Encouraging cycling to make cities more liveable, healthy and sustainable has been very effective in the
Netherlands, Germany and Denmark (Pucher & Buehler, 2008). In these countries cycling is not limited to recreation
or utilitarian purposes, but used for a wide range of daily activities (Pucher & Buehler, 2008). It is the opinion
of the authors based on recent reports and articles in newspaper that this intensive use also has a backside:
bike parking facilities are lacking or have too limited capacity, for example around (Dutch) train stations,1 shopping
malls and sports centres and the consequences of lacking bike parkingmanagement are underestimated, for
example in the city centres of Delft,2 The Hague,3 Utrecht4 and Copenhagen5.Many scholars have written on the
aspects of improving bike ability, on biking policies, on mode choice, on route choice and on the perception and
attitude of bikers. Bike parking is one of the core aspects for all of these subjects. Nevertheless, bike parking and
the issues around stations, shopping malls and in city centres are hardly mentioned. This paper describes the issues
raised in the Netherlands and Denmark recently.
Encouraging cycling to make cities more liveable, healthy and sustainable has been very effective in theNetherlands, Germany and Denmark (Pucher & Buehler, 2008). In these countries cycling is not limited to recreationor utilitarian purposes, but used for a wide range of daily activities (Pucher & Buehler, 2008). It is the opinionof the authors based on recent reports and articles in newspaper that this intensive use also has a backside:bike parking facilities are lacking or have too limited capacity, for example around (Dutch) train stations,1 shoppingmalls and sports centres and the consequences of lacking bike parkingmanagement are underestimated, forexample in the city centres of Delft,2 The Hague,3 Utrecht4 and Copenhagen5.Many scholars have written on theaspects of improving bike ability, on biking policies, on mode choice, on route choice and on the perception andattitude of bikers. Bike parking is one of the core aspects for all of these subjects. Nevertheless, bike parking andthe issues around stations, shopping malls and in city centres are hardly mentioned. This paper describes the issuesraised in the Netherlands and Denmark recently.
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