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Women as 'an indicator species' for bike-friendly cities

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  1. Arellcat
    Moderator

    "Winning Over Women Could Help Spur Urban Bicycling Renaissance

    In his new book, John Pucher outlines benefits and challenges to biking in cities.

    One way to raise the overall levels of daily cycling in American cities—a healthy, eco-friendly and convenient way to travel—is to get more women to take up biking.

    That is one of the conclusions John Pucher, a professor at Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, reaches in his recently published book, City Cycling (MIT Press 2012), a guide to the urban cycling renaissance under way in most countries of the western industrialized world."

    Full article at:
    http://news.rutgers.edu/focus/issue.2012-11-01.3421334431/article.2012-11-12.5268617961

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. SRD
    Moderator

    A good checklist for edinburgh here:

    Key measures to make city cycling a reality include:

    - networks of integrated bikeways with advance stop lines and priority signals for cyclists at intersections
    - sufficient, secure parking at key destinations and public transportation stations
    - buses and trains that allow bikes on board
    - improved cyclist education and expanded bike-to-school programs
    - stricter motorist training, licensing and traffic enforcement
    - land-use policies that favor compact, mixed-use communities with shorter trip distances that can be easily covered by bike
    - citizen participation at all stages of the planning process and alliances with politicians, cycling organizations and other bike-friendly groups.

    Posted 12 years ago #

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