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City cycling / edited by John Pucher and Ralph Buehler.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Urban and industrial environments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cycling--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Cycling.
- City traffic--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- City traffic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (413 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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 Cycling11 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-30499-6
- 1-283-69198-1
- 0-262-30591-7
- OCLC:
- 818830821
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