Results of research by University of Auckland for NZTA

Submitted by Graeme on 13 October, 2009 - 14:13

Article in Herald yesterday:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10602698

"If New Zealanders increased their cycling to the modest levels of the 1980s, they would burn off annually the amount of energy contained in 40 million cans of Coke. ....

The calculations come from a paper prepared by Auckland University researchers for the New Zealand Transport Agency.

The agency is guided by the New Zealand Transport Strategy, whose aim is that by 2040, 30 per cent of urban trips are made by bike, on foot or other "active modes" of travel.

Research fellow Dr Graeme Lindsay and colleagues studied the likely effects of shifting 5 per cent of urban light-vehicle trips of 7km or less to cycling and found savings in fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions."

Are these guys giving a paper at the Cycling Conference??

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Research mother load

Submitted by Unity on 14 October, 2009 - 13:48.

This paper http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/pucher/Pucher_Dill_Handy10.pdf has some good data in it and contains what must surely be the mother load of cycling literature.

Unity

Auckland Cycle Chic

Not specifically. However I

Submitted by glen on 13 October, 2009 - 17:10.

Not specifically. However I believe that their research is in conjunction with Univ of Otago, who are doing a paper on health outcomes of walking/cycling. There are also other similar "health benefits" presentations, including our keynote speaker Prof Chris Rissel from Sydney.