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Light protection of cycle lanes : best practices

Deegan, Brian - 2018

This report reviews the effectiveness of light separation as an alternative to more permanent infrastructure to protect cycle lanes. With more cyclists on the roads than ever, it is important to consider infrastructure options that safeguard cyclists and other road users whilst being cost...

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Scooters Are Here, But Where Do They Go? : Aligning Scooter Regulations with City Goals

International Transport Forum - 2021

This paper examines how 37 US cities regulate scooter parking. It analyses rates of improper scooter parking and discusses how cities can employ scooter regulations, in conjunction with other policies, to realise broader goals such as promoting sustainability and mobility.

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The safety of bike share systems

Schepers, Paul; Fishman, Elliot - 2018

This paper reviews available research on the safety impacts associated with the growth in bike share use. In the last 20 years the global fleet of dock-based and dockless bike share systems has grown to well over 4 500 000; making bike share one of the fastest growing modes of transport. This rapid...

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Optimising new mobility services

Yanocha, Dana - 2018

This paper presents a policy framework intended to maximize the benefits of dockless bike share through outcome-oriented system planning that includes monitoring and enforcement of regulations. Operational shortfalls of dockless bike share are categorised and several policy options for each...

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The economics of regulating ride-hailing and dockless bike share

Deighton-Smith, Rex - 2018

This paper reviews the economic case for regulating ride-hailing and dockless bikeshare. Ride-hailing has disrupted heavily regulated taxi markets and is calling much of the rationale for taxi regulation into question. It argues for light-handed regulation to enable fair, nondistorting...

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Micromobility Policies for Sustainable Transport : Bogotá and Mexico City

International Transport Forum - 2021

of bicycles as a sustainable alternative to cars and the rapid implementation of cycling lanes as a substitute for public …

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Congestion in Latin American cities : innovative approaches for a critical issue

Bocarejo, Juan Pablo - 2020

This paper surveys trends in private vehicle use in Latin American cities and related government policies. It discusses the Colombian government’s initiatives to adopt congestion charging in major cities, highlights the political constraints encountered, and discusses policy changes adopted in...

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Synergies from improved cycling-transit integration : towards an integrated urban mobility system : prepared for the Roundtable on Integrated and Sustainable Urban Transport, 24-25...

Kager, Roland; Harms, Lucas - Roundtable on Integrated and Sustainable Urban … - 2017

Improved integration of cycling and transit has the potential to overcome the fundamental limitations of each mode by … attributable to cycling or transit in isolation, but to their integration only. As an illustration, we analyse and allocate such … synergies by a case study of the Dutch cycling-transit system. Where the practical absence of cycling has limited such potential …

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The billion dollar question : how much will it cost to decarbonise cities' transport systems?

Wagner, Nicolas - 2018

This paper puts numbers on the investment needs for urban transport infrastructure under different policy scenarios. The cities of the future will be shaped by today's decisions about physical transport assets, and the urgent need to halt climate change makes it more important than ever to get...

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Exposure-adjusted road fatality rates for cycling and walking in European countries

Castro, Alberto; Kahlmeier, Sonja; Gotschi, Thomas - 2018

This paper presents fatality rates for walking and cycling in European Countries used in the World Health Organization …

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