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Title
'The missing lights of Nairobi': Cyclists' Perceptions of safety by cycling after-dark in Nairobi, Kenya |
Full text
https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A82499; https://tud.qucosa.de/api/qucosa%3A82499/attachment/ATT-0/ |
Date
2022 |
Author(s)
Tumakova, Yana; Cap, Constant; Legese, Azeb T.; Klosterkamp, Marie; Francke, Angela |
Abstract
Promotion of cycling is important to reach the goals for climate mitigation of the Paris Agreement and Goals ofthe Agenda 2030. Sustainable transport, both rural and urban, could contribute to at least seven of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (ITDP 2015). There is relatively little research on cycling in Africa, and there is also much less research on cycling at night. Some studies show the importance of road lighting for minimising the reduction in the numbers of cyclists after-dark and suggest 'only a minimal amount of lighting can promote cycling after-dark, making it an attractive mode of transport year-round' (Uttley at el. 2020). So far, these studies have little relation to the situation in developing countries, which is why a first study in Nairobi, Kenya, is carried out here as an example. ... [From: Introduction] |
Subject(s)
Cycling, road safety, NMT infrastructure, sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, ICSC; Radfahren, Verkehrssicherheit, NMT-Infrastruktur, Afrika südlich der Sahara, Kenia, ICSC |
Language
eng |
Publisher
Technische Universität Dresden |
Relation
urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-813602; qucosa:81360 |
Type of publication
doc-type:conferenceObject; info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject; doc-type:Text |
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Identifier
urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-824992 |
Repository
Dresden - Hochschulschriftenserver
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