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Title:

Study of Strategies to Promote Cycling in Four Latin American Cities: The Results from Bogota, Rosario, Mexico City, and Rio De Janeiro

Accession Number:

01631431

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), as part of its commitment to the development of sustainable cities in Latin America, has supported the development of a platform to promote cycling in the continent. As part of the platform’s development framework, four cities (Bogotá, Mexico City, Rosario, and Rio de Janeiro) were studied and compared in terms of their abilities to promote cycling. This paper uses a comparative methodology to assess the promotion of cycling and presents the results from the four cities. The fundamental criteria on which the comparisons were based were demand, infrastructure, regulations, and promotion of cycling. On the whole, the authors found positive aspects in terms of the increase in both the size of the bikeway network and demand from cyclists. This was particularly the case in Bogotá, where the increase in cycling has led to the city having the most extensive bikeways in the region. In the region, multimodality bicycle programs have also become common, as have the implementation of specific informative campaigns in each city. However, the comparisons that the authors undertook showed the need to improve road regulations. The authors also found that in the four cities the advertising campaigns do not paint the cyclist as vulnerable, and they also do not portray the responsibility of drivers as something fundamental in preventing fatalities. Lastly, this study found there to be a need to define strategies to gather suitable information that demonstrates regulatory actions as well as the promotion of management and development indicators.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF20 Standing Committee on Bicycle Transportation.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-04656

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Paez, Daniel
Ortiz, Miguel Angel
Saenz, Nataly
Hoyos, Miguel Dario

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References

Subject Areas:

Law; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Policy

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-04656

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 11:47AM