BICYCLES, CARS, AND ENERGY

This article estimates the energy requirements for bicycling, including those to produce the additional food consumed by cyclists, to manufacture and sell bicycles and tires, to repair and maintain bicycles, and to construct bikeways. As part of these energy calculations, the dollar costs of cycling are also estimated. These energy and dollar costs are then compared with similar data for urban automobile travel. Finally, potential energy and dollar savings due to a shift of some urban automobile travel to bicycles are estimated. /HSRI/

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808798?urlappend=%3Bseq=601
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00410713
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • HIRST, E
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 573-584
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Automobiles; Bicycles; Bikeways; Calculation; Costs; Cyclists; Energy; Manufacturing; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Finance; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080473
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1981 12:00AM