The Role of Walking and Cycling in Advancing Healthy and Sustainable Urban Areas

At the heart of much new planning policy directed towards creating healthy and sustainably urban areas are two modes of transport – walking and cycling. With contributions from the UK, US, Australia and mainland Europe, this issue focuses on walking and cycling from a broad perspective. It considers what we need to know about these ‘active transport’ modes to understand their importance; the evidence for what works and how much change might be possible and over what timescales; and the benefi ts from such change.

 

• The Role of Walking and Cycling in Advancing Healthy and Sustainable Urban Areas 
  Miles Tight and Moshe Givoni
• Walking and Cycling for Healthy Cities
  John Pucher and Ralph Buehler
• Tackling Obesity by Urban Planning? Recent Research and a European Case Study: Some Evidence and Perspectives
  Clotilde Minster
• Promoting Walking and Bicycling: Assessing the Evidence to Assist Planners
  Ann Forsyth and Kevin Krizek
• Shaping the City for Walking and Cycling: A Case Study of Lancaster
  Colin Pooley, Dave Horton, Griet Scheldeman and Richard Harrison
• Walkability, Social Inclusion and Social Isolation and Street Redesign
  Carmel Boyce
• The Journey and the Destination Matt er: Child-Friendly Cities and Children’s Right to the City
  Carolyn Whitzman, Megan Worthington and Dana Mizrachi
• Aesthetic Aspects of Walking and Cycling
  Paul Timms and Miles Tight
• The Health Economic Case for Infrastructure to Promote Active Travel: A Critical Review
  Jane Powell, Anja Dalton, Christian Brand and David Ogilvie
• Evaluating Active Travel: Decision-Making for the Sustainable City
  James Macmillen, Moshe Givoni and David Banister