Economic Benefits of Increased Cycling

Blondiau, Thomas; Zeebroeck, B. Van; Haubold, Holger

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.247

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“…Reducing vehicle related congestion leads to improvements in travel times, social costs, health and environmental impacts, and wider economic benefits 19 . Indeed, cycling can lead to economic benefits in retail centres when cycling infrastructure is provided 20,21 . However, active transport infrastructure budgets remain small in comparison to road infrastructure 22 .…”

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Can a liveable city be a healthy city, now and into the future?

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2020

Internal Medicine Journal

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City planning and infrastructure can influence the social determinants of health, the liveability of cities and the physical and mental health of city residents. This article defines these concepts and discusses how city planning can help in mitigating COVID‐19 transmission, and support health by accommodating active transport (i.e. walking and cycling) and emerging technologies (i.e. autonomous and electric vehicles).

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“…19 Indeed, cycling can lead to economic benefits in retail centres when cycling infrastructure is provided. 20,21 However, active transport infrastructure budgets remain small in comparison to road infrastructure. 22 Despite this, there has been a surge in planning for safe cycling infrastructure.…”

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Can a liveable city be a healthy city, now and into the future?

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2020

Internal Medicine Journal

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“…Leading cities and central governments all over the world are making significant investments to bring cycling, and other micro-mobility modes, to the forefront of their mobility strategies. This transition is being fuelled by a combination of sustainability [1,2], public health [3,4], urban life [5] and economic [6,7] agendas. It is also happening in a context of major technology trends and new mobility paradigms, such as shared, electric, and connected bicycles, which are reshaping our perception of bicycles as a core element of urban mobility.…”

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The Perspective of Cyclists on Current Practices with Digital Tools and Envisioned Services for Urban Cycling

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Vieira

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Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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As cycling becomes increasingly important in sustainable mobility policies, there is also an urge for new digital applications and services for urban cycling. This new generation of cycling applications should be able to connect cyclists with their local cycling ecosystem, promote cycling, and empower cyclists to become active agents of urban mobility. In this work, we aim to explore the new opportunity space of digital tools and applications designed specifically for urban cycling. We pursue this goal by trying to uncover current practices associated with digital tools that are already available and also by trying to uncover new information needs, even those that cyclists are not yet able to fully express. To explore these topics, we conducted 2 focus group sessions and 10 interviews with cyclists. The result is a set of design opportunities for the development of new applications, tools and methods for improving the cycling experience in the context of urban mobility. We expect this contribution might help to better define the design space of innovative digital tools for urban cyclists.

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“…There is a widespread political desire to increase bicycle usage throughout the year because it can relieve the pressure on overcrowded metros and buses [49]. More cycling also leads to benefits in terms of public health, travel-time reliability, cost-effectiveness, reduced congestion and pandemic resilience [7,20,30,33,52]. Due to the acknowledged benefits, several governments have set official goals for increased cycling.…”

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The effect of rolling resistance on people’s willingness to cycle during wintertime

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Klein-Paste

2021

J Infrastruct Preserv Resil

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Harsh winters reduce utilitarian cycling in many cities. Using an online survey, we examined how increasing rolling resistance due to snow and ice affect people’s cycling willingness. The respondents (N = 1318) reported their willingness to cycle on various winter cycling conditions presented in photos. The answers were compared to the rolling resistance levels on the presented conditions, measured in a previous study. Respondents’ cycling willingness dropped from 91.2% at very low to 18.3% at very high rolling resistances. The cyclist’s age, gender, local climate, winter cycling experience and studded tire use affected the cycling willingness significantly. Electric bike usage did not affect cycling willingness. “Summer-only” cyclists did not cycle during the winter due to low temperatures (29%), lacked feeling of safety (27%), bicycle wear (17%), increased travel time (17%) and increased physical effort (10%). Hence, lower rolling resistance and increased use of studded tires can increase the cycling frequency of existing winter cyclists. To recruit new winter cyclists, the surface conditions should not only offer a low rolling resistance but should also be perceived as safe and comfortable.

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Economic Benefits of Increased Cycling

Cited by 49 publications

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Can a liveable city be a healthy city, now and into the future?

Can a liveable city be a healthy city, now and into the future?

The Perspective of Cyclists on Current Practices with Digital Tools and Envisioned Services for Urban Cycling

The effect of rolling resistance on people’s willingness to cycle during wintertime

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