An occasional update on items from the Velo-city.
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BIKES LANES AND BUCKS
The Aussies have had their share of controversy over bike lanes too. And they also have a study on the economic impact of said lanes:
Research in 2007 by Alison Lee sought to identify the economic value of replacing car parking with bike parking in shopping strips. The case study in Lygon Street Carlton in Melbourne showed that cycling generates 3.6 times more expenditure. Even though a car user spends more per hour on average compared to a bike rider, the small area of public space required for bike parking suggests that each square metre allocated to bike parking generates $31 per hour, compared to $6 generated for each square metre used for a car parking space, with food/drink and clothing retailers benefiting the most from bike riders.
More here. (Thanks to John Atkin.)
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MORE EVIDENCE FOR THE NOT EASILY PERSUADED
This study, comparing the costs and benefits of Bicycle versus Car traffic in Vienna won the Eltis award for best paper submitted at the recent Velo-City Conference. Says Ron Richings: “Well worth looking at, it is well presented and illustrated. Not boring, even for those who aren’t statistical wonks.”
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BIKEFEST AT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE
Mountain Equipment Co-op, as part of their 40th anniversary, is having a Bikefest on June 28 at the Village Plaza. Details here.
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VANCITY BIKE WATCH
As Richard Campbell says, “a great idea”:
Report stolen bikes, road hazards, collisions, recovered bikes – here.
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BICYCLE CITIES
Urban Land, the magazine of the Urban Land Institute, has a nice comprehensive piece on ‘bicycle cities’, with a useful discussion on the differences between American and European cities.
And for detail, go to Toronto for their Cyclists Handbook.
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