This volume addresses key contemporary aspects in cycling policy, practice and research. Cycling has seen a sharp increase in scientific and policy attention in the past decade. The amount of research has surged over the past couple decades. Also, levels of cycling have increased substantially in many countries and cities, and many areas have seen increases in infrastructure investments. In addition, the last decade has seen innovations in bicycle technology, in particularly the rise of electric-assist (e-bikes) and dock-less bike sharing schemes.
This volume reviews the state of the art on cycling from various angles. As such it explores planners’ (engineers’, policy makers’) provisions for cycling, of cyclists’ (and non-cyclists’) travel behaviour, and resulting consequences for individuals and society. One focus is on demand-side aspects, including the use of bicycles and their users including patterns and trends in cycling, determinants of cycling, and modelling of cycling. Another focus is on impacts of cycling, such as emissions, safety aspects, as well as changes during the COVID pandemic.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Table of Contents - p. iii 3. Copyright - p. iii 4. Contributors - p. iii 5. Chapter One: Cycling: Past, current and future - p. 1 6. Chapter Two: The bicycle: Technology and culture - p. 7 7. Chapter Three: The rise of the electrically assisted bicycle and the individual, social and environmental impacts of use - p. 53 8. Chapter Four: Street level design for cycling - p. 65 9. Chapter Five: Network level design for cycling - p. 86 10. Chapter Six: Tools and processes for practitioners - p. 111 11. Chapter Seven: A global overview of cycling trends - p. 137 12. Chapter Eight: Modeling of cycling behavior - p. 159 13. Chapter Nine: Cyclists’ interactions with other road users from a safety perspective - p. 187 14. Chapter Ten: Cycling and socioeconomic (dis)advantage - p. 214 15. Chapter Eleven: Cycling, climate change and air pollution - p. 235 16. Chapter Twelve: Cycling during and after the COVID-19 pandemic - p. 265
This volume addresses key contemporary aspects in cycling policy, practice and research. Cycling has seen a sharp increase in scientific and policy attention in the past decade. The amount of research has surged over the past couple decades. Also, levels of cycling have increased substantially in many countries and cities, and many areas have seen increases in infrastructure investments. In addition, the last decade has seen innovations in bicycle technology, in particularly the rise of electric-assist (e-bikes) and dock-less bike sharing schemes.
This volume reviews the state of the art on cycling from various angles. As such it explores planners’ (engineers’, policy makers’) provisions for cycling, of cyclists’ (and non-cyclists’) travel behaviour, and resulting consequences for individuals and society. One focus is on demand-side aspects, including the use of bicycles and their users including patterns and trends in cycling, determinants of cycling, and modelling of cycling. Another focus is on impacts of cycling, such as emissions, safety aspects, as well as changes during the COVID pandemic.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Table of Contents - p. iii 3. Copyright - p. iii 4. Contributors - p. iii 5. Chapter One: Cycling: Past, current and future - p. 1 6. Chapter Two: The bicycle: Technology and culture - p. 7 7. Chapter Three: The rise of the electrically assisted bicycle and the individual, social and environmental impacts of use - p. 53 8. Chapter Four: Street level design for cycling - p. 65 9. Chapter Five: Network level design for cycling - p. 86 10. Chapter Six: Tools and processes for practitioners - p. 111 11. Chapter Seven: A global overview of cycling trends - p. 137 12. Chapter Eight: Modeling of cycling behavior - p. 159 13. Chapter Nine: Cyclists’ interactions with other road users from a safety perspective - p. 187 14. Chapter Ten: Cycling and socioeconomic (dis)advantage - p. 214 15. Chapter Eleven: Cycling, climate change and air pollution - p. 235 16. Chapter Twelve: Cycling during and after the COVID-19 pandemic - p. 265
