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E-Cars Not the Only Answer for Reducing Carbon Emissions: E-Bikes Overlooked

Source: Treehugger
Reports that from any basis of comparison—speed of rollout, cost, equity, safety, the space taken for driving or parking, embodied carbon or operating energy—e-bikes beat e-cars for most people, however,
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Big Cars Are Killing Americans

Source: The Atlantic
Describes how the trend toward heavier and taller SUVs and pickup trucks is more likely to cause serious injury or death to pedestrians, bicyclists, and wheelchair users.
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COVID Forced Redesigned Streets, Some Changes to Become Permanent

Source: Fast Company
Shares examples from cities that are permanently keeping street redesigns that were implemented during the early phases of the pandemic.
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool, Version 3

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
PBCAT 3 allows users to develop a database of crash information, from which to analyze data, create reports, and select countermeasures.
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Trip Chaining of Bicycle and Car Commuters: An Empirical Analysis of Detours to Secondary Activities

Source: Transportmetrica A Transport Science
Based on data from the Netherlands Mobility Panel, the model results propose that people make on average detours of 7.4 km (4.6 mi) by car and 1.3 km (0.81 mi) by bicycle.
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AASHTO Issues Revised Pedestrian Facilities Guide

Source: AASHTO
Provides guidance on pedestrian facilities along streets and highways and identifies effective measures for accommodating pedestrians in public rights-of-way as well as appropriate methods for accommodating them on a variety of roadway and facility types.
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Bicycle Sharing Programs in Relation to Urban Transit

Source: Case Studies on Transport Policy
Studies the extent to which a bicycle sharing program is used in combination with urban transit or as a self-standing mode in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Multiple Effects of E-Biking on Older Adults Observational Study

Source: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Studies Flemish and Dutch older adults to examine the effects of starting to e-bike on total and conventional biking frequencies, walking for transport, self-rated health, functionality and life space area.
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European COVID-Era Pop-Up Bike Lanes Increase Cycling Trips Up to 48%

Source: Streetsblog USA
Reports on a study that finds that European cities that installed pop-up protected bike lanes during the early days of the pandemic increased the number of daily cycling trips between 11% and 48%.
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Quantifying Variations in Interest in Bike Riding

Source: Journal of Transport & Health
Found most people are interested in riding a bike, but only when protected infrastructure is provided.
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