CYCLING - WHAT HOPE FOR GROWTH?

Despite low usage at present, a poor public image and some difficult topography, a detailed study suggested that there was a good case for promoting cycling in West Yorkshire. A pilot demonstration project was proposed for Normanton, where transport conditions indicated that the bicycle could do much to improve accessibility for carrying out everyday activities. The physical planning and engineering measures required to make cycling safer and more convenient were shown to be simple, relatively inexpensive and likely to yield a favourable return on investment. The success of the project would depend mainly on marketing and implementing the plan in such a way that it had the full support of the general public, all local road users and the agencies involved in planning and operating the transport system.(a) (TRRL)

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  Whitehall Press Limited

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford 0X3 0BW,   England 
• Authors:
  • Large, BVW
  • Rawson, J C
• Publication Date: 1980-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 20-24
• Serial:
  • Highway Engineer
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Whitehall Press Limited
  • ISSN: 0306-6452

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bicycles; Bikeways; Demonstration projects; Households; Implementation; Incentives; Interviewing; Itinerary; Marketing; Planning; Public relations; Transportation planning; Travel; Urban areas; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Public support
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1211: Bicycle; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 309: Household; 9147: Interview; 699: Itinerary; 698: Journey; 277: Marketing; 143: Planning; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314727
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM