Over recent years there has been an increasing level of acceptance of the importance of livability in our communities. The realisation that unnecessary car use can impact negatively on livability has enabled policy makers and planners to look at opportunities to limit unnecessary motor vehicle journeys. One such method is to increase the role of the bicycle in the transport system. Bicycle use has been shown to have positive impacts on livability – by creating quieter, safer streets as well as providing an active form of social interaction.
26th Aug 2011
This Resource Sheet is designed to provide practitioners and policy-makers who plan and/or deliver services to children and families, especially within disadvantaged communities, with an understanding of how transport and disadvantage intersect and why some groups are especially vulnerable to transport disadvantage. It was released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies in August 2011.
04th Jul 2011
This report by the UK's Sustainable Development Commission was released in February 2011. The report looks at who benefits from current patterns of travel, who does not, and how well the system serves the most vulnerable groups in society such as the young, the old and the poor. The picture which emerges is one of significant inequalities.
22nd Jun 2011
This video, by People for Bikes, explores the idea that when people ride bikes, life is better. The short video show riders triggering projectors throughout a city, transforming an urban environment into a vibrant, colorful world. A world made better, by bikes.
14th Mar 2011
The Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) Asia is a partnership between the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), CITYNET and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). It aims to help developing world cities achieve their sustainable transport goals, through the dissemination of information about international experience, policy advice, training and capacity building and targeted work on sustainable transport projects within cities.
22nd Feb 2011
Marc Wortman, February 15, 2011, GOOD - Cities
10th Jan 2011
Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 01. 7.11
TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes) Via BBC, Jole Rider
07th Jan 2011
Peter Walker, 4 January 2011, guardian.co.uk- Environment - Bike Blog
A survey of cycle training has found that kids see bikes as an excuse for skids and wheelies, while their parents think of the environment and safety
06th Jan 2011
by Warren McLaren, Bundanoon, Australia on 01. 5.11
TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes) Via Yahoo News
20th Dec 2010
Alex Marshall, Nov 25 2010, Citiwire.net
26th Oct 2010
Promoting Health through Active Transport - an independent young health professional driven endeavour, promoting cycling in Southern Tasmania through the Courteous Critical Mass.
24th Sep 2010
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24th Sep 2010
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