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City Cycling.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Urban and Industrial Environments SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (413 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262305914
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: City CyclingDDC classification:
  • 796.6
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Urban and Industrial Environments Series -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Cycling for Sustainable Transportation -- 2 International Overview: Cycling Trends in Western Europe, North America, and Australia -- 3 Health Benefits of Cycling -- 4 Effective Speed: Cycling Because It's "Faster -- 5 Developments in Bicycle Equipment and Its Role in Promoting Cycling as a Travel Mode -- 6 Bicycling Infrastructure for Mass Cycling: A Transatlantic Comparison -- 7 Cycling Safety -- 8 Integration of Cycling with Public Transportation -- 9 Bikesharing across the Globe -- 10 Women and Cycling -- 11 Children and Cycling -- 12 Cycling in Small Cities -- 13 Big City Cycling in Europe, North America, and Australia -- 14 Cycling in Megacities: London, Paris, New York, and Tokyo -- 15 Promoting Cycling for Daily Travel: Conclusions and Lessons from across the Globe -- Urban and Industrial Environments Series List -- Index.
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.
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Intro -- Urban and Industrial Environments Series -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Cycling for Sustainable Transportation -- 2 International Overview: Cycling Trends in Western Europe, North America, and Australia -- 3 Health Benefits of Cycling -- 4 Effective Speed: Cycling Because It's "Faster -- 5 Developments in Bicycle Equipment and Its Role in Promoting Cycling as a Travel Mode -- 6 Bicycling Infrastructure for Mass Cycling: A Transatlantic Comparison -- 7 Cycling Safety -- 8 Integration of Cycling with Public Transportation -- 9 Bikesharing across the Globe -- 10 Women and Cycling -- 11 Children and Cycling -- 12 Cycling in Small Cities -- 13 Big City Cycling in Europe, North America, and Australia -- 14 Cycling in Megacities: London, Paris, New York, and Tokyo -- 15 Promoting Cycling for Daily Travel: Conclusions and Lessons from across the Globe -- Urban and Industrial Environments Series List -- Index.

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.

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