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- Explores the impact of, motivations behind, and barriers to utility cycling
- Presents the results of a wide-scale survey in Switzerland, explaining how these results are relevant of a wider European context
- Addresses the various dimensions of utility cycling through an innovative theoretical framework
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Framework and Context
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Front Matter
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The Participants in the Bike to Work Scheme
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Front Matter
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Individuals’ Cycling Potential
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Front Matter
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Territories’ Cycling Hosting Potential
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Back Matter
About this book
It proposes an innovative theoretical framework to analyse and understand the various dimensions of the uses of bikes and their diversity. It addresses the factors that motivate commuters to get on their bike, and highlights the barriers to this practice between deficient infrastructures and lack of legitimacy. This research makes a diagnosis and discusses the way to develop this sustainable mode of transportation.
By combining quantitative results in the form of tables, figures, and maps, and including qualitative results in the form of quotations from survey participants, this book provides a thorough and enjoyable read. It will be of interest to researchers, policy makers, advanced students in the field of urban planning, social sciences, and transportation.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Geography and Sustainability and Observatory for Cycling and Active Mobilities, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Patrick Rérat
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cycling to Work
Book Subtitle: An Analysis of the Practice of Utility Cycling
Authors: Patrick Rérat
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62256-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62255-8Published: 08 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62256-5Published: 07 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 128
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urbanism