ng,Barry M. Popkin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured historical and current MET by four major physical activity domains (occupation, home production, travel and active leisure) and sedentary time among adults (>18 years).
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Bicycling renaissance in North America? An update and re-appraisal of cycling trends and policies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed trends in cycling levels, safety, and policies in Canada and the USA over the past two decades, analyzing aggregate data for the two countries as well as city-specific case study data for nine large cities (Chicago, Minneapolis, Montreal, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington).
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Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence
Peter Newman,Jeffrey Kenworthy +1 more
TL;DR: The concept of sustainability and its relationship to cities the problem of automobile dependence at the end of the 20th century the pattern of car dependence and global cities a vision of reduced automobile dependence greening the automobile dependent city - urban ecology and auto dependence promoting sustainable urban change ethics, spirituality and community in the city as mentioned in this paper.
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Promoting safe walking and cycling to improve public health: Lessons from The Netherlands and Germany
I John Pucher,Lewis Dijkstra +1 more
TL;DR: A wide range of measures are available to improve the safety of walk and cycling in American cities, both to reduce fatalities and injuries and to encourage walking and cycling.
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Safety in numbers: more walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling
TL;DR: A motorist is less likely to collide with a person walking and bicycling if more people walk or bicycle, and policies that increase the numbers of people walking or bicycling appear to be an effective route to improving the safety of people walk and bicycle.
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Promoting transportation cycling for women: the role of bicycle infrastructure.
TL;DR: Improved cycling infrastructure in the form of bicycle paths and lanes that provide a high degree of separation from motor traffic is likely to be important for increasing transportation cycling amongst under-represented population groups such as women.