[sustran] Re: South cycling studies

[rijnsburger at waste.nl]

Some of you may have become tired from waiting for my
information. I'm sorry for the delay. While all of my colleagues
are enjoying themselves this week at the Velo-City congress in
Barcelona, I am winding up some loose ends.

In Barcelona is being presented: the Synthesis Report of the
local background studies in the I-ce project "Cycling and
Bicycle Theft" or "Transporte en Bicicleta y Prevencion del
Robo". In the report major cycling issues have been defined
based on local background studies in Leon, Nicaragua; Lima,
Peru; Delhi, India; Guangzhou, China and Accra, Ghana. The major
issues:
- safety (traffic safety, social safety, bike theft)
- perceptions
- awareness
- expertise
- conditions (institutional, socio-economic, physical)
- potential use

Also a framework for understanding bicycle use is presented in 
the report. It depicts the interaction between three subsystems 
(activity subsystem, physical infrastructure subsystem and 
institutional support system) with trip caracteristics as 
result.

The authors of the synthesis are Geetam Tiwari and Rajeev Saraf
of the Indian Institute of Technology. It is available in an
English as well as in a Spanish version, translated by Carlos
Cordero, the Lima researcher. 

The source reports of the local background studies in the 5
case cities are also available. Each contains information based 
on user surveys as well as focus group discussions:

LEON, NICARAGUA. by Patricia Lindo and Ton Daggers
LIMA, PERU. by Carlos Cordero
DELHI, INDIA. by Rajeev Saraf and Geetam Tiwari
GUANGZHOU, CHINA. by Zhou He-long and Deng Xin-dong
ACCRA, GHANA. by Andrews Kwablah.

Still available, though already a bit outdated, is a preliminary 
desk study at the start of this project:
PREVENTION OF BICYCLE THEFT, Dutch experiences and possibilities 
for application in Cities of the South, by Jaap Rijnsburger and 
Ton Daggers

Each of the reports can be ordered against reproduction and
mailing costs. We have set a unit price of $15 per report
including handling and mail. I-ce does not receive any subsidy
so we cannot disseminate for free, unfortunately.

How to order: send an e-mail or fax to Ton Daggers, the
research coordinator:
email: daggers at knoware.nl
fax: +31 30 2512208

How to pay: international bank transfer of these minor amounts
(though very high for many South colleagues) is a drag. Checks
are not being used in the Netherlands, cashing them often costs
more than the value. The best experience we have is by sending
cash in a sealed envelope. 

If you know of any local distribution point that could
facilitate the dissemination of cycling information please keep
me posted. I-ce is establishing a clearing house for all kinds
of cycling information, so there is more to come. 

Lastly I'd like to let you know that I-ce has opened a small 
office in Utrecht in addition to its "virtual" existence. That 
also means a change of postal address of which I'd like you to 
take notice.

For those like me who didn't have the opportunity to go to
Velo-City Barcelona: keep up! You can prepare yourself for the
cycling event of the century: Velo-Mondiale 2000, June 2000 in
Amsterdam. One of the ideas we are working on is to organise
pre-meetings or consultations in Latin America, Africa, South
Asia and China. VM2000 now has its own secretariat, with Tom
Godefrooij (Dutch Cyclists Union ENFB, and President European
Cyclists Federation) as conference director.

Many greetings

Jaap Rijnsburger



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