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Tag Archives: bike commuting
Why We Can’t Resist Bicycle Infrastructure
It is becoming increasingly clear that we won’t be able to avoid moving to a new economy, one in which carbon constraints and increasingly scarce petroleum resources are going to demand dramatic changes in the way in which we transport ourselves and even the very structure of our cities. But like any economy, the new one that’s coming is going to need the infrastructure that will make it work. Part of that means letting go of our habitual attitude to infrastructure investment that is predicated on growing motor vehicle use, and accepting one in which continual reductions in car use are brought on by making the use of sustainable transport more attractive. Under such a model, bicycle infrastructure would be a key component of Canberra’s transport budget. It’s a far cry from the current situation.
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Posted in Auto Independence, can bicycles save the world?, Climate Change, Culture, Livability, Placemaking, Sustainability, transit, Transportation, urban design, urban planning, walkable, What if?
Tagged Australia, bicycle commuter act, bike commuting, bike infrastructure, bristol, canberra, Climate Change, cycle paths, cycling city cycling towns, economic benefits of cycling, elliot fishman, energy, environmental benefits of bikes, health, health benefits of bikes, new matilda, transport
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Case Study: Groningen, Netherlands
The future of carbon-free transport lives strong in Groningen. This Dutch city of 185,000 proves that bicycle transportation can reign supreme: people there make about 150,000 trips by bicycle every day.
Bicycles and pedestrians entirely rule the medieval-era city hub, cruising along on car-free dedicated pathways and short cuts with no traffic signals in some instances. But people also commute on bikes in large numbers from suburban housing spread out around the city to downtown jobs, via a ring-and-spoke network of paths. Overall, 37 percent of area commutes are made on bikes.
Boasting an official town bicycle planner, Groningen has created an infrastructure it refers to “continuous and integral,” which includes massive surface and underground bicycle parking facilities, dedicated bike paths, and two-way bike lanes even on one-way auto streets. Continue reading
Posted in Auto Independence, can bicycles save the world?, Culture, human scale, Livability, Placemaking, transit, Transportation, Uncategorized, urban design, urban planning, walkable, What if?
Tagged bicycle infrastructure, bicycle parking, bike commuting, bike friendly cities, compact cycling city, continuous and integral, Dutch bicycle policies, Fiets Beraad, future of carbon-free transport, global ideas bank, Groningen, Netherlands, on the level, worldchanging.com
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Pedaling Toward a Post-Carbon Future
In 2008, according to the U.S. Census, 720,000 Americans commuted to work by bike–43 percent more than in 2000. It would be nice to say that the growth was driven by a concern for the climate, but the main reason is economics. “People bike because it’s fast, cheap, and easy to get around,” says Penalosa, “not because it’s good for the environment.” Christopher Leinberger, a land-use strategist at the Brookings Institution, notes that people who are auto-dependent spend 25 percent of their income on transportation, compared with 9 percent for those who walk, bike, or take public transit.
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Tagged seattle, sprawl, walkable, Copenhagen, New York City, high density, Bogota, Columbia, bicycle, traffic calming, bikable, denmark, post-carbon, bicycling, jan gehl, sierra club, kyle boelte, bike commuting, gil penalosa, vibrant communities, bike boxes, cycle tracks, bicycle infrastructure, christopher leinberger, brookings institute, U.S. transportation policy, 8-80 cities, suburbs, transportation infrastructure, bicycle lands, separated bikeways, Ninth Avenue Manhattan, Transportation Alternatives, John Pucher, Rutgers University, Syracuse, St. Paul, Salt Lake City, bike boulevards, europe
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