Cycle Friendly Communities

Cycle-Friendly Housing

    Recommendations for Home Builders

    Vauban, a suburb of Freiburg, Germany was developed to discourage use of automobiles
    Car-Free: a new community with a living street where cars must yield to others (Photo: mattwyn on flickr)

    This section is under development.

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    Shared Space

    Two cyclists in shared space in Makkinga, The Netherlands
    Shared Space: drivers, cyclists and pedestrians equally share this residential space (Photo: Tom Bertinus)

    This section is under development.

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    Living Streets

    a living street in the Rhineland, NRW, Germany
    Home Zone: drivers must yield to cyclists and pedestrians in this residential area (Photo: Payton Chung on flickr)

    This section is under development.

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    Bike Parking

    an underground residential parking spot converted to secure garage for bike parking, Munich, Germany
    Going Underground: a residential parking spot converted to secure bike parking (Photo by the author)

    Property developers should permit car-free condominium and townhome owners to convert a purchased underground car parking space to a secure bicycle parking facility with a lockable cage/garage door.

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    Keywords

    sustainable development, urban design, built environment, car-free, bicycle friendly, cycle-friendly, homes, housing, new community, communities, suburbs, woonerf, home zone,

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