Cycling futures. From research into practice.

Abstract

Pointing the way to the future of research and development in relation to cycling as a mode of transport, this book investigates some of the significant recent developments in the technology, provision for, and take up of cycling in various parts of the world. Tensions at the heart of the nature of cycling remain: on the one hand it is seen as being way of allowing populations to live healthier lives. Reviewing this dichotomy, the authors in this book consider the ways that cycling is planned and promoted. This is done partly in relation of these issues of risk and health, but also from the broader perspective of behavioral response to the changing nature of cycling. A section of methodologies is also included which outlines the current state-of-the-art and points a way to future research.