Designing and policy implementation for encouraging cycling and walking trips

• Grant number: 15/50129-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2015
• End date: December 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Transportation Engineering - Transportation Planning
• Agreement: ESRC, UKRI ; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Nelson Rodrigues da Silva
• Grantee: Antonio Nelson Rodrigues da Silva
• Principal researcher abroad: Martin Dijst
• Institution abroad: Utrecht University (UU), Netherlands
• Principal researcher abroad: Tim Schwanen
• Institution abroad: University of Oxford, England
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/04460-7 - Perspectives and challenges to promote cycling infrastructure, BP.PD; 17/15368-4 - Perspectives and challenges to promote cycling infrastructure, BP.TT; 16/02678-2 - Perspectives and challenges to promote cycling infrastructure, BP.TT

Abstract

Walking and cycling are seen as the most sustainable modes of transport and should be placed at the heart of a 'just transition' towards low-carbon, energy efficient urban mobility systems in the global North and South. Such systems will be more resilient (AU)

Scientific publications

(5)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MAHECHA NUNEZ, JAVIER YESID; TEIXEIRA, INAIAN PIGNATTI; RODRIGUES DA SILVA, ANTONIO NELSON; ZEILE, PETER; DEKONINCK, LUC; BOTTELDOOREN, DICK. The Influence of Noise, Vibration, Cycle Paths, and Period of Day on Stress Experienced by Cyclists. SUSTAINABILITY, v. 10, n. 7, JUL 2018. (15/50129-5)

MARTINELLI GUERREIRO, THAIS DE CASSIA; PROVIDELO, JANICE KIRNER; PITOMBO, CIRA SOUZA; RODRIGUES RAMOS, RUI ANTONIO; RODRIGUES DA SILVA, ANTONIO NELSON. Data-mining, GIS and multicriteria analysis in a comprehensive method for bicycle network planning and design. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION, v. 12, n. 3, p. 179-191, 2018. (15/50129-5)

TEIXEIRA, INAIAN PIGNATTI; RODRIGUES DA SILVA, ANTONIO NELSON; SCHWANEN, TIM; MANZATO, GUSTAVO GARCIA; DORRZAPF, LINDA; ZEILE, PETER; DEKONINCK, LUC; BOTTELDOOREN, DICK. Does cycling infrastructure reduce stress biomarkers in commuting cyclists? A comparison of five European cities. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY, v. 88, p. 16-pg., 2020-10-01. (15/50129-5, 17/04460-7, 17/26280-0)

MAHECHA NUNEZ, JAVIER YESID; RODRIGUES DA SILVA, ANTONIO NELSON. Combining environmental quality assessment of bicycle infrastructures with vertical acceleration measurements. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE, v. 137, p. 447-458, JUL 2020. (15/50129-5)

RODRIGUES, MURILO RIBEIRO; RODRIGUES DA SILVA, ANTONIO NELSON; TEIXEIRA, INAIAN PIGNATTI. Assessing the applicability of the cyclists' Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) classification to a medium-sized city in a developing country. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH, v. 24, p. 12-pg., 2022-03-01. (15/50129-5)