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Cycling Through the Buffer Zone: Working-Class Cyclists on Rudolf Greyling Street, Bloemfontein
This paper presents an ethnographic exploration of working-class commuter cyclists on Rudolf Greyling (RG) Street in Bloemfontein, Free State, South...
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Preference Heterogeneity of Cyclists’ on the Street-Scale Built Environment
Biking can contribute to a better environment by reducing short car trips and improves public health. Street-scale built environment attributes play...
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Cyclists’ Preferences on the Street-Scale Built Environment in a Stated Choice Experiment Compared to Pedestrians
The mismatch between the design of the micro-scale built environment around metro stations and pedestrian/cyclist preferences causes inconvenience...
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Nudging as a crime prevention strategy: the use of nudges to improve cyclists’ locking behavior and reduce the opportunities for bicycle theft
As policy makers are develo** new alternative strategies to prevent bicycle theft, a nudging approach could provide useful insights in this field....
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Masculinities and the Culture of Competitive Cycling
Drawing on extensive ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative research, this monograph provides a novel account of masculinities in an individual...
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Factors Influencing Traffic Signal Violations and Related Severities by Car Drivers, Cyclists, and Pedestrians: A Case Study from Guangdong, China
Traffic signal violation is an important factor in causing accidents involving vehicles and pedestrians. Thus, studying factors influencing traffic...
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Getting Back on the Bike: Debating Injury and Masculinity
This chapter examines the injury culture and management practices of competitive cyclists framed through the notion of performance being favoured...
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Built Environment and Walking & Cycling Around Metro Stations
This book explores the relationship between pedestrians/cyclists’ mode and route choice to/from metro/railway stations and the micro-level...
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‘Don’t be soft’: Cycling and Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century
This chapter examines the current social environment of competitive cycling as it relates to masculinity. The notion of competitive road cycling...
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Winter Cycling Developments in Two Cities of Northern Finland
The aim of this chapter is to examine winter cycling in an Arctic urban environment as an everyday mode of mobility. I will discuss developments and...
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Out in the Peloton: Sexual Minorities in Road Cycling
In this chapter the experiences of sexual minorities in competitive sport are considered. After demonstrating the link between masculinities,...
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Winning at All Costs: The Intersects of Do**, Hypercompetition and Masculinity in Cycling
This chapter addresses the issue of do** in cycling. The chapter shows the importance of moving away from considering do** in sport as an...
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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Cyclist Collisions in Germany: Variations in Frequency, Severity of Injury, and Type of Collision in 2019
Cycling has gained increasing interest in Germany in recent years due to its manifold environmental, societal, and economic benefits. However, the...
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‘Dishing Out the Pain’ in Professional Cycling
All cyclists run the risk of sustained damage to feet, knees, lower backs, hands and wrists. Death and accidents are caused by road potholes,...
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Conceptualising an Urban Transport Framework for Enhanced Quality of Life in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Ghana and Namibia
Unpacking the ramifications of urban transport for quality of life is pivotal for evaluating the pros and cons of national or local policy options....
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Exploring Barriers and Prospects of Bicycle Transportation: A Case Study of a Ghanaian University Campus
Cycling as a form of sustainable transportation continues to experience only marginal growth in Ghana owing to the perception of it being a mode of...
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Multimer: Modeling Neurophysiological Experience in Public Urban Space
Measuring and analyzing spatial, multimodal biosensor data may effectively model how the built environment influences neurophysiological processes....
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Conclusion
Metro systems as an efficient means of public transportation have increased dramatically in high-density cities.
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Rolling Out: Introduction
In this chapter, the author introduces the subject matter of this book. A background to competitive cycling is provided to familiarise readers with...