Integrating Bicycling and Public Transport in North America
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Author / Source: John Pucher, Rutgers University and Ralph Buehler, Virginia Tech
Contributor: thinkingtransport
This paper provides an overview of bike-transit integration in large American and Canadian cities.
It includes an analysis of national trends in bike-and-ride programs such as the provision of bike racks on buses, accommodation of bikes on rail vehicles, and bike parking at rail stations and bus stops.
The majority of the study is devoted to case studies of bike-transit integration in six large American cities (San Francisco, Portland, Minneapolis, Chicago, Washington, and New York) and two Canadian cities (Vancouver and Toronto).
Much progress has been made over the past decade in coordinating cycling with public transport, but the demand for bike-and-ride far exceeds the supply of facilities in some cities.
