Cycling in the city: Novi Sad on its way to become more bike-friendly city through the social activism

Novi Sad is a city with great potential for becoming a major cycling city. However, there have been certain obstacles standing in the way. Via survey, people who cycle expressed their satisfaction with the number of parking spots, storage space at home, safety in traffic, quality of cycling paths, a...

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Autor principal: Komadina Ivana
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Publicado: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5510a171e5a244189df8b1d658921bf52021-12-05T21:40:05ZCycling in the city: Novi Sad on its way to become more bike-friendly city through the social activism1452-01332334-707410.5937/ZbDght2101024Khttps://doaj.org/article/5510a171e5a244189df8b1d658921bf52021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1452-0133/2021/1452-01332150024K.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1452-0133https://doaj.org/toc/2334-7074Novi Sad is a city with great potential for becoming a major cycling city. However, there have been certain obstacles standing in the way. Via survey, people who cycle expressed their satisfaction with the number of parking spots, storage space at home, safety in traffic, quality of cycling paths, and density of cycling paths. On the other hand, a group that does not cycle was asked for reasons behind it as well as for their opinion on how to involve more cyclists. Furthermore, we tried to illustrate the importance of social activism in promoting cycling as well as its role in implementing new social policies. This paper offers an insight into the origins of the present issues while presenting potential solutions based on already implemented methods from other major cycling capitals. Overall we propose novel approaches to tackling this issue with the hope of using this research for making the future policy more coherently and continuously. Only with a multidisciplinary and integrative approach from different parts of the community, Novi Sad can fulfill its potential to become a safe and efficient area for cyclists.Komadina IvanaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sadarticlenovi sadbicyclecyclingngosocial activismGeography. Anthropology. RecreationGENSRZbornik radova Departmana za geografiju, turizam i hotelijerstvo, Vol 2021, Iss 50-1, Pp 24-32 (2021)
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Cycling in the city: Novi Sad on its way to become more bike-friendly city through the social activism
description Novi Sad is a city with great potential for becoming a major cycling city. However, there have been certain obstacles standing in the way. Via survey, people who cycle expressed their satisfaction with the number of parking spots, storage space at home, safety in traffic, quality of cycling paths, and density of cycling paths. On the other hand, a group that does not cycle was asked for reasons behind it as well as for their opinion on how to involve more cyclists. Furthermore, we tried to illustrate the importance of social activism in promoting cycling as well as its role in implementing new social policies. This paper offers an insight into the origins of the present issues while presenting potential solutions based on already implemented methods from other major cycling capitals. Overall we propose novel approaches to tackling this issue with the hope of using this research for making the future policy more coherently and continuously. Only with a multidisciplinary and integrative approach from different parts of the community, Novi Sad can fulfill its potential to become a safe and efficient area for cyclists.
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title Cycling in the city: Novi Sad on its way to become more bike-friendly city through the social activism
title_short Cycling in the city: Novi Sad on its way to become more bike-friendly city through the social activism
title_full Cycling in the city: Novi Sad on its way to become more bike-friendly city through the social activism
title_fullStr Cycling in the city: Novi Sad on its way to become more bike-friendly city through the social activism
title_full_unstemmed Cycling in the city: Novi Sad on its way to become more bike-friendly city through the social activism
title_sort cycling in the city: novi sad on its way to become more bike-friendly city through the social activism
publisher University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad
publishDate 2021
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