Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use

Wu Chen; Trine Agervig Carstensen; Ranran Wang; Sybil Derrible; David Rojas Rueda; Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen; Gang Liu

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00497-4

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2022)

Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use

Wu Chen,
Trine Agervig Carstensen,
Ranran Wang,
Sybil Derrible,
David Rojas Rueda,
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen,
Gang Liu

Affiliations

Wu Chen: SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Green Technology, University of Southern Denmark
Trine Agervig Carstensen: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
Ranran Wang: Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University
Sybil Derrible: Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
David Rojas Rueda: Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen: Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL)
Gang Liu: SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Green Technology, University of Southern Denmark

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00497-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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High bicycle ownership does not necessarily correlate with high bicycle use, with substantial health and environmental gains possible by worldwide pro-bicycle policy implementation, suggests a global compilation of bicycle ownership, production, trade and stock.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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