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Title:

CYCLING IN A NORTHERN COUNTRY

Accession Number:

00615757

Record Type:

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

Abstract:

Finland is one of the northernmost countries in the world. Despite the climate, Finland may be called a country of cycling. The number of bicycles per capita in Finland is the third highest in the world, exceeded only by the number in the Netherlands and in Denmark. The high automobile density (440 cars per 1,000 residents) has not limited the number of bicycles. There are numerous cycling roads in Finland, totaling about 8,000 km including approximately 1,300 underpasses and about 400 overpasses. The construction of roads for pedestrian and bicycle traffic in general was begun in the 1970s. Thereafter, the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed in traffic annually has been reduced by more than half. To further improve cycling conditions in the future, accident statistics should be transformed on the basis of hospitalization statistics, and methods for better counting of pedestrian and bicycle traffic should be developed and implemented.

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:

Ojajarvi, Mikko

Pagination:

p. 47-49

Publication Date:

1991

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

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

ISBN:

0309051002

Features:

Figures (4) ; References (5)

Geographic Terms:

Finland

Old TRIS Terms:

Finland

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Sep 30 1991 12:00AM

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