A critical examination of cycling policies in Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, and Auckland

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dc.contributor.advisorNeill, Carol
dc.contributor.authorEscayol, Emilio M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-23T21:33:47Z
dc.date.available2015-11-23T21:33:47Z
dc.date.copyright2015
dc.date.created2015
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2015-11-23T07:07:17Z
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines the cycling-friendly policies and infrastructure of Auckland, Buenos Aires, and Copenhagen as well as additional transport policies that might influence cycling. The final goal of this examination is to extract some lessons from the capital cities of Argentina and Denmark in order to make suggestions on how Auckland can become a more bicycle-friendly city. The literature has found that these 3 cities find themselves in 3 different stages of development in regard to their cycling policies. Auckland’s cycling policies are more rudimentary than its counterparts, Buenos Aires cycling policies are developing and have made remarkable improvements, and Copenhagen’s are highly proficient and regarded as world leaders. The keys to achieving high rates of cycling in Buenos Aires and Copenhagen seem to be the provision of separated cycle tracks, retrofitting of intersections to increase safety, efficient bike share schemes, sufficient secure parking, and campaigns to encourage cycling. The most effective way of introducing similar pro-bike policies and infrastructure in Auckland would be to consider Buenos Aires as a medium term model and Copenhagen as a long term model. In consequence, Auckland should try to adopt Buenos Aires’ policies first and once they have produced positive results, move on to replicate Copenhagen’s more developed policies. Finally, a variable that was out of the scope of this research but is determinant to produce these desired changes is strong political willingness. Buenos Aires’ and Copenhagen’s authorities have shown sound political determination in supporting transport policies that usually sparked opposition and backlash. Without a clear determination, pro-bike policies will not produce the expected results, no matter how well developed they are.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/9256
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectUrban cyclingen_NZ
dc.subjectTransport policiesen_NZ
dc.subjectActive transporten_NZ
dc.subjectInfrastructureen_NZ
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_NZ
dc.subjectBicyclingen_NZ
dc.subjectActive transporten_NZ
dc.subjectCommutingen_NZ
dc.subjectPublic transporten_NZ
dc.titleA critical examination of cycling policies in Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, and Aucklanden_NZ
dc.typeDissertation
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thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Dissertations
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Policy Studiesen_NZ
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