Making walking and cycling safer: lessons from the Netherlands and Germany

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This paper examines the public health conseqences of unsafe and inconvenient walking and bicycling conditions in American cities and suggests improvements based on successful policies in the Netherlands and Germany
Author(s):
John Pucher and Lewis Dijkstra
Publisher(s):
American Journal of Health Promotion
Reference #:
Unknown
Date Published:
September 2003
Copyright:
Publisher Email: unknown
Region:
USA Location: unknown
Country (exc. NZ): 
Overseas (other)
Topics: 
Policy
Free tags: 
active transport
walking for health
Taxonomy upgrade extras: 
-1 Policy
--1.80 Policy and strategy (not NZ, Aust, Nth America, UK)

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