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Title City Cycling / edited by John Pucher and Ralph Buehler
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (413 pages)
Series Urban and industrial environments
Urban and industrial environments.
Contents Introduction: Cycling for sustainable transport / John Pucher, Ralph Buehler -- International overview: cycling trends in Western Europe, North America, and Australia / Ralph Buehler, John Pucher -- Health benefits of cycling / Jan Garrard, Chris Rissel, Adrian Bauman -- Effective speed: cycling because it's "faster" / Paul Tranter -- Developments in bicycle equipment and its role in promoting cycling as a travel mode / Kristin Lovejoy, Susan Handy -- Bicycling infrastructure for mass cycling: a transatlantic comparison / Peter G. Furth -- Cycling safety / Peter L. Jacobson, Harry Rutter -- Integration of cycling with public transportation / John Pucher, Ralph Buehler -- Bikesharing across the globe / Susan A. Shaheen, Stacey Guzman, Hua Zhang -- Women and cycling / Jan Garrard, Susan Handy, Jennifer Dill -- Children and cycling / Noreen C. McDonald -- Cycling in small cities / Susan Handy, Eva Heinen, Kevin J. Krizek -- Big city cycling in Europe, North America, and Australia / Ralph Buehler, John Pucher -- Cycling in megacities: London, Paris, New York, and Tokyo / John Pucher, Emmanuel De Lanversin, Takahiro Suzuki, John Whitelegg -- Promoting cycling for daily travel: conclusions and lessons from across the globe / John Pucher, Ralph Buehler
Summary A guide to today's urban cycling renaissance, with information on cycling's health benefits, safety, bikes and bike equipment, bike lanes, bike sharing, and other topics
Analysis URBANISM/General
ARCHITECTURE/Urban Design
ENVIRONMENT/General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Cycling -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
City traffic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Cycling.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
City traffic
Cycling
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012006720
ISBN 0262305917
9780262305914
9780262304993
0262304996