City cycling [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Pucher and Ralph Buehler

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.6
• Soggetto topico: Cycling; City traffic
• Soggetto non controllato: Cycling; City Traffic; Sports & Recreation; Technology & Engineering
• Altri autori: PucherJohn R BuehlerRalph
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: City cycling
• ISBN: 0-262-30499-6; 1-283-69198-1; 0-262-30591-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786378103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II