The Kingdom of the Bicycle : What Wuhan Can Learn from Amsterdam

China used to be called “the Kingdom of the Bicycle,” but this is no longer the case. Bicycle use in China has been marginalized over the past 30 years. In contrast, the Netherlands has seen bicycle use grow since the 1970s. This paper—through a comparative analysis of data from Wuhan and Amsterdam—...

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Main Authors:	Frame, Gladys, Ardila-Gomez, Arturo, Chen, Yang
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	TRANSPORT BICYCLE ENERGY CONSERVATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29166

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spelling	okr-10986-291662021-05-25T10:54:42Z The Kingdom of the Bicycle : What Wuhan Can Learn from Amsterdam Frame, Gladys Ardila-Gomez, Arturo Chen, Yang TRANSPORT BICYCLE ENERGY CONSERVATION China used to be called “the Kingdom of the Bicycle,” but this is no longer the case. Bicycle use in China has been marginalized over the past 30 years. In contrast, the Netherlands has seen bicycle use grow since the 1970s. This paper—through a comparative analysis of data from Wuhan and Amsterdam—explores the reasons why the two countries have gone in different directions. Although these cities have different socio-demographics they experienced similar issues. This paper suggests lessons that Wuhan can learn from Amsterdam. However, these are one-way as it is considered that Amsterdam has little to learn from the decline of bicycle use in Wuhan. 2018-01-16T21:42:52Z 2018-01-16T21:42:52Z 2017-06 Journal Article Transportation Research Procedia 2352-1465 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29166 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China Netherlands
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description	China used to be called “the Kingdom of the Bicycle,” but this is no longer the case. Bicycle use in China has been marginalized over the past 30 years. In contrast, the Netherlands has seen bicycle use grow since the 1970s. This paper—through a comparative analysis of data from Wuhan and Amsterdam—explores the reasons why the two countries have gone in different directions. Although these cities have different socio-demographics they experienced similar issues. This paper suggests lessons that Wuhan can learn from Amsterdam. However, these are one-way as it is considered that Amsterdam has little to learn from the decline of bicycle use in Wuhan.
format	Journal Article
author	Frame, Gladys Ardila-Gomez, Arturo Chen, Yang
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title	The Kingdom of the Bicycle : What Wuhan Can Learn from Amsterdam
title_short	The Kingdom of the Bicycle : What Wuhan Can Learn from Amsterdam
title_full	The Kingdom of the Bicycle : What Wuhan Can Learn from Amsterdam
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title_sort	kingdom of the bicycle : what wuhan can learn from amsterdam
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The Kingdom of the Bicycle : What Wuhan Can Learn from Amsterdam

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