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Title:

CURRENT ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF BICYCLE TRANSPORT IN JAPAN

Accession Number:

00615756

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309051002

Abstract:

The number of bicycles in Japan has been increasing steadily, and there are now more than 66 million bicycles in use, or one bicycle for every 1.8 persons. However, facilities to accommodate bicycle transport, such as bicycle roads and bicycle parking spaces, are either nonexistent or limited, and so are laws and regulations to deal with bicycle transport. The lack of bicycle facilities and poor bicycle transport policies generate various problems associated with bicycles such as illegal parking in the vicinity of railway stations and traffic accidents involving bicycles. The historical background and current issues of bicycle transport in Japan are reviewed with regard to traffic laws and regulations, bicycle road conditions, parking facilities, education, and the public attitude toward bicycles. Case studies involve reduction of illegally parked bicycles and field observations of cyclist performance that resulted in intersection design changes.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1294, Nonmotorized Transportation 1991. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01495449

Authors:

Koike, Hirotaka

Pagination:

p. 40-46

Publication Date:

1991

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1294
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309051002

Features:

Figures (5) ; References (5)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Illegal parking; Traffic laws

Geographic Terms:

Japan

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Law; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Sep 30 1991 12:00AM

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