The provision of bicycle training sessions must be effectively targeted to ensure they achieve the desired aims. Research evaluating the effectiveness of bicycle education is offered below to assist those planning education programs meet their objectives:
- Bikewest, 1998, Bicycle user group manual, Western Australian Government, Perth.
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A useful guide on forming and maintaining a Bicycle Users Group (BUG). - United States Department of Transportation, 2002, Good practices guide for bicycle safety education, Federal Highway Administration, United States Government, Washington.
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This is a useful resource for those wishing to develop or review a bicycle safety education program. Although the case studies are drawn from North America, much of the content can be applied to the Australian and New Zealand context. - Telfer, B., Rissel, C., Bindon, J., Bosch, T., 2006 Encouraging cycling through a pilot cycling proficiency training program among adults in central Sydney, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Vol. 9, p. 151 – 156.
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This paper evaluates the effectiveness of bicycle proficiency training on future rates of riding participation. - Litman, T., 2007 School transport management: encouraging alternatives to driving to school, Victoria Transport policy Institute, Canada.
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This webpage provides useful information, including many hyperlinks, for those wishing to reduce car trips to school by making it safer and more enjoyable to cycle. - Danish Roads Directorate, 2000, Collection of Cycle Concepts, Government of Denmark, Copenhagen.
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The Collection of Cycle Concepts is a comprehensive Danish publication on cycling. It offers a wide ranging, yet detailed analysis and discussion on education, promotion, and urban planning for cycling. Although some of it is specific to Denmark, much of the content is internationally relevant.
Transport Planning
- Edwards, T & Smith, S (2008), Transport problems facing large cities, Briefing Paper No. 6/08, NSW Parliamentary Library
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This paper considers the problems facing transport policy in large cities. As the world’s
cities have become home to the vast majority of their national population, governments are faced with the challenge of providing transport infrastructure to accommodate the needs of their citizens. In many of the world’s largest cities, the majority of travel is by private car, which poses two problems – road congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.
