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Recommendations of the Safe System Consortium

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Institute of Transportation Engineers
Offers key recommendations and actions for policymakers to motivate change within the current course of road safety work and move towards a more equitable transportation system.
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Metabolic and Cardiovascular Responses to a Simulated Commute on an E-Bike

Source: Translational Journal
Study evaluating the cardiometabolic responses of exertion between a regular bike and an e-bike.
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Women’s Needs and Expectations as Users of Bike Sharing Services

Source: Journal Sustainability
The paper investigates women's needs and expectations as users of Paris' VELIB bike-sharing service.
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Active transportation and social capital: The association between walking or biking for transportation and community participation

Source: Journal of Preventative Medicine
Examines relationships between active transportation behavior and three indices of social capital (community participation, sense of community, and sociopolitical control) via a representative survey of Wisconsin adults.
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Urban access across the globe: an international comparison of different transport modes

Source: Nature
Examines the relationship between access to jobs within a 30-minute commute in 117 cities worldwide for 4 different modes of transport and finds that American cities lag behind globally in transit and walking access.
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Money for bikes: Tax incentives and purchase premiums for cycling in Europe

Source: European Cyclists' Federation
Maps and describes almost 300 tax-incentive and purchase-premium schemes for cycling across Europe offered by national, regional, and local authorities to make it attractive to cycle more and drive less.
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Bike Safety Shift: Top 10 Riskiest States

Source: Streetlight
Streetlight's eBook demonstrates how to measure crashes per actual bicycle miles traveled (BMT).
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Low-Speed Zone Guide

Source: World Resources Institute
This Low-Speed Zone Guide presents strategies for planning, designing, building, and evaluating low-speed zones in cities.
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Electric Bike Laws - State by State

Source: People for Bikes
Compiles electric bicycle (e-bike) laws by State to help make riding an e-bike easy and accessible for all.
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STEP Up to Help Pedestrians Cross the Road Safely

Source: FWHA
Describes FHWA's Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) program strategies and 7 countermeasures proven to reduce severe pedestrian crashes.
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