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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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As an aggregate of cyclists, a peloton exhibits collective behavior similar to flocking birds or schooling fish. Positional analysis of cyclists in mass-start velodrome races allows quantitative descriptions of peloton phases based on observational data. Data from two track races are analyzed....
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Current evidence on associations between modifiable environmental characteristics and transport-related cycling remains … concept study used panoramic photographs of cycling environments to capture direct responses to the physical environment. We … examined which depicted environmental characteristics were associated to environments’ invitingness for transportation cycling …
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The New Zealand Government, along with many around the world, has made a commitment to reducing green house gases with its endorsement of the Kyoto Agreement. The Government has also declared war on obesity and is actively encouraging New Zealanders to exercise more. One of the easiest ways to...
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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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Cycling confers health and environmental benefits, but few robust studies have evaluated large-scale programmes to … promote cycling. In England, recent years have seen substantial, town-wide cycling initiatives in six Cycling Demonstration … Towns (funded 2005–2011) and 12 Cycling Cities and Towns (funded 2008–2011). The initiatives involved mixtures of capital …
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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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