Sentences with phrase «public bicycles as»

«Public bicycles as a healthy practice.»

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«In addition to a proper diet, the results suggest that in order to achieve a profound change in the behaviour of citizens towards healthy lifestyles, public bicycle systems such as Valenbisi play a strategic role in promoting health, as they favour the increase in the levels of physical activity and the reduction of body weight», concludes Javier Molina.

Several studies show bicycle commuting is a practice associated with health benefits, such as good cardiovascular fitness, and that is why public policies play a crucial role in encouraging the use of bicycles.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a series of proposals to promote this mode of transport, such as expanding the cycling route networks, creating safe and attractive routes, offering public access to bicycles for short trips and increasing the number of parking stations.

In a decade or so, you'll need an autonomous car, bicycle or public transportation to make your urban commute, saving the driver - operated automobile for transportation in rural areas and between cities, and for sport, and for annual celebrations of our culture such as this event.

Through it, Ford is offering the public access to 250 electric bicycles as part of an exclusively deal it has in the Bay Area.

They annually participate in Charleston's Young Adult Book Festival as well, the owner of Blue Bicycle, Jonathan Sanchez has directed the LILA's Poets in the Schools for the past five years which works to build a strong tradition of poetry in downtown Charleston's only public high school.

And we focus on practical things that indicate quality of life, such as income, affordability of homes, whether sprawl is a problem, and how easy it is to get around via public transit or bicycle.

Cycles of Change has influenced a wide network of local residents and policy - makers by raising awareness and encouraging the use of bicycles — in conjunction with public transportation — as an every - day mode of travel.

Bogatell features a number of facilities such as bicycle parking areas, restaurants, beach volleyball, table tennis, showers and public toilets.

Activities and recreational amenities include light tackle such as fishing rods and reels, beach towels, chairs, and umbrellas, Black Dolphin Inn beach tote bags, beverage coolers, surfboards and boogie boards, cornhole boards and bean bags, and public bicycles.

At Lisson, London director Claus Robenhagen reported selling Ai Weiwei's nearly 10 - foot - tall sculpture, Forever (Stainless Steel Bicycles in Gilding) 3 Paris 8 Layers, (2013), for $ 550,000 to a public collection in Mexico City as part of the ARTZ Pedregal Public Space Acquisition public collection in Mexico City as part of the ARTZ Pedregal Public Space Acquisition Public Space Acquisition Award.

His earliest works were public performances staged on the streets in which he interacted with a chalk or charcoal drawing of an everyday object, such as a bicycle, a basketball hoop, or a boom box.

Bicycles found in public spaces such as studios, hallways, laboratories and lounges will be removed.

Quote of the day: «Our goal is to make 30 percent of the total population use bicycles as public transportation.»

One of the things bike and transit advocates always struggle with is how to get people out of their cars — how to convince people used to driving in their own vehicles that commuting by bicycle or public transportation isn't as hard / slow / inconvenient / fill in the blank as they may believe.

And as part of their clever strategy they have given Norway, and soon to be other Europeans cities, access to public bicycles under the Citybikes scheme.

If we truly are to confront global warming, the approach of peak oil, and a host of looming problems, then, as Lester Brown has suggested, «The challenge is to redesign communities, making public transportation the center - piece of urban transport and making streets pedestrian and bicycle friendly.»

You couldn't be more right, Andrew, with the following statement: «If we truly are to confront global warming, the approach of peak oil, and a host of looming problems, then, as Lester Brown has suggested, «The challenge is to redesign communities, making public transportation the center - piece of urban transport and making streets pedestrian and bicycle friendly.»»

It's been obvious to some of us for a long time that bicycle infrastructure policy needs to change in order to give bicycle ridership a big boost, and public health would of course improve from that, as well.

Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 17 HOW TO DO A SUCCESSFUL BIKE LIGHT GIVEAWAY COMPILED BY JAY FERM (PLANET BIKE) AND JEFF BERNARDS (PORTLAND SHIFT) A by citizens, bike advocates, Public Health In urban areas it is better to give a front departments, as well as police.

Under the theme «Streets for everybody», from September 16th to 22nd Buenos Aires celebrates the Sustainable Mobility week: a period to reflect on the effects of cars on the environment, embrace alternative vehicles such as public transportation, bicycles, and our legs, and learn more about the importance of physical activity for health.

However, even as alternatives to driving have become more prominent in public discourse, the fact of the matter is that people get far more excited about the Chevy Volt and the Tesla Roadster than they do about hybrid - electric buses and bicycle lanes.

Nothing has changed, which is why this TreeHugger will continue being critical of any kind of car, and will continue to promote walkable cities, bicycles and public transport as the real solutions to the problem of decarbonizing our society.

The average Manhattanite consumes gasoline at a rate that the country as a whole hasn't matched since the mid-nineteen-twenties, when the most widely owned car in the United States was the Ford Model T. Eighty - two per cent of Manhattan residents travel to work by public transit, by bicycle, or on foot.

Bike accident lawyers are pleased that the Wrentham Police Department recently reported that it had received a grant of $ 3,000.00 as part of $ 285,500.00 given by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security for the improvement of bicycle and pedestrian safety.

Children who ride their bicycles on public streets are still required to follow the same rules of the road as adults.

Ian has represented individuals who have suffered traumatic brain injuries, horrific burns, debilitating bodily injuries, and severe emotional distress as a result of automotive accidents, bicycle accidents, dangerous conditions on public and private property, defective products, and excessive force by law enforcement.

They resort to alternative transportation such as car pooling and using public transportation, as well as using such transportation as bicycles, while industries are looking to design their cars to run on less gas or, better yet, cheaper alternative fuel.

This applies not only to other cars, but to any property that gets injured during a car accident, including public property such as a guard rail, personal property such as a fence or house, or even a bicycle if it was directly damaged due to an auto accident you caused.

The remainder of EV owners that their car truly works for EVERYTHING that they need without any sacrifices, would be served just as well with a scooter, public transport, bicycle, or walking.

safe travelling practices such as wearing a bicycle helmet when riding, wearing a restraint, crossing roads and being a responsible passenger when using public transport