Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@conference {1979, title = {Planning process of a cycling network: case study of Ponte de Lima, Portugal}, journal = {8th International Conference on Energy and Development, Environment and Biomedicine (EDEB {\textquoteright}14)}, year = {2014}, month = {2014-11-01 00:00:00}, pages = {168-174}, publisher = {WSEAS Press}, address = {Lisbon, Portugal }, abstract = {Cycling is one of the appropriate modes of transport to achieve a more sustainable mobility\ especially in urban areas, due to its inherent competitiveness for short trips, socioeconomic and mainly\ environmental advantages in relation to motorized modes of transport. For that reason, transport and political\ local authorities have been planning and building cycling infrastructures to promote this mode of transport. In\ this paper, a planning methodology is presented and a case study is described, which was developed to show\ the application of the planning process in the town of Ponte de Lima, in the North of Portugal, which has cycle\ tracks for leisure purposes and bike renting services with a low use for commuting purposes due to its difficult\ orography.
}, keywords = {Cycling network, Ponte de Lima, Sustainable mobility, Transport planning}, isbn = {978-960-474-391-9}, issn = {2227-4359}, author = {Ribeiro, P. J. G. and Neiva, C. L. and Lemos, P.} }
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt