Chapter 5. Promote and Celebrate Walking and Cycling

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorWALK21
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme
dc.contributor.organizationEconomy Division
dc.contributor.organizationAfrica Office
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T08:38:11Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T08:38:11Z
dc.date.issued2022-06
dc.descriptionPeople walking and cycling are often perceived a low value of time resulting in a general sense of irrelevance to their role in future planning. There are two common misconceptions about walking and cycling in African cities. The first is that active mobility is a recreational activity rather than an integral part of transport networks.92 The second is that people walk or cycle only because they are poor. People walking and cycling are often perceived as having a lower value of time compared with car users, resulting in a general lack of respect, and sense of irrelevance to the ‘aspired for’ transport system of the future. Full report is available at: https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40071en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40076
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number6 p.
dc.relationWalking and Cycling in Africa: Evidence and Good Practice to Inspire Action
dc.relation.ispartofWalking and Cycling in Africa: Evidence and Good Practice to Inspire Action
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectsustainable transport
dc.subjectcycling
dc.subjectwalking
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subject.themeclimate
dc.titleChapter 5. Promote and Celebrate Walking and Cyclingen
dc.typeCommunication or other resource

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