Matt certainly drives home the point that cycling can be as
individualistic as it is socialistic although the latter is often
promulgated as one of the main virtues of cycling...[a point I made
following Marie Kalstrup's talk at the recent Cycling and Society
Symposium where she discussed success of Danish urban cycling in the
context of the bicycling and Danish national identity i.e. the mode fits
with that cultures ideal of modesty and communitarianism]. I think it is
more complex than that given the strong liberal tendency in Danish (and
Dutch for that matter) society.
Tim Jones
Oxford
> Just noticed this.
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/10/charity-
> bike-ride
>
> Also, I was interested to see the DfT's current research plans include a
> bit
> of cycling research. It doesn't say how they plan to get this work done,
> so
> I don't know if they have changed the way they commission research or just
> haven't got to that stage in the process yet. See the link to the pdf of
> their Overview of Evidence Needs and Planned Research 09/10 at
> http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/scienceresearch/
>
> best wishes,
>
> Paul
>
Research Fellow - Land Use and Transport Planning
Co-Investigator EPSRC Understanding Walking and Cycling
Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development
& Department of Planning
School of the Built Environment
Oxford Brookes University
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