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Tokyo's quake-inspired bicycle boom

2/28/2012 Byron Kidd 1 Comments

Tokyo commuters turn to bicycles after last year's earthquake transport chaos, with up to five times more cyclists on the streets.






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Byron Kidd

Byron Kidd is an experienced urban cyclist and internationally recognised authority on utilitarian cycling in Tokyo and around Japan. Working closely with local government and NPO's to improve cycling infrastructure and fighting for the rights of Japan's cyclists, Byron also operates internationally via an extended network of renowned urban mobility experts to promote Japanese cycling culture, and demonstrate how everyday cycling can work in mega-cities around the world. Tokyo, it's better by bike!

1 comment:

  1. English language news on traffic is auto-centric to the point of useless, add to that the fact that most journalists and much of the public has no grasp of statistics. The statistics on the increased rate of accidents entirely mirror the increased number of cyclists in Japan, and to compare the cyclists accident rate in Japan to N.America and Europe without mentioning that there are multiples of the riders...

    %^%$#!!

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