TY - BOOK ID - 79495198 TI - Bike boom PY - 2017 SN - 9781610918176 1610918177 9781610918169 1610918169 9781610918152 1610918150 PB - Washington, DC DB - UniCat KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - General ecology and biosociology KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - Environmental planning KW - Economic geography KW - ruimtelijke ordening KW - milieubeleid KW - fietsen KW - geografie KW - milieutechnologie KW - milieubeheer KW - Transport. Traffic KW - Environment. KW - Regional planning. KW - Urban planning. KW - Environmental policy. KW - Environment, general. KW - Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. KW - Environmental Policy. KW - Cities and towns KW - City planning KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Regional planning KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Environment and state KW - Environmental control KW - Environmental management KW - Environmental protection KW - Environmental quality KW - State and environment KW - Environmental auditing KW - Regional development KW - State planning KW - Human settlements KW - Landscape protection KW - Government policy KW - Management KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology KW - Ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79495198 AB - Bicycling advocates envision a future in which bikes are a widespread daily form of transportation. While many global cities are seeing the number of bike commuters increase, this future is still far away; at times, urban cycling seems to be fighting for its very survival. Will we ever witness a true “bike boom” in cities? What can we learn from past successes and failures to make cycling safer, easier, and more accessible? Use of bicycles in America and Britain fell off a cliff in the 1950s and 1960s thanks to the rapid rise in car ownership. Urban planners and politicians predicted that cycling would wither to nothing, and they did their level best to bring about this extinction by catering to only motorists. But in the 1970s, something strange happened—bicycling bounced back, first in America and then in Britain. In this volume, the author uses history to shine a spotlight on the present and demonstrates how bicycling has the potential to grow even further, if the right measures are put in place by the politicians and planners of today and tomorrow. He explores the benefits and challenges of cycling, the roles of infrastructure and advocacy, and what we can learn from cities that have successfully supported and encouraged bike booms, including London; Davis, California; Montreal; Stevenage; Amsterdam; New York; and Copenhagen. Given that today’s global bicycling “boom” has its roots in the early 1970s, the author draws lessons from that period. At that time, the Dutch were investing in bike infrastructure and advocacy— the US and the UK had the choice to follow the Dutch example, but didn’t. Reid sets out to discover what we can learn from the history of bike “booms” in this entertaining and thought-provoking book. ER -