yBehaviour change programs offer an effective method of reducing unnecessary car use. Providing information and education on the benefits walking, cycling and public transport, through programs such as TravelSmart has brought measurable reductions in car use. By working in concert with infrastructural improvements, behaviour change programs offer an important addition to the transport planners toolkit.
Australia:
- Warren McLaren, 12 Mat 2009, Australia: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
Library Bikes: Too Good An Idea to be Quiet About
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How have we missed this for so long? Three of our favourites; local communities, libraries and bicycles; all merged into the one enterprise, known as the Arcata Community Library Bike Project.
Volunteers repair an eclectic mix of bikes, then they offer them to the public for a six month loan, asking just for a $20 refundable deposit. Young folk get a chance to muck around with spanners, ball bearing and grease. Long-time cycle advocates have the opportunity to pass on their skills. The world's most efficient form of transport is saved the indignity of rusting in a garage or taking up space in a landfill. Citizens can travel about their local community for free. And that’s just for starters. - TravelSmart Australia
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The primary information portal for the national TravelSmart program. Excellent source of information on how the TravelSmart program benefits governments, schools, businesses and communities. - 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. - Commute Trip Reduction (CTR), Programs that encourage employees to use efficient commute options - Victoria Transport Policy Institute
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This chapter describes Commute Trip Reduction programs, which encourage more efficient commute travel. These programs provide encouragement, incentives and support for commuters to use of alternative modes (such as walking, cycling, ride-sharing, public transit and telework), alternative work hours, and other efficient transportation options. - ABC Radio National - Life Matters - podcast (3 June 2008): "The Bicycle Family" - guest Kathy Richards, presenter Richard Aedy, producer Amanda Armstrong and researcher Tracey Trompf
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Getting sick of paying through the nose for petrol? Well perhaps you can opt for the lifestyle of today's Meet the Listener guest, Kathy Richards.
Kathy called into a talk-back we had back in 2006 on the love of cars to tell us about her lack of car and love of bicycles. She was a family of three at that time now she's on her way to making it a family of four.
Can she keep this bicycle lifestyle going when number two child arrives?
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ABC Radio National - Life Matters - podcast (13 June 2008): "Talkback: City Cycle" - guests Ben Wilson; Manager, Bicycle Queensland, Dr Matthew Burke; Urban Research Program, Griffith University, Coral Taylor; Director NRMA, Belinda Keir; Cyclist and John Hack; Manager, Cycle2City, presenter Richard Aedy, producer Amanda Armstrong and researcher Lindy Raine
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In European cities bicycles rival cars as a major form of transport, and cycling is greenhouse friendly.
Although we're building more bike paths, it's usual for cyclists to share the road, which is risky for them and annoying for drivers.
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ABC Radio National - National Interest - podcast (18 July 2008): "You look sweet, upon a seat... of an e-bike" - Guest: Associate Professor Geoffrey Rose, Head, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, presenter Peter Mares, producer James Panichi
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If you're serious about reducing your carbon emissions and your fuel bill, look no further than the e-bike. It combines pedal-power with a small, efficient electric motor and a battery that can be recharged at the end of the day. They're a must for people who would be unable to undertake long trips on a run-of-the-mill bicycle. The problem is that our legislators can't work how electric bikes should be classified. And so if you use one on the road you risk getting slapped with a traffic fine for riding an unregistered motor vehicle.
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Cycling Safety Tips Videos
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The Cycling Promotion Fund, the Amy Gillett Foundation and Digicast have produced four great video clips with tips on how to avoid common risks when cycling in traffic.
Dealing with Intersections (3.32 mins video)
Heavy Vehicles & Cyclists (3.48 mins video)
Dealing with car doors (3.02 mins video)
Cyclist Visibility (3.29 mins video)
Australian Capital Territory:
- TravelSmart Australian Capital Territory
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This is the central access point for information on the Australian Capital Territory’s TravelSmart program.
New South Wales:
- Bowles, H.R., Rissel, C., Bauman, A., 2006, Mass community cycling events: who participates and is their behaviour influenced by participation?, The International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol. 2, Issue 39.
