Public Policies to Promote Sustainable Transports: Lessons from Valencia

Bicycling appears in the literature on urban mobility as a more sustainable transportation mode for future transportation, based empirical evidence of potential benefits bicycling environment, society, and health. In this context, public interventions to promote maintain practice its positive effects are salient. This article reviews different cycling policies with respect facilities present compares them case study Valencia (Spain). We collected information implemented traffic intensity bike lanes over detecting loops distributed around city. The results show strong increase bicycle use accompanying implementation that bicycling. effectiveness their impact sustainability discussed.