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Bicycle City: Riding the Bike Boom to a Brighter Future cycling expert Daniel Piatkowski argues that the bicycle is the best tool that we have to improve our cities. The car-free urban future--where cities are vibrant, with access to everything we need close by--may be less bike-centric than we think. But bikes are a crucial first step to getting Americans out of cars.
Piatkowski offers pragmatic lessons drawn from the latest research along with interviews, anecdotes, and case studies from around the world. Electric bikes are demonstrating the ability of bikes to replace cars in more places and for more people. Cargo bikes are replacing SUVs for families and delivery trucks for freight. At the same time, mobility startups are providing new ownership models to make these new bikes easier to use and own, ushering in a new era of pedal-powered cities.
Bicycle City is about making cities better with bikes rather than for bikes.
About the author
Dan Piatkowski is associate professor of Integrated Land Use and Transportation Planning at OsloMet-Oslo Metropolitan University. Before moving to Norway, Dan taught urban planning at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at Savannah State University, and worked in planning in Colorado and New Mexico. He has authored many articles and co-authored the book
Bicycling for Transportation: An Evidence-Base for Communities.
Summary
Drawing on research and case studies from around the world, Bicycle City offers a compelling case of a car-free urbanfuture by harnessing the post-pandemic bike boom - perfect for professionals and advocates.
