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This study provides an evaluation of the effectiveness of adult cycle training in delivering changes in cycling and …. Just under half of those responding to both surveys (47%) reported cycling more frequently after the training than … beforehand. Statistically significant increases in the mean number of days in the last week spent cycling for at least 30min, and …
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Many countries have recently set out policy frameworks to support the growth of cycling. However, increased cycling can … mean more collisions, injuries and even fatalities. This paper discusses the role of safety in cycling policy in the … particular case of Ireland, which is one of the countries that has a government-endorsed policy to increase cycling. It examines …
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intervention aimed at encouraging cycling. Around half of the population is purported to live within one mile of the 20,000km … urban traffic-free path in encouraging cycling for everyday travel amongst a community living adjacent to this type of …
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Longer distance cycling is a commuting mode that contributes to sustainability and public health objectives, but little … incomes, and a longer education than other commuter cyclists. The main motive for longer distance cycling is physical exercise … factor in promoting and sustaining cycling practices. …
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actors involved in UK walking and cycling policy, this paper explores two fundamental questions relating to best practices as …
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It is widely agreed that walking and cycling are good for individual and public health. There is a lack of evidence …
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encourage cycling and especially walking for short trips, walking audits, stakeholder exchange workshop, shadowing, analysis of …
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In contrast to urban areas, very little quantitative work has been done on the demand for rural cycling infrastructure … cycling. These results when applied ex ante to a number of proposed rural road upgrades demonstrate that such infrastructure … offers value for money. There remain significant barriers to increased participation in walking and cycling, which makes it …
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health benefits of walking and cycling for short trips, and have assumed that if people can be persuaded that more active … factors are tackled directly then policies to increase levels of walking and cycling will have limited success. In particular … make walking and (especially) cycling as risk-free as possible with restrictions on car use and attitudinal shifts in the …
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