Bikenomics Zine

Author : Elly Blue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bikenomics written by Elly Blue and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this zine is to argue that increased use of bicycles can positively impact the economy. Specific topics covered include public health, energy, freeway removal, and creating bike-friendly communities.

Author : Elly Blue
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1621069435
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bikenomics written by Elly Blue and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bikenomics provides a surprising and compelling new perspective on the way we get around and on how we spend our money, as families and as a society. The book starts with a look at Americans' real transportation costs, and moves on to examine the current civic costs of our transportation system. Blue tells the stories of people, businesses, organizations, and cities who are investing in two-wheeled transportation. The multifaceted North American bicycle movement is revealed, with its contradictions, challenges, successes, and visions.

Author : Elly Blue
Publisher : Bicycle Revolution
ISBN 13 : 9781621061182
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bikenomics Zine written by Elly Blue and published by Bicycle Revolution. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the follow up to her ten-part series on Grist, bicycle activist and journalist Elly Blue continues to dissect the economic ramifications of the bicycle. Bicycle transportation is good for a lot of things--it's healthy, it's green, it's quiet, it's fun, it builds community. It also makes financial sense, and the magnitude of bicycling's economic impact gets far less attention than it deserves. Elly Blue explores the scope of that impact, from personal finance to local economies to city planning to effects on local business to the big picture of the national budget. In the grassroots and on a policy level, the bicycle is emerging as an effective engine of economic recovery.

Author : Elly Blue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bikenomics written by Elly Blue and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making the case for adopting more sustainable modes of transportation, this reference explores the economic benefits of bicycling. It starts with an analysis of the real costs incurred by individuals and families in existing transportation systems and goes on to examine the current civic expenses of these systems. With critiques of modern society's deep-rooted attachment to car culture, this book tells the stories of people, businesses, organizations, and cities who are investing in two-wheeled transportation.

Author : Elly Blue
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1621062775
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Bodies, Our Bikes written by Elly Blue and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Bodies, Our Bikes is a resource and companion for women who ride bicycles. Through personal stories, how-to guidelines, and factual information, contributors explore the intersection of cycling and women's health, from bike fit to clothing, from periods to childbirth, from media representation to gender presentation and reproductive rights. Our diverse contributors demystify and elucidate women's issues in cycling in a practical, friendly, and down to earth manner.

Author : Ralph Buehler
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262542021
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cycling for Sustainable Cities written by Ralph Buehler and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to make city cycling--the most sustainable form of urban transportation--safe, practical, and convenient for all cyclists. Cycling is the most sustainable mode of urban transportation, practical for most short- and medium-distance trips--commuting to and from work or school, shopping, visiting friends, going to the doctor's office. It's good for your health, spares the environment a trip's worth of auto emissions, and is economical for both public and personal budgets. Cycling, with all its benefits, should not be reserved for the fit, the spandex-clad, and the daring. Cycling for Sustainable Cities shows how to make city cycling safe, practical, and convenient for all cyclists.

Author : Elly Blue
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1621062724
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cycletherapy written by Elly Blue and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you pedal your way through everything life throws at you? Taking on the bicycle as a means of making sense of life and death, contributors write about their experiences on a bicycle, enjoying the little things about everyday life, dealing with the most difficult, and overcoming loss, trauma, and fear. Contributions range from the lyrical to the profane, the deeply personal to the keenly analytical. Includes essays, art, and a short story.

Author : Peter Walker
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143111779
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Cycling Can Save the World written by Peter Walker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Walker—reporter at the Guardian and curator of its popular bike blog—shows how the future of humanity depends on the bicycle. Car culture has ensnared much of the world—and it's no wonder. Convenience and comfort (as well as some clever lobbying) have made the car the transportation method of choice for generations. But as the world evolves, the high cost of the automobile is made clearer—with its dramatic effects on pollution, the way it cuts people off from their communities, and the alarming rate at which people are injured and killed in crashes. Walker argues that the simplest way to tackle many of these problems at once is with one of humankind's most perfect inventions—the bicycle. In How Cycling Can Save the World, Walker takes readers on a tour of cities like Copenhagen and Utrecht, where everyday cycling has taken root, demonstrating cycling’s proven effect on reducing smog and obesity, and improving quality of life and mental health. Interviews with public figures—such as Janette Sadik-Khan, who led the charge to create more pedestrian- and cyclist- friendly infrastructure in New York City—provide case studies on how it can be done, and prove that you can make a big change with just a few cycling lanes and a paradigm shift. Meticulously researched and incredibly inspiring, How Cycling Can Save the World delivers on its lofty promise and leads readers to the realization that cycling could not only save the world, but have a lasting and positive impact on their own lives.

Author : April Streeter
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1621069745
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women on Wheels written by April Streeter and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feminist history of bicycling for sport and adventure spans a century of women who changed the world from two wheels. This vivacious tale, peppered with fascinating details from primary sources, shows how women were sometimes the stars of bicycle races and exhibitions, and other times had to overcome sexism, exclusion, and economic inequalities in order to ride. From the almost burlesque show races and creative performances of the 19th century to the evolution of cycling as a modern sport and form of transportation, April Streeter brings her exuberant eye for character, fashion, and story to convey the evolving emotional resonance of bicycling for women and their communities. Interweaving pedal-powered history with profiles of bicyclists who made their mark, like Katharine Hepburn, Annie Londonderry, Kittie Knox, Dorothy Lawrence, Louise Armaindo, and more.

Author : Melissa Bruntlett
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610918797
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building the Cycling City written by Melissa Bruntlett and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is rediscovering the bicycle as a multi-pronged solution to acute, 21st-century problems, including affordability, obesity, congestion, climate change, inequity, and social isolation. The Netherlands has built an accessible cycling culture that cities around the world can learn from. Chris and Melissa Bruntlett share the incredible success of the Netherlands through engaging interviews with local experts and stories of their own delightful experiences riding in five Dutch cities. Building the Cycling City examines the triumphs and challenges of the Dutch while also presenting stories of North American cities already implementing lessons from across the Atlantic. Discover how Dutch cities inspired Atlanta to look at its transit-bike connection in a new way and showed Seattle how to teach its residents to realize the freedom of biking, along with other encouraging examples.