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This research paper investigates the type of people participating in mass cycling events and the subsequent effect on cycling behaviour. - New South Wales Health Department, Physical Activity and Nutrition
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It's never too late to start being active and some activity is better than none at all - starting to do some form of activity can help you on the road to good health. - The Australian Bicycling Achievement Awards 2007
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The winner of the Local Government Award for initiative to encourage and promote cycling was won by Fairfield City Council Visit Site for the provision of 100 km of infrastructure that links to other LGA's, transport hubs and a scenic areas, a cycling loan scheme and a dedicated facility for local cycling user groups to promote cycling. For more information the Fairfield City Council - Cycling and Walking webpage Visit Site
The winner of the 2007 award for Contribution towards Cycling by a Politician was won by Clover Moore MP, state member for Sydney and Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney. Ms Moore is a long time advocate of cycling within both state and local government and has set a target of increasing cycling to 10% of all trips made. For more information on cycling within the City of Sydney - Cycling webpage Visit Site
Northern Territory:
- TravelSmart Northern Territory
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This is the central access point for information on THE Northern Territory’s TravelSmart program.
Queensland:
- TravelSmart Queensland
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This is the central access point for information on Queensland’s TravelSmart program.
South Australia:
- Adelaide Free City Bike Program is promoted by the South Australian Government Visit Site and Bicycle South Australia. The free city bike program provides 2 hours free bicycle hire in Adelaide’s CBD. Run by Adelaide City Council and Bicycle South Australia.
- TravelSmart South Australia
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This is the central access point for information on South Australia’s TravelSmart program.
Tasmania:
- TravelSmart University of Tasmania
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TravelSmart pilot project focused on students at the University of Tasmania.
Victoria
- Rose, G., 2003, Bikes and travel behaviour change – a transport engineers perspective, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, Melbourne. Presentation at Connecting Cycling, Canberra, 20 - 21 November.
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This presentation explores the balance between travel behaviour change programs such as TravelSmart, with other methods of encouragement, such as bicycle infrastructure improvements. - Rose, G., Marfurt, H., Harbutt, P., 2003, Using a ride to work day event to promote travel behaviour change, Presented at the 26th Australasian Transport Research Forum, Wellington, New Zealand, October 1 -3.
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This research paper investigates the effect of the Ride to Work initiatives on sustained cycling participation. - TravelSmart Victoria, website, TravelSmart Research.
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A large bank of research on TravelSmart and other behaviour change initiatives focused on reducing car use. - TravelSmart Victoria
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The homepage for the Victorian TravelSmart program. This is an excellent place to start to find out about the range of TravelSmart initiatives available, in the education, communities, workplaces and local government sectors.
Western Australia:
- Greig, R., 2005, Cycling promotion in Western Australia, Premier’s Physical Activity Taskforce, Presentation given at Planning for Healthy Communities Conference, Brisbane, October.
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This presentation gauges the view from cyclists and non-cyclists regarding the factors that encourage and discourage cycling amongst the public. - TravelSmart Western Australia
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This is the central access point for information on Western Australia’s TravelSmart program. - City of Melville, WA - SMARTi Program
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SMARTi stands for ‘Smarter Mobility Achieving Reduced Traffic Initiative’. SMARTi seeks to reduce traffic congestion by decreasing the amount of journeys taken by motor vehicles; specifically single occupant vehicle trips. SMARTi provides information and incentives for you to consider the most suitable transport mode. SMARTi is funded by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and Arts and the City of Melville. The SMARTi travel log Visit Site is available here. The SMARTi program is being offered to businesses within the Canning Bridge Precinct to encourage staff to use active transport modes to and from work.
