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Great Britain adults’ opinions on cycling: Implications for policy

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  • Tapp, Alan
  • Davis, Adrian
  • Nancarrow, Clive
  • Jones, Simon

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In its neglect of cycling, the transport policy history of Great Britain is typical of many car-dependent societies. Policy inertia with respect to sustainable travel may be driven by the assumptions that, firstly, most households have access to the use of a car and are keen to preserve the mobility advantages the current system offers them, and secondly that environmental and health considerations should be subjugated to economic priorities. Thus, in spite of warm words about cycling, pro-car policies tend to dominate.

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  • Tapp, Alan & Davis, Adrian & Nancarrow, Clive & Jones, Simon, 2016. "Great Britain adults’ opinions on cycling: Implications for policy," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 89(C), pages 14-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transa:v:89:y:2016:i:c:p:14-28
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.05.001
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