Comments on: Bike Lanes: The New Job Creators? http://www.pps.org/blog/bike-lanes-the-new-job-creators/ Placemaking for Communities Tue, 14 May 2013 09:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Alex URBACT http://www.pps.org/blog/bike-lanes-the-new-job-creators/comment-page-1/#comment-97143 Alex URBACT Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=73817#comment-97143 The
answer to the questionning about bicycle infrastructure’s influencing the
building of a bicycle economy certainly needs to rely on a long-term analysis.
However, encouraging cycling in cities has clearly today an impact on the
economic local sphere : For instance the city of Sebes, Romania,
experienced this by implementing a Network of Walking and Cycling Friendly
Shops. The participants to the network promoted non polluting travelling by
displaying the campaign signs and offering different types of products,
services and discounts to the persons coming by bike or on foot.

Find
out more city good practices on this issue on ATN website :http://urbact.eu/fr/projects/low-carbon-urban-environments/active-travel-network/homepage/!
ATN is an URBACT
project gathering 11 European cities to encourage biking and walking
 

]]> By: Pattern Cities » Archive » Berlin Makes the Road by Cycling http://www.pps.org/blog/bike-lanes-the-new-job-creators/comment-page-1/#comment-97142 Pattern Cities » Archive » Berlin Makes the Road by Cycling Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:43:41 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=73817#comment-97142 [...] / people. I’ve seen baby carriers and dog pods. Even when its cold – it seems like businesses and the community / city have collaborated to facilitate this [...]

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