BFOC just linked to a thoughtful Scientific American piece about a correlation between gender roles and cycling prevalence.
“If you want to know if an urban environment supports cycling, you can forget about all the detailed ‘bikeability indexes’—just measure the proportion of cyclists who are female,” says Jan Garrard, a senior lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, and author of several studies on biking and gender differences.
This is fascinating, and I wonder if they have the data broken down by age? In any case, it’s a well-rounded case that supports drastic need for cycling infrastructure. As this study says, we should have “improved mobility options for everyone”.
Denton is easy to ride because of its relatively small size, but Denton can also be difficult to ride because automotive transport is exponentially prioritized over people-first transit. That will only change if the citizens demand that people be prioritized over cars, a concept that I think the Denton square is struggling with right now.
fnd via urbanvelo – and in keeping with the chicks on bikes them:
http://bikeshopgirl.com/
“Arleigh recently started Bike Shop Girl to answer some of the many questions women have about cycling from the perspective of an experienced mechanic and rider. ”
get on your bikes, chicas!