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Research Hubs

Our research forms part of a growing movement worldwide to document and evaluate experiences in improving cycling as a transport mode using diverse approaches and techniques, from the social sciences, engineering and other fields. For more information, you can also visit these other research hubs.

Centre/Hub

Understanding Walking and Cycling Project 

Cycling Academic Network

Fietsberaad/The Dutch Cycling Embassy

Complete Streets for Canada



Toronto Centre for Active Transportation


UBC Cycling in Cities



Transport Research at McGill (TRAM) Bicycling Research Culture


Pucher, Buehler et al.




Active Communities / Transportation (ACT) Research Group


Transportation Research Board of the National Academies

Initiative for bicycle & pedestrian innovation




Sustainable Transportation Center



Australian Cycling Resource Centre



SORT Social Research on Transport Clearing House



Location

Lancaster-Leeds-Oxford-London


ITS, University of Twente, Enschede

Rotterdam/Utrecht


Toronto, ON


Toronto, ON



UBC, Vancouver



McGill University, Montreal



Rutgers, New Jersey 




University of Denver, Colorado



Washington, D.C.



Portland State University, Oregon




University of California Davis, CA



Australia



Monash University, Victoria Australia




Focus

Cycling and society


Design, modelling and mapping

Dutch cycling expertise in English and other languages

Policy and design hub for safe and inviting streets 

Active transportation research and education 



Barriers to cycling for urban transportation, and safer infrastructure





Diverse, mainly policy, health, design and infrastructure.




Cost/benefits, design for health, NMT pilot program


Diverse, mainly design, engineering focus



Policies, programs, and projects focused on promoting bicycle and pedestrian transportation.


Environmental sustainability, economic competitiveness


An initiative of the Australian National Cycling Strategy


Repository of research reports, research abstracts and links



© Toronto Cycling Think & Do Tank, School of the Environment, University of Toronto 2016. The material on this site (reports, maps, charts and diagrams), created by the Toronto Cycling Think & Do Tank is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Our research contributions are made possible through the generous support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, The Metcalf Foundation, support from our partners and prior funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Currently this research is contributing to projects and cycling programs in the Cities of Toronto, Scarborough and Ottawa, and the Regional Municipality of Peel. 
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