The Greening of Urban Transport : Planning for Walking and Cycling in Western Cities Book

	List of figures
	List of tables
	Notes on contributors
	Preface and acknowledgments
	Introduction to the second edition: back on our feet again
1	Obstacles to walking and cycling	3
2	The potential of non-motorised transport for promoting health	21
3	The pedestrian town as an environmentally tolerable alternative to motorised travel	29
4	The safety of walking and cycling in different countries	37
5	The role of cycling for women	53
6	Public policy on the green modes	71
7	Can technology save us?	81
8	Cycling as the most realistic substitute for car use in urban areas: burying the conventional myth about public transport	99
9	Recreational cycling: is this the way to stimulate interest in everyday urban cycling?	113
10	'I'd walk there, but ...': thoughts on the attitude-behaviour gap	129
11	Cars and behaviour: psychological barriers to car restraint and sustainable urban transport	147
12	Traffic and environmental policy in the Netherlands	161
13	The Dutch Bicycle Master Plan 1990-96	177
14	Policy issues in promoting the green modes in Germany	191
15	Walking and public transport: two sides of the same coin	207
16	A systematic approach to the planning of urban networks for walking	213
17	Segregation or integration for cyclists? The Dutch approach	229
18	Alternative policies for reducing dependence on the car	239
19	The evolution from pedestrian areas to 'car-free' city centres in Germany	253
20	Safe routes to school in Odense, Denmark	267
21	Putting people at the centre of planning in Britain: from 'Feet First' to 'Streets for People'	275
22	Towards the bicycle-friendly town in Germany	287
23	The Delft bicycle network revisited	299
24	Planning for the bicycle in urban Britain: an assessment of experience and issues	307
25	Cycle policy and best practice in the United Kingdom	323
26	Green modes and ISTEA in the United States	339
27	Public transport and cycling: experience of modal integration in Germany	357
28	The BikeBus'ters from Arhus, Denmark: 'We'll park our cars for 200 years ...'	373
29	The introduction of a public bike in Sandnes, Norway: experience and lessons from the first year	379
30	A general 30 km/h speed limit in the city: a model project in Graz, Austria	385
31	The practice of improving the neighbourhood street environment through traffic calming in Japan	391
32	Designing for cycling: the new Dutch Design manual	397
33	Hard labour: the painful birth of a Montreal bicycle path	403
34	Good practice in bicycle planning in Australia	407
35	Stimulating bicycle use by companies in the Netherlands	415
36	Planning for bicycle- (and pedestrian-) friendly campuses	423
37	York 'Footstreets'	429
38	A car-free Lubeck?	435
39	Integration of bicycles and public transport in Basel, Switzerland	441
40	Stimulating the use of bicycles: part of an integrated town planning and traffic policy in Groningen	447
41	Summary and conclusions: looking back, looking around and looking ahead	453