Links of the day – September 10, 2012
- Fest im Sattel auf den Radfernwegen | Deutschland entdecken | DW.DE | 05.09.2012
Fahrradtouristen kommen rum und sind gleichzeitig ganz nah dran an der Landschaft. Es gibt kaum eine bessere Möglichkeit, Deutschland abseits der großen Straßen zu entdecken. Wir geben Tipps für gelungene Fahrradferien.
- Le vélo dans l’avenir de nos villes
Si aujourd’hui le prix de l’essence atteint des sommets, chacun s’accorde pour reconnaître que cette évolution est durable et inexorable. Les défis de la mobilité nous imposent de changer de paradigme.
- Cost-benefit analyses also possible for cycling projects – Fietsberaad
A switch from the car or bus to the bike has a positive social benefit that can vary from a few Euro cents per kilometre when switching from car to bike, to about 50 cents when switching from bus to bike. This is the result of an exploratory study to assess the application of cost-benefit analyses to cycling projects.
- Portland, Ore., city planners crafting a bike-friendly cityscape – USATODAY.com
PORTLAND, Ore. – America spent 50 years and billions of dollars after World War II redesigning itself so that cars could move people across this vast country more quickly.
Now, with many cities in gridlock, one-third of the population obese and climate change forcing innovators to look beyond the internal combustion engine, cities are beginning to rethink that push toward the automobile.
Category: Press Cuttings from around the world
