Cycling as transport

World Transport Policy & Practice World Transport Policy & Practice 38 Translating Cycling Policy into Cycling Practice —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Promoting Cycling in the U.k. – Problems Experienced by the Practitioners Philine Gaffron

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Key influences on motivations for utility cycling (cycling for transport to and from places).

ISSUE ADDRESSED Although increases in cycling in Brisbane are encouraging, bicycle mode share to work (the proportion of people travelling to work by bicycle) in the state of Queensland remains low. The aim of this qualitative study was to draw upon the lived experiences of Queensland cyclists to understand the main motivators for utility cycling (cycling as a means to get to and from places) a...

Cycling Safety: Key Messages International Transport Forum Working Group on Cycling Safety

Pharmacology and toxicology of astrocyte-neuron glutamate transport and cycling.

The interaction between astrocytes and neurons is examined from the standpoint of glutamate neurotoxicity. The review details 1. the distribution of glutamate transporters on astrocytes and neurons, provoking a reformulation of the interdependence between these two cell types in removing extracellular glutamate and preventing excitotoxic injury; 2. the potential involvement of aberrant glutamat...

Developing Suitable Buffers to Capture Transport Cycling Behavior

The association between neighborhood built environment and cycling has received considerable attention in health literature over the last two decades, but different neighborhood definitions have been used and it is unclear which one is most appropriate. Administrative or fixed residential spatial units (e.g., home-buffer-based neighborhoods) are not necessarily representative for environmental ...