Matthew Bruno

PhD candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology and Utrecht University researching issues of cycling governance a part of the Smart Cycling Futures program.

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How can we better understanding the relationship between cycling innovations and sustainability goals? My recently published open access paper compares three innovative roundabout designs to illustrate a general framework for analyzing the role of cycling…https://t.co/Gh7glaj9jq

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How did activists in the 1970s shape present-day Dutch cycling? A newly published open access paper I co-authored with Henk-Jan Dekker and Leticia Lindenberg Lemos examines how historical social movements created long-term changes to the Dutch transportat…https://t.co/x2Qgow9LHj

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A detailed case of a bicycle street in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, shows that even when the intention is to support cyclists, the end result of this compromise can be a street where the dominant position of the car remains preserved.

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When is a bicycle street the best option? My newly published paper looks at the history and application of the bicycle street, a type of infrastructure that gives bicycles priority over cars on shared streets.
https://t.co/IAn1YFlrQP

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The paper discusses how bicycle streets were originally created as a low-cost option to complete bicycle networks. Later, bicycle streets began to also be used as a compromise solution when creating separate bicycle infrastructure would require restricting car access and parking.

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Finding ways to make it easier for people to keep cycling could have just as much impact on mode share as trying to convince people to stop driving. 5/5

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Can cycling rates be increased without convincing people to stop driving? Joint paper with @_Anna_Nikolaeva explains how small actions to improve the experience of people who cycle can support a long term modal shift. 1/5

https://t.co/NUI68Vxy00

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People often start cycling early in life and move from cycling to driving after life events such as a starting a new job or having a child. 4/5