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Sarah Goodyear, 1 July 2009, "Mind the Gender Gap", StreetsBlog.Network
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Yesterday's New York Times blog item about why New York women are underrepresented among the city's bike commuters didn't sit well with the authors of Streetsblog Network member Let's Go Ride a Bike. Trisha, one of the blog's authors and a bike commuter herself in Nashville, sees the piece as part of a trend (epitomized by a recent Treehugger post called "6 Reasons the World Needs More Girls on Bikes"). -
Jennifer Stockdal, 10 June 2009, "Can Long Beach’s newly appointed mobility coordinator Charlie Gandy patch up the city’s busted bike infrastructure?", District Weekly (USA) FLAT TIRED
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“My job has just started, and it’s a work in progress,” he says, pausing. “But defining a bike-friendly Long Beach means that it will be as eclectic as Austin, Texas, as bold and dynamic as Boulder, Colo., as practical and professional and Portland, Ore., and as financially successful as Seattle. If we can do that, we’ll have created something to be proud of.” -
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Dominick Tao, 30 June 2009, "In Urban Cycling, a Gender Gap Persist", New York Times City Room
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While things have changed over the past several years, with cycling rates on the rise and hundreds of miles of new bike lanes being installed around the city, the gender gap among cyclists in New York and elsewhere in America still remains.
As a whole, men in the U.S. make three times as many trips by bicycle than women, according to research by John Pucher, a professor of urban planning at Rutgers, whose work is being financed by the United States Department of Transportation. -
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Thomas Stokell (2009) ‘Cycling a matter of habital behavior‘ Getting more people cycling – How do we achieve behavior change?, European Platform on Mobility Management Conference in Donostia-San Sebastián
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Gudrun Uranitsch (2009) "Behaviour change by communication and pedagogical strategies", European Platform on Mobility Management Conference in Donostia-San Sebastián
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Pascal van den Noort (2009) "Mobility and the city - where most people live", European Platform on Mobility Management Conference in Donostia-San Sebastián
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Josh Peterson,(2009) "Bike to Work, Pocket 20 Bucks", USA: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation, 24 May 2009The Bicycle Commuter Act
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The Bicycle Commuter Act: The unnoticed tax credit was called the Bicycle Commuter Act. It was penned by Oregonian Congressman Earl Blumenauer. The aim of the bill was to give bicycle commuters a tax break similar to the ones that other commuters are eligible for. -
Brad Aaron, 20 May 2009, TA’s “Biking Rules” Campaign Takes the High Route, StreetsBlog
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Transportation Alternatives yesterday launched an ambitious new campaign to change how cyclists are perceived -- and how they perceive themselves -- in New York City. -
Jack Oortwijn, 19 May 2009, European Cities Commit to Cycling, Bike Europe
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last Friday, at the final day of the international conference on cycling policy, Velo-city 2009, 27 cities signed the “Charter of Brussels” View PDF in the European Parliament. With this Charter the cities commit themselves to achieve at least a 15% share of all trips made in urban areas to be done by bicycle. Today, this share stands at about 5 % in Europe. -
Michael Graham Richard, 15 May 2009, Awesome! Abandoned Railroad Gets Converted in Biking and Walking Path in Detroit, Canada: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
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A Detroit railroad line that has been abandoned since the 1980s has now been turned into a 1.2 mile biking and walking path, and Detroit officials assure us that this is only the beginning, part of a grander vision. "The Dequindre Cut is the latest in a growing network of greenways -- nonmotorized community links -- that eventually could encompass 100 miles of such trails throughout Detroit." The Cut was open to the public with festive ceremonies yesterday (just in time for Bike to Work Day). Check out the video below. -
April Streeter, 12 May 2009, Sweden: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation via Visit Site
via Visit Site Could you move a washer and dryer on a Yuba Mundo cargo bike? Strap a couch to a bike with bungie cords? Feed a hungry troupe of cyclists that helped move your car-free family lock, stock, and barrel only on bicycles (outfitted with trailers, and including some cargo bikes and Xtracycles)? That's what the Stout family of Longmont, Colorado decided to do after viewing other video clips of successful bike moves in Portland, Oregon. In doing so, they made the front page of their hometown paper. Visit Site
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Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC) (2009) "Safety In Numbers: Halving the risks of cycling", Parklands, Railton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 9JX / Visit Site
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‘Safety in Numbers’ document: View PDFhttp://www.ctc.org.uk/resources/Campaigns/CTC_Safety_in_Numbers.pdf (4 Mb)
Countries in Europe with high levels of cycle use tend to be less risky for cyclists. In Denmark, people cycle over 900 kilometres a year and it is a far safer country to cycle in than Portugal, where barely 30 km is covered by each person by bike annually. - Raichle, Brian W. , et al (2008) The Boone Bicycle Initiative: A Community Based Project to Promote Bicycles as an Alternative Mode of Transportation, Appalachian State University
