<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cope A, Cairns S, Fox K, Lawlor D, Lockie M, Lumsdon L, Riddoch C, Rosen P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">UK National Cycle Network: an assessment of the benefits of a sustainable transport infrastructure</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">World Transport Policy and Practice</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cycling</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">National Cycle Network</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Social inclusion</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sustainable tourism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sustainable transport</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">transport</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/pdf/wtpp09.1.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></section><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6-17</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The UK National Cycle Network has increased
opportunities for people to make trips by bicycle and on
foot. In this paper, data from the NCN route usage
monitoring project is analysed to examine the
implications of the NCN for health, social inclusion,
economic opportunities through tourism and recreation,
and the nature of cyclists and cycling. Analysis of the
survey data suggests that various benefits are being
realised. The capacity of the NCN to further impact
in these and other areas is discussed.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Introduction

In 1995 Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity,
was awarded a major grant of £43.5 million of
National Lottery funds by the Millennium Commission
for the UK National Cycle Network (NCN). This
flagship project was officially opened in June 2000
with 8,000 kilometres of cycling and walking routes
passing through the centres of major towns and cities
and linking urban areas with the countryside. A
further 8,000 kilometres are due to be completed by
2005 (Sustrans, 2000). The initiative is a demonstration
project; the NCN routes provide the basis for the
development of local area networks. The principal aim
is to encourage people to take up cycling for the first
time, or to start to cycle again.</style></notes></record></records></xml>
