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Interesting! Thanks, Paul. Manuel 2011/6/22 CYCLING-AND-SOCIETY automatic digest system < [log in to unmask]> > There are 2 messages totaling 48 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Bicycling’s gender gap: It’s the economy, stupid | Bikenomics | Grist > (2) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:16:43 +0100 > From: Paul Rosen <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Bicycling’s gender gap: It’s the economy, stupid | Bikenomics | > Grist > > An interesting article here, that challenges the assumptions behind > cycling promotion in the UK as well as the USA, I think. I'd be > interested to know how true it rings for those who've been doing more > recent research on cycling than I have. > > > http://www.grist.org/biking/2011-06-20-bicyclings-gender-gap-its-the-economy-stupid > > Paul > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:29:34 +0100 > From: Richard Mann <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Bicycling’s gender gap: It’s the economy, stupid | Bikenomics > | Grist > > The gender gap is relatively small in Oxford (and the Netherlands, for > that matter). I think it's because the main roads are reasonably > civilised, so cycling isn't especially frightening, and doesn't have > substantial "negatives" that have to be outweighed by "positives". > > Richard > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Paul Rosen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > An interesting article here, that challenges the assumptions behind > cycling > > promotion in the UK as well as the USA, I think. I'd be interested to > know > > how true it rings for those who've been doing more recent research on > > cycling than I have. > > > > > http://www.grist.org/biking/2011-06-20-bicyclings-gender-gap-its-the-economy-stupid > > > > Paul > > > > ------------------------------ > > End of CYCLING-AND-SOCIETY Digest - 20 Jun 2011 to 21 Jun 2011 (#2011-59) > ************************************************************************* >