Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bike Lane, Active Transport, Inverse Relation
4 Sep 2018
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Road infrastructure only planed for cars not bikes. Car dependant society --> cars make us fat. Inverse relationship between active transport and obesity rate. 50% of population commute to work by bike. Trying to become first carbon neutral capital in the world. Oil crisis and bad road projects influenced denmark to reverse trend (cars outnumbering bikes --> reverse) of bike lanes provides 1 extra year of life for all city residents. Better investment than direct health treatments (dialysis ) People told to commute to work by e bike at least 3 times per week for 40 mins/day for 1 month. Subjects had better cardiovascular health, aerobic capacity and sugar control. Effective form of at and can improve metabolic risk after 4 weeks. New company making bikes for just under . Bike lane is beside cars parked on the side of the road and gets door jacked (someone in the parked car opens the door and cyclist gets hit)
