URBAN CYCLE TRAVEL STRATEGY AND RELATED PLANNING AND DESIGN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CARBON NEUTRALITY:A CASE STUDY OF FOUR INTERNATIONAL METROPOLISES
Given that travel by bicycles consumes minimal non-renewable energy and produces zero carbon emissions,cities all over the world have increasingly adopted bicycles as a main mode for transport in daily travel,and successively formulated cycle travel strategies and plans as well as design guidelines or standards.A variety of measures,such as optimizing the street environment and fostering travellers'habits,enable bicycles to play an important role in short-,medium-,and even long-distance travels.With Copenhagen,Paris,New York,and London as exemplars in the field of cycle transport development and planning,this paper analyzes the practice of these metropolises in terms of the strategies and objectives,core content,and implementation monitoring and evaluation of cycle travel.Meanwhile,the paper examines the cycle travel design guidelines or standards in relation to cycle paths and intersections,as well as parking facilities and signs.Furthermore,the paper puts forward corresponding suggestions from four aspects:clarifying the development goals of urban cycle travel with a view to achieving carbon neutrality,establishing frameworks and related guidelines for the development of cycle travel,promoting the use of bicycles for regional commuting,and fostering travellers'preference for the use of bicycles.
cycle traveltransport strategyplanning and designcarbon neutralityinternational metropolis
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