Part 1 Principles: obstacles to walking and cycling; the potential on no-motorised transport for promoting health; the pedestrian town as an environmentally tolerable alternative to motorised travel; the safety of walking and cycling in different countries; the role of cycling for women; public policy on the green modes; can technology save us; cycling as the most realistic substitute for car use in urban areas; recreational cycling; I'd walk there, but... thoughts on the attitude-behaviour gap; cars and behaviour. Part 2 Strategies: traffic and environmental policy in the Netherlands; the Dutch bicycles master plan 1990-96; policy issues in promoting the Green modes; walking and public transport; a systematic approach to the planning of urban networks for walking; segregation of integration for cyclists; alternative policies for reducing dependence on the car. Part 3 Practice: the evolution from pedestrian areas to "car-free" city centres in Germany; safe routes to school in odense; putting people at the centre of planning; towards the bicycle friendly town in Germany; the Delft bicycle network revised; planning for the bicycle in urban Britain; cycle policy and best practice in the UK; Green modes and ISTEA in the US; public transport and cycling; case studies. Part 4 An overview: summary and conclusions.
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