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The Boone Bicycle Initiative (BBI) has established a loan program, lending bicycles (along with a helmet and a lock) on one of two refundable deposit systems. These include both refurbished bikes donated from members of the community, as well as a fleet of new bicycles purchased for the program. Potential clients apply for a bicycle, allowing us to determine their motivation for joining the program, as well as their potential contribution to its overall success. In this process we can target our resources to first accommodate those who will most benefit the town and BBI. - Connecting Bike Riders with Bike Friendly Employers
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Bike riders make great employees, and companies that recognise this are great places to work. Domestique is dedicated to connecting cyclists of all kinds with employment opportunities. Our passion for sustainable transport is as much a key issue for us as is the sheer enjoyment you get from riding. - Welsh Assembly Government (2009), A Walking and Cycling Action Plan for Wales 2009 - 2013
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This Action Plan brings together all the key initiatives which the Welsh Assembly Government and its key partners are undertaking or planning to undertake in support of walking and cycling in Wales. A key aim of the Plan is to help secure a change in behaviour - so that more people, young and old, walk and cycle more often. As the statistics at the end of the Plan reveal, current participation rates are low; and the Action Plan aims to change that. - National Conference of State Legislatures, USA (2008) Encouraging Bicycling and Walking: The State Legislative Role, Visit Site
The report first provides an overview of recent trends in bicycling and walking and the related transportation, economic, public and environmental health benefits. A snapshot of the current state of bicycling and walking in the United States follows. Subsequent chapters examine state legislative activity in three key areas: funding, planning and safety. - CBS, (2008) "Bicycle Mania", USA, See the video (10.20 mins)
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Americans are soon coming to realize that bicycles are fun and a great green alternative to automobiles. Serena Altschul examines the longstanding appeal, and recent renewed interest, of the bicycle. July 27, 2008 - Cycling England - Cycling City, Cycling Towns
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multiple resources available on this webpage. - Cycling England - Encouraging cycling
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There are many ways in which cycling can be encouraged which complement engineering and planning initiatives. Several pdf documents are available to download, e.g. Smart Measures Portfolio - The Bike-sharing Blog
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A blog / website site that has gathered information on all the major bike sharing business programs around the world. - Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Centre, Case Studies - How can our community promote walking and bicycling to people who are concerned about high gasoline prices?
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High gasoline prices alone will inspire a few people to leave their cars at home and walk or bike. Communities that have already invested in sidewalks and/or a user-friendly bicycling system have a head start because these facilities will encourage novice walkers and bicyclists who might otherwise feel intimidated or overwhelmed. - Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Centre, Case Studies - What is the best way to encourage work trips by bicycle?
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Recruiting commuter cyclists depends on effective hardware and attractive software. - Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Centre, Case Studies - Creating Active Rural Communities, Haliburton County, Ontario - Contact: Sue Shikaze, Health Promoter, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Box 570, 191 Highland St, Unit 301, Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0, susans@haliburton.hkpr.on.ca
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There are many challenges unique to creating active communities in rural places, and yet there is very little literature or research to guide a community that pursues this goal. Some of the obstacles a rural community faces include large distances between destinations (20 km/12 miles or more); a prevalent "car culture"; an extensive road network and a small tax base, so that the focus on transportation is to maintain existing roads for cars, rather than to create or improve walking or cycling infrastructure; and limited capacity or expertise within municipal governments (staff and elected representatives) to make planning for active communities a priority. - Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Centre, Case Studies - Inter-modal Transportation Planning and Development: A closer look at linking transit to bicycling and walking Tucson, Arizona - Contact: Tom Fisher, Project Manager, Transit Services Division, City of Tucson, 149 N. Stone, 2nd Floor, Tucson, AZ 85726, (520)791-5883, tom.fisher@tucsonaz.gov
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Can communities reduce the length or number of car trips by making better intermodal connections? An intermodal trip involves more than one type of transportation, such as walking and transit, bicycling and transit, or driving and transit. Communities interested in offering commuters more transportation choices in an age of rising gas prices and concern about climate change can learn from the plans, policies and programs implemented by the City of Tucson. - Road Directorate, Best practice to promote cycling and walking
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The ADONIS project was commissioned by the European Commission to a Consortium comprising 7 partners as part of the Fourth Framework Programme. Original title of the project is: Analysis and Development Of New In-sight into Substitution of short car trips by cycling and walking - ADONIS.
