{"product_id":"building-the-cycling-city-the-dutch-blueprint-for-urban-vitality","title":"Melissa Bruntlett: Building the Cycling City [2018] paperback","description":"In car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of\u003cbr\u003etransportation. City officials are rediscovering it as a multi-pronged (or -spoked) solution to acute, 21st-century problems,\u003cbr\u003eincluding affordability, obesity, congestion, climate change, inequity, and social isolation. As the world's foremost cycling\u003cbr\u003enation, the Netherlands is the only country where the number of bikes exceeds the number of people, primarily because\u003cbr\u003ethe Dutch have built a cycling culture accessible to everyone, regardless of age, ability, or economic means.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris and Melissa Bruntlett share the incredible success of the Netherlands through engaging interviews with local\u003cbr\u003eexperts and stories of their own delightful experiences riding in five Dutch cities. Building the Cycling City examines the\u003cbr\u003etriumphs and challenges of the Dutch while also presenting stories of North American cities already implementing\u003cbr\u003elessons from across the Atlantic. Discover how Dutch cities inspired Atlanta to look at its transit-bike connection in a new\u003cbr\u003eway and showed Seattle how to teach its residents to realize the freedom of biking, along with other encouraging\u003cbr\u003eexamples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTellingly, the Dutch have two words for people who ride bikes: wielrenner (\"wheel runner\") and fietser (\"cyclist\"), the\u003cbr\u003elatter making up the vast majority of people pedaling on their streets, and representing a far more accessible, casual, and\u003cbr\u003einclusive style of urban cycling-walking with wheels. Outside of their borders, a significant cultural shift is needed to\u003cbr\u003eseamlessly integrate the bicycle into everyday life and create a whole world of fietsers. The Dutch blueprint focuses on\u003cbr\u003ehow people in a particular place want to move.","brand":"Bruntlett, Melissa \u0026 Bruntlett, Chris","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49118499832147,"sku":"XV81610918794","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/bruntlett-melissa-bruntlett-chris-building-the-cycling-city-the-dutch-blueprint-for-urban-vitality-xv81610918794-57896159248723.jpg?v=1727645171","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/building-the-cycling-city-the-dutch-blueprint-for-urban-vitality","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}