[sustran] New Article Compares Canadian & US Cycling
Todd Alexander Litman
litman at vtpi.org
Wed May 17 12:33:47 JST 2006
We have just posted a new article on our website.
John Pucher and Ralph Buehler, 'Why Canadians
Cycle More Than Americans: A Comparative Analysis
Of Bicycling Trends And Policies,' published in
"Transport Policy," Vol. 13, May 2006, pp.
265279; available at www.vtpi.org/pucher_canbike.pdf.
This article indicates that, despite a colder
climate, Canadians cycle about three times more
than Americans. Reasons for this difference
include Canadas higher urban densities and
mixed-use development, shorter trip distances,
lower incomes, higher costs of owning, driving
and parking a car, safer cycling conditions, and
more extensive cycling infrastructure and
training programs. Most of these factors result
from differences between Canada and the United
States in their transport and land-use policies,
and not from intrinsic differences in history,
culture or resource availability. That suggests
that it is possible to significantly increase
cycling levels in the United States by adopting
Canadian policies that have promoted cycling and enhanced its safety.
Sincerely,
Todd Alexander Litman
Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org)
litman at vtpi.org
Phone & Fax 250-360-1560
1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA
Efficiency - Equity - Clarity
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://list.jca.apc.org/public/sustran-discuss/attachments/20060516/66019a32/attachment.html
More information about the Sustran-discuss
mailing list