The ADONIS project was partly funded by the EU - DG VII Transport RTD Programme, Urban Sector and was co-financed by Danish Transport Council, Danish Ministry of Transport, Municipality of Barcelona, Catalan In-stitute of Road safety, SAINCO TRAFICO S.A., Swedish Transport & Communications Research Board and Belgian Institute for Traffic Safety.
The entire PDF View PDF (45Mb), smaller PDF sections of the document are available on the website. - Bicycling Empowerment Network (BEN) Namibia
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2008 is shaping up to be an exciting year for BEN Namibia. Since we began in May 2005 we have grown from a small NGO that distributed three bicycles in its first month, into a dynamic and rapidly expanding organisation that has implemented 5 community based bicycle shops (with 3 more on the way), developed a bicycle ambulance for emergency medical transport and delivered 50 throughout the country, conducted research into the impact of transport on access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS, trained over 100 people in bicycle mechanics, directly created jobs for 30 people and helped over 4,000 disadvantaged Namibians, many of them HIV/AIDS home based care volunteers, to gain access to affordable transport in the form of bicycles. - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (Visit Site ), Case Study - New National Network Promotes Cycling in Mexico
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The Urban and Tourist Cycling Network, a national effort to promote cycling in Mexico, was founded during the first Urban Cycling Congress. Twenty organizations from over ten cities attended, agreeing that one of the first objectives of the network will be to propose and advocate for legal and institutional reforms to include cycling as a priority in the national transport policy agenda. - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (Visit Site ), NEWS - Rallyists pedal through Lutyens’ Delhi to promote a safer, pollution-free Capital
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Around 35 participants rode through Lutyens’ Delhi to promote the bicycle as an alternate zero-pollution, healthy, low-cost and sustainable mode of transportation.
International Videos
- Brad Aaron, (23 February 2009) Streetfilms: Enrique Peñalosa in Boston by Robin Urban Smith (4.30 mins video)
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When Boston livable streets advocates invited Enrique Peñalosa to town recently, Streetfilms' Robin Urban Smith made the trip north to hear what the Colombian urbanist had to say to residents of "The Walking City." Watch here as Peñalosa speaks to a packed house at the Boston Public Library, and see what Bostonians think of their town's past, present and future transportation systems. - Fried, B. (23 June 2008) StreetFilms.org - "Car-Free Vancouver Day" (1.32 min video)
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Streetfilms' guest correspondent Frank Lopez leads this tour of Vancouver's Car-Free Day, which opens up streets in four neighborhoods for community festivals. Dancing on the pavement, lunching on the street, and mid-block lucha libre wrestling matches ensue. - Eckerson, C. Jr., StreetFilms.org (USA) - "Bike Boxes" (2008) (1.45 min video)
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The NYC DOT has been quietly rolling out dozens of bike boxes all over Gotham. It’s really quite remarkable. But since the majority of riders seem not to know what they are or how to use them just yet, StreetFilms thought this would be a fun way to educate cyclists to love and cherish the Bike Box. - StreetFilms.org (USA) - "The Case for Separated Bike Lanes in NYC" (2006) (8.30 min video)
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Advocates from Transporation Alternatives, The Project for Public Spaces, and The Open Planning Project join "Gridlock Sam" Schwartz and Enrique Penalosa to call for New York City to consider experimenting with some physically separated bike lanes in the near future. - Bike hire / sharing system in Paris - "Vélo Liberté" or Freedom Bike.
