THE BICYCLE IN NICARAGUA ---PROCEEDINGS VELO CITY 87 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS. PLANNING FOR THE URBAN CYCLIST, MARTINIHAL CENTRE GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS, 22-26 SEPTEMBER, 1987.

Motorized transport related imports in Nicaragua amount to more than half the total export revenues. Maintaining the current motorized transport capacity -which is already far too small to satisfy the overall transport demand -would increase that share by at least 75%. By now, the public transport system capacity in managua, and probably nationwide, may have dropped to only a quarter of the demand, thus indicating that the current public transport policy is actually failing, and that alternatives have to be found. With urbanization almost at 60%, 60% of the present cyclists riding 1-10 km a day, 90% of the cyclists use their bicycle to go to work or school, bicycle transport should be promoted as an appropriate means of transport, complementing motorized transport. To make bicycle transport successful in Nicaragua the following conditions will have to be fulfilled: (a) bicycle promoting activities have to be co-ordinated, both in Nicaragua as well as in supporting countries. The co-ordination in Nicaragua has to be integrated in the national policy of the Ministry of Transport (mitrans) which should include traffic planning (e.g. Road safety) among other aspects; (b) imports of bicycles and spare parts have to be multiplied; (c) bicycle production should start with decentralized assembly workshops; (d) maintenance of bicycles has to be promoted under all cyclists; and (e) bicycles should be within reach of all sectors of the Nicaraguan society. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 816307.

• Corporate Authors:

  CENTRE RES & CONTRACT STD CIVIL & TRAFFIC ENGR.

  PO BOX 37
  Ede,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Van BALEN, P
• Publication Date: 1988-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 155-8
• Serial:
  • CROW RECORD
  • Publisher: C.R.O.W.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Conferences; Developing countries; Federal government; Financing; Maintenance; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Geographic Terms: Central America
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00482944
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM