[bikeqld] Bicycles as part of a sustainable transport system

[Peter Whittle]

The linked article comes from an organisation called the The Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP)-Asia, which is a partnership between the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), CITYNET and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) which aims to help developing world cities achieve their sustainable transport goals, through the dissemination of information about international experience and targeted work with particular cities.
It would be interesting to see how Brisbane measures up on what differentiates a "developing city". The author means a city in a less developed country, but I wonder if Brisbane, as it (very tentatively) embarks on increasing the use of bicycles in transport, including in the CBD, faces different challenges than, say, Bangkok.
Anyway, happy reading, if it interests you.

http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=15&Itemid=48&lang=uk
Bicycles as part of a sustainable transport system

By Carlos F. Pardo, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Urban Transport Project

In transport, many modes have been defined as "the most appropriate" or "the most efficient". After many years of debate, academics and practitioners of sustainable urban transport have found that there is not a "most" sustainable, appropriate or efficient mode of transport, the truth is that what should be sustainable is the transport system, where various modes play a key role. Predominantly, public transport, walking and bicycles are the most favourable components of such a system. This brief article will discuss why bicycles are one of these modes.

Read more...<http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=536&Itemid=48&lang=uk>


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