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An overview of the new bike sharing system being rolled out in Paris. - Transport for London website - provides an encouragement program for their employees to cycle to work
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The site provides information on bike parking, bike pooling, travel plans to work and tax exemptions - cycle to work schemes. - Clark Jones, c. (2007) "A Bicycle Story" (3.00 min video)
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"Portland Considered Most Bicycle-Friendly City in America" (2008) (8.30 min video)Visit Site
produced by Democracy Now (USA). - I-Ce & PPQ (2007) "Cycling Friendly Cities" (15 min low resolution video)
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scripted by Enrique Penalosa the film shows cycle friendly cities in Denmark, Paris and Columbia. - Eckerson, C. Jr. (2007) "Ciclovia: Bogotá, Colombia" (9:41 min video) - StreetFilms.org
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Recently, I had the opportunity to travel with comrades Karla Quintero and Aaron Naparstek to Bogotá, Colombia to document some of the amazing advances going on in the livable streets movement there. On Sunday we spent the entire day - from 5 AM ’til nearly 5 PM - riding bicycles around the city courtesy of the Ciclovia, a weekly event in which over 70 miles of city streets are closed to traffic where residents come out to walk, bike, run, skate, recreate, picnic, and talk with family, neighbors & strangers…it is simply one of the most moving experiences I have had in my entire life. -
Eckerson, C. Jr. (2007) "Tour de Brooklyn" (3.25 min video) - StreetFilms.org
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This year’s 3rd annual Tour de Brooklyn was a special treat as New York City DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan rode the entire event with over 2,000 enthusiastic cyclists. The excursion covered 18 miles and started in Grand Army Plaza, headed down 4th Avenue to Bay Ridge, then stopped in Dyker Heights for a respite before returning back to Prospect Park. As always with the TdB, the emphasis is on friends, family, and fun.
- Eckerson Jr., C. (2007) "Interview with Enrique Peñalosa" - (12.07 min video) NYC Street Renaissance, StreetFilms.org
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Dr Peñalosa, Ex Mayor of Bogota and bicycle advocate. Dr Peñalosa changed the way Bogota treated its non-driving citizens by restricting automobile use and instituting a bus rapid transit system which now carries a 1/2 million residents daily. Among other improvements: he widened and rebuilt sidewalks, created grand public spaces, and implemented over one hundred miles of bicycle paths.
TOPP Executive Director Mark Gorton discusses with Penalosa some of these transportation achievements and asks what the future could hold for NYC if similar improvements were made here. - Eckerson Jr., C. (2008) "Lessons from Bogota" - (9.58 min video) NYC Street Renaissance, StreetFilms.org
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In the final chapter of our September NYCSR visit to Colombia, where the indefatigable Gil Peñalosa was our tour guide, you’ll find lots of tasty video morsels including: riding the comfortable ciclorutas and cycle paths, a visit to a thriving pedestrian-only street where they said it couldn’t be done, a “bollard farm,” mucho footage of the city’s parks and public spaces and comments from the city’s residents. And we couldn’t resist - just a wee bit more dance mania at the Recreovia. - Recycle-a-bicycle program in the US
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Recycle-a-Bicycleis an innovative, fun youth training and environmental education initiative that has taken root in New York City public schools and respected after-school youth programs. Recycle-A-Bicycle promotes everyday bicycle use, and it is a great place to learn bicycle mechanics, interact with positive, forward-thinking NYC youth. Our retail shops are the place to find that city bike you need. - Press, E. (2008) "RAB Ladies Repair" (3:30 min video) NYC Street Renaissance, StreetFilms.org
Continuing with our NYC bike month coverage, last week I had the chance to shoot at Recycle-A-Bicycle in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Recycle-A-Bicycle takes donated bicycles, repairs them and reintroduces them to the community through earn-a-bike programs in schools and sales from their non-profit retail locations. Although their work mainly focuses on environmental education and job training programs for New York City youth, they also host repair classes for people of all ages. Every Tuesday evening after the shop closes, Susan Lindell teaches bike mechanics 101 to women. Check out this video on Ladies Repair Night.
