architecture & urban design in the age of the bicycle Fleming, Steven. creator text bibliography ne 2012 monographic eng

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176 p. ill. (chiefly col.) 24 cm. "From New York to Singapore, from Copenhagen to Sydney, from Chicago to Amsterdam, and from São Paolo to Budapest, there is a groundswell of cyclists taking to the streets of major cities. Whether death-defying bike messengers, hipsters with a taste for cycle chic, or commuters simply cycling to work, cycling is viewed as more than just an alternative. It's practical. It's cool. It's green. With portraits of major cities and their cycling cultures, this title is the first book to view the city through the lens of the bicycle, and offer a new ways of designing better cities. Cycle space is where architecture and urban design can begin to optimise conditions for cycling, and take inspiration from the aesthetics and ethics of cycling as well. It is where cities can begin reducing emissions, commute times, ill-health and sprawl."--Provided by publisher. Practical. Amsterdam ; Why stroll when you can roll? -- Political. New York ; From cars to bikes -- Design. Copenhagen ; Aesthetics, modernism and meaning -- Prestigious. Sydney ; Staking out cycle space for a bicycling empire -- Free. Singapore ; Aesthetic directions for cycle-space architecture -- Cool. Portland ; If architects designed bicycle transit -- Green. Chicago ; Brownfields to bikefields -- Theatrical. Paris ; Some nice looking detours. Steven Fleming. includes index Urban transportation City planning Bicycle lanes Cycling HE336.C92 F54 2012 9789462080041 9462080046 2013367094 pucpr 130515 20200304114255.0 eng