Sentences with phrase «of bicycle infrastructure»

For that thesis, I conducted a comparative study of bicycle infrastructure and bicycle transportation in the city of Delft (in the Netherlands) and in Montgomery County, Maryland.

What struck me most as I rode the laid back bicycle that had been loaned to me by UC Davis staff around the University and the City was that the pervasiveness of bicycle infrastructure was much more striking than its design.

Stay tuned for that discussion, as well as a deeper look at the fear of racial profiling and lack of bicycle infrastructure access in the coming weeks.

O'Rourke seems offended by the build - up of bicycle infrastructure in New York City and elsewhere, though it costs a fraction of building new roads.

This combination of bicycle infrastructure, gorgeous scenery, delicious food and varied culture helps explain why cycling is the Belgium's national sport.

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«With this significant funding, we can invest in the future of our bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in communities across the state.

Infrastructure investments in new train tracks or fast - lane bicycle paths, for example, might not only reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, but also decrease costs in other areas, because less roads and parking lots have to be built.

FHWA grant funding, primarily in the form of formula grants to State DOTs and MPOs, can be used to build and improve bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.

When I spoke at last year's Passivhaus conference in Austria, I suggested that as well as exporting the idea of Passivhaus, we had to export the idea of Vienna - where almost everyone lives in lovely apartments in mid-rise buildings, where there is wonderful transit and bicycle infrastructure just about everywhere.

Bicycle Infrastructure Lacking Lynne Goldsmith, manager of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority's bike program, says the city has 1,200 miles of bikeways.

More or less, bicycle infrastructure policy and its relationship to riderships was the topic of my 2007 master's thesis.

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.

We're using this last post to explore the quality of and access to bicycle infrastructure in these areas.

Self - assessments of neighborhood bicycle infrastructure from Brown and Sinclair's study indicate the same gaps as seen in other research.

From our 21 years of creating quality bicycle infrastructure, we've amassed an impressive library of resources, ranging from our popular Bike Parking Guide, to our Dero Fixit World Map, to a blog series detailing the ins - and - outs of different applications for bicycle racks and amenities.

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Countries that have well - developed urban transit systems and a mature bicycle infrastructure are much better positioned to withstand the stresses of a downturn in world oil production than are countries whose only transport option is the car.

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According to the Australian bicycle researcher Jan Garrard, the majority of the cyclists are male in places where the bicycle infrastructure is poorly developed and cycling makes up a small part of people's total transport pattern.

Even among land use characteristics, additional factors can matter a lot, including things like bicycle infrastructure, the presence or absence of sidewalks, the amount of nearby automobile traffic, and the quality of the walking or cycling experience.

Though only a tiny proportion of people in L.A. commute to work by bicycle (9,000 of the estimated 2.7 million adult workers) the city is starting to give more thought to bike infrastructure, according to the LA Times.

«Reducing the scale» of cycling infrastructure: The report suggests that «Bicycle Plan and Program are more extensive than warranted by bicycle volumes.Bicycle Plan and Program are more extensive than warranted by bicycle volumes.bicycle volumes.»

The percentage of transportation budgets that goes to bicycle infrastructure is almost always much lower than the percentage of people who bicycle.

Countries with well - developed urban transit systems and a mature bicycle infrastructure are much better positioned to withstand the stresses of a downturn in world oil production than those that depend heavily on cars.

One of the most hilarious (or, hilariously illogical) attacks on expanding bicycle infrastructure that I've seen repeatedly pop up over the years is the idea that «bicycle infrastructure costs too much.»

When all these vehicles are competing to use the same infrastructure, it can result in a large number of car, motorcycle or bicycle accidents in Toronto.

We help cyclists get bicycle accident compensation for a variety of accidents and injuries resulting from dooring, direct contact and collision with cars, and poor or faulty infrastructure such as potholes.

The city of Austin received a federal grant for the bicycle traffic signals two years ago, and the signals will be installed on major routes where protected bike lane infrastructure already exists, the Austin Transportation Department announced.

As cities and towns across the country are bolstering their efforts to reduce traffic congestion and pollution by becoming more pedestrian - and bicycle - friendly, new initiatives and policies like city - sponsored bikes and protected bike lanes are increasingly becoming a part of a city's infrastructure.