The document discusses a report by John Pucher and Ralph Buehler from Rutgers University on cycling policies and infrastructure in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany, and lessons for Vancouver. The report outlines the benefits of increased cycling such as improved mobility, traffic safety, health, pollution reduction, congestion reduction, and decreased greenhouse gases. It also notes that over half of trips in Greater Vancouver are shorter than 5 km, showing potential for replacing car trips with bike trips.

1. Cycling for Everyone:
Lessons for Vancouver
from the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany
John Pucher and Ralph Buehler
Rutgers University
(http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/pucher.html)
Pucher and Buehler: Cycling for Everyone

2. Reasons for everyone to support cycling:
•Improved mobility options for everyone
•Improved traffic safety and more livable
neighborhoods
•More daily physical activity and improved health
•Reduced air, water, and ground pollution; less noise;
less disruption of natural ecosystems
•Reduced traffic congestion, parking needs, energy use
•Reduced Greenhouse Gases (remember Kyoto?)
Pucher and Buehler: Cycling for Everyone