| Description |
xxxii,475 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction to the second edition: back on our feet again / Rodney Tolley -- 1. Obstacles to walking and cycling / Rodney Tolley -- 2. The potential of non-motorised transport for promoting health / Mayer Hillman -- 3. The pedestrian town as an environmentally tolerable alternative to motorised travel / Otto Ullrich -- 4. The safety of walking and cycling in different countries / Barbara Preston -- 5. The role of cycling for women / Ursula Lehner-Lierz -- 6. Public policy on the green modes / Mayer Hillman -- 7. Can technology save us? / John Adams -- 8. Cycling as the most realistic substitute for car use in urban areas: burying the conventional myth about public transport / Mayer Hillman -- 9. Recreational cycling: is this the way to stimulate interest in everyday urban cycling? / Les Lumsdon -- 10. 'I'd walk there, but ...': thoughts on the attitude-behaviour gap / Rodney Tolley and Alan Hallsworth -- 11. Cars and behaviour: psychological barriers to car restraint and sustainable urban transport / Rene Diekstra and Martin Kroon -- 12. Traffic and environmental policy in the Netherlands / Martin Kroon -- 13. The Dutch Bicycle Master Plan 1990-96 / Ton Welleman -- 14. Policy issues in promoting the green modes in Germany / Rolf Monheim -- 15. Walking and public transport: two sides of the same coin / Dietrich Garbrecht -- 16. A systematic approach to the planning of urban networks for walking / Anthony Ramsay -- 17. Segregation or integration for cyclists? The Dutch approach / Tom Godefrooij -- 18. Alternative policies for reducing dependence on the car / John Adams -- 19. The evolution from pedestrian areas to 'car-free' city centres in Germany / Rolf Monheim -- 20. Safe routes to school in Odense, Denmark / Troels Andersen -- 21. Putting people at the centre of planning in Britain: from 'Feet First' to 'Streets for People' / Judith Hanna -- 22. Towards the bicycle-friendly town in Germany / Wulf Hulsmann -- 23. The Delft bicycle network revisited / Jan Hartman -- 24. Planning for the bicycle in urban Britain: an assessment of experience and issues / Hugh McClintock -- 25. Cycle policy and best practice in the United Kingdom / Don Mathew -- 26. Green modes and ISTEA in the United States / Andy Clarke -- 27. Public transport and cycling: experience of modal integration in Germany / Jurgen Brunsing -- 28. The BikeBus'ters from Arhus, Denmark: 'We'll park our cars for 200 years ...' / Jorgen Bunde -- 29. The introduction of a public bike in Sandnes, Norway: experience and lessons from the first year / Mangor Eikeland -- 30. A general 30 km/h speed limit in the city: a model project in Graz, Austria / Gerd Sammer -- 31. The practice of improving the neighbourhood street environment through traffic calming in Japan / Michiyasu Odani and Hideo Yamanaka -- 32. Designing for cycling: the new Dutch Design manual / Jan Ploeger -- 33. Hard labour: the painful birth of a Montreal bicycle path / Robert Boivin -- 34. Good practice in bicycle planning in Australia / Rod Katz and Nariida Smith -- 35. Stimulating bicycle use by companies in the Netherlands / Martin Touwen -- 36. Planning for bicycle- (and pedestrian-) friendly campuses / Rodney Tolley -- 37. York 'Footstreets' / John Rigby -- 38. A car-free Lubeck? / Jurgen Brunsing -- 39. Integration of bicycles and public transport in Basel, Switzerland / Jurg Tschopp -- 40. Stimulating the use of bicycles: part of an integrated town planning and traffic policy in Groningen / Marcel Bloemkolk and Wilko Huyink -- 41. Summary and conclusions: looking back, looking around and looking ahead / Alan Hallsworth and John Whitelegg |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: London : Belhaven, 1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bicycle trails -- Europe -- Planning.
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Sidewalks -- Europe -- Planning.
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Trails -- Europe -- Planning.
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Urban transportation policy -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Tolley, R. S. (Rodney S.), 1946-
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| LC no. |
97008340 |
| ISBN |
0471969931 |
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