The green dividend of urban biking? Evidence of improved community and sustainable development
| Autor: | John I. Gilderbloom, Justin Mog, Wesley L. Meares, Wes Grooms |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Sustainable development
050210 logistics & transportation Economic growth Car ownership Downtown 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Local economic development Local community American Community Survey 0502 economics and business Economics Dividend Community development |
| Zdroj: | Local Environment. 21:991-1008 |
| ISSN: | 1469-6711 1354-9839 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13549839.2015.1060409 |
| Popis: | As the cost of car ownership has skyrocketed, urban biking has experienced the largest share increase of any transportation mode, rising by 40% between the years 2000 and 2014. Growing attention is being paid to the potential local economic development impacts of urban neighbourhoods becoming more bike-friendly. It is now a green economic development strategy in cities as diverse as Chicago, New York City, Portland, and San Francisco to increase bicycling as a transportation mode. This paper reports the results of a survey of 2032 responses from faculty, staff, and students of a car-dependent, downtown university. We use a mixed methods approach, including data from the American Community Survey, to support our arguments and to inform potential savings and economic benefit calculations that can be achieved from bicycle infrastructure investments and anticipated redistributed spending patterns. We argue that urban biking results in a green dividend that promotes local community development and more importa... |
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