<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Environmental pollution in cities is an increasingly popular issue tackled in research. One of the elements with a significant impact on the state of urban ecosystems is transport with its pressure on individual components of the environment. Sustainable urban transport is gaining prominence as a postulate expressed in cities’ strategic documents, constituting an element alleviating the negative effects of anthropopressure. In the light of the need to introduce innovative solutions for clean forms of transport, numerous papers indicate the bicycle as an answer to some of those problems. The article presents a review of literature referring to the socio-economic aspects of using the bicycle in cities as a means of transport for daily commuting. The analysis is based on publications on cyclist safety in road traffic, the perception of the bicycle as a means of transport in cities, and the introduction of innovative solutions, such as bicycle-sharing systems.</p></abstract>

Environmental pollution in cities is an increasingly popular issue tackled in research. One of the elements with a significant impact on the state of urban ecosystems is transport with its pressure on individual components of the environment. Sustainable urban transport is gaining prominence as a postulate expressed in cities’ strategic documents, constituting an element alleviating the negative effects of anthropopressure. In the light of the need to introduce innovative solutions for clean forms of transport, numerous papers indicate the bicycle as an answer to some of those problems. The article presents a review of literature referring to the socio-economic aspects of using the bicycle in cities as a means of transport for daily commuting. The analysis is based on publications on cyclist safety in road traffic, the perception of the bicycle as a means of transport in cities, and the introduction of innovative solutions, such as bicycle-sharing systems.

Urban Cycling as an Indicator of Socio-Economic Innovation and Sustainable Transport

Department of Urban and Regional Development Studies, Faculty of Earth Sciences

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Environmental pollution in cities is an increasingly popular issue tackled in research. One of the elements with a significant impact on the state of urban...

Urban Cycling as an Indicator of Socio-Economic Innovation and Sustainable Transport

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 23 - 32

Received: Sep 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0039

Keywords
bicycle, sustainable urban transport, cycling safety, bicycle paths, bicycle-sharing system, literature review

© 2018 Michał Adam Kwiatkowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Urban Cycling as an Indicator of Socio-Economic Innovation and Sustainable Transport

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 23 - 32

Received: Sep 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0039

Keywordsbicycle, sustainable urban transport, cycling safety, bicycle paths, bicycle-sharing system, literature review

© 2018 Michał Adam Kwiatkowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Fig. 1

Keywords
bicycle, sustainable urban transport, cycling safety, bicycle paths, bicycle-sharing system, literature review