Isabel Cunha

École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État | ENTPE · Civil Engineering

University campuses are pooling efforts to promote active mobility to reduce their negative impacts on the urban environment, which is significantly influenced by the overreliance on motorized modes of transport. Providing sufficient and safe accessibility conditions for active travel has been highlighted as a crucial strategy for transforming camp...

Despite the general political efforts to normalise bicycle use in cities, empirical evidence indicates that cycling investments tend to prioritise central and wealthy neighbourhoods rather than economically disadvantaged and peripheral areas. Among the potential causes, scholars claim that the lack of awareness about the social impacts of cycling a...

Women are among the groups most affected by the pandemic as they are more likely to be dependent on public transport (PT), which was heavily restricted during COVID-19. Thus, there is a need to consider transport alternatives such as bike sharing that can ensure their mobility needs. By conducting a survey to the bike sharing system (BSS) of Lisbon...

Cities worldwide are developing and implementing strategies to promote the bicycle as a viable and competitive mobility option, to foster the development of resilient, livable, accessible, inclusive, and low-carbon societies. Nevertheless, empirical evidence has shown that equity issues have been far less addressed during bicycle planning and decis...

Despite the fact that the bicycle is increasingly recognised to play a significant role in the sustainable development of many cities worldwide, it remains a marginalized mode for many transportation and mobility planners (Koglin and Rye, 2014) particularly in the context of starter cycling cities. In fact, although the political discourse is in fa...

The potential of cycling to bring about more sustainable travel behaviour has been largely recognised. Regardless of this potential, many cities worldwide still offer poor conditions for cycling and present residual cycling shares. These so called ‘starter cycling cities’ are those currently facing the hardest challenges in bringing about cycling....