Efforts to manage Canadian cities through smart growth policies emphasize the importance of integrated public transit system and bicycle-transit integration. The goal of this paper is to review the impact of planning policies that promote utilitarian cycling on the provision of bicycle facilities (pathways, bikeways and parking) in Calgary. The focus is on new suburban communities built since the 1990s, where new policies and standards affecting cycling have been implemented.

With the increased recognition that bicycling is a sustainable transportation mode choice, there is a continued interest in understanding how the built environment affects bicyclist travel behavior. Research on the influence of small-scale built form elements, such as street characteristics, on bicyclist wayfinding is limited. wayfinding is defined as a purposeful way of reaching from point A to point B; it is comprised of decision-making and subsequent movement. This research uses an agent-based model to investigate how small-scale urban design affects bicyclist wayfinding.

This factsheet presents the current scenario of cycling environment in Kathmandu/Nepal, its contribution to better urban mobility, existing policies and plans for cycling infrastructures development, sharing international best practices/success stories, and recommends policies and programs to promote cycling culture in Kathmandu Valley and other the cities of Nepal.

Road 'minorities'- bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled-are, sadly, a neglected lot on the city's BRTS stretch today.

Motorcycles, Scooters to get costlier by . 1,500-10,000

The government is set to drive in stricter emission norms for two-wheelers which will make motorcyles and scooters less polluting but costlier by . 1,500-10,000. New emission norms for two wheelers to be sold in the country from 2015 have been finalised and will be notified shortly, a senior government official told ET. “We have carefully scrutinised the requirements for the Indian market.

Project Will Be Scaled Up After Its Success At Kamatibaug

Vadodara: Paris and Barcelona have done it. And so has New York and Boston. Now, Vadodara will be the first city of Gujarat to get a chance to use cycle as a mode of public transport.

With a view to promoting non-motorised transport in the Millennium City, the citizens of Gurgaon along with some NGOs and support from the local administration observed “Raahgiri Day”, a weekly eve

A month after she was hit by a car while cycling near AIIMS Flyover, environmentalist Sunita Narain is recuperating slowly but is confident of getting back in the saddle.

We have built city roads only for cars to move. Cars rule the road

I write this column from my bed, recovering from an accident that broke my bones. I was hit by a speeding car while cycling. The driver fled the scene of the accident in the car, leaving me bleeding on the road. This is what happens again and again, in every city of our country, on every road - as we plan without care for the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.

Cyclists at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park hardly use the waste collection bag while pedalling inside the park.

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