Use and promotion of bicycles for sustainable urban mobility: the case of Bizkaia

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dc.contributor.authorMonteagudo Sánchez, María Jesús
dc.contributor.authorVillatoro, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorSan Salvador del Valle, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorAranbarri Kortabarria, Nerea
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-07T10:52:32Z
dc.date.available2025-03-07T10:52:32Z
dc.date.issued2025-02
dc.date.updated2025-03-07T10:52:32Z
dc.description.abstractIn today’s global scenario, any aspiration for sustainable development centers around cities. Decades of a hegemonic motor vehicle culture have led to unprecedented levels of noise and environmental pollution, urban congestion, sedentary lifestyles, and increased vulnerability to the effects of climate change. Mobility, thus, becomes a cornerstone in transitioning toward more sustainable urban models, where active mobility is unquestionable. More and more cities are focusing on promoting urban cycling, not only as a leisure practice, but also as an alternative mode of transport. This article delves into the progress and current situation of cycling in Bizkaia, a city in the Basque Country in northern Spain. Based on the insights from and knowledge of seventeen experts, it explores the main challenges and strategic actions necessary to promote its expansion as a sustainable urban transport mode. The study employs a qualitative methodology, with results affirming the importance of some of the “key factors” identified in the literature as essential for any transition toward sustainable urban mobility through cycling. Among these key factors, sports leisure is highlighted due to its central role as a facilitator in the acquisition and consolidation of these new mobility habits. The study concludes by advancing five fundamental premises, the main contribution of this work, that encapsulate essential knowledge, without which any strategy to promote cycling as an alternative mode of sustainable urban mobility may falter.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and other agents involved in the promotion of the bicycle as a means of Sustainable Urban Mobility in the Historical Territory of Bizkaiaen
dc.identifier.citationMonteagudo, M. J., Villatoro, F., San Salvador del Valle, R., & Aranbarri, N. (2025). Use and Promotion of Bicycles for Sustainable Urban Mobility: The Case of Bizkaia. Sustainability (Switzerland), 17(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/SU17031147
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/SU17031147
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2485
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
dc.rights© 2025 by the authors
dc.subject.otherBicycle
dc.subject.otherCities
dc.subject.otherLeisure
dc.subject.otherSustainable urban mobility
dc.subject.otherUses and promotion
dc.titleUse and promotion of bicycles for sustainable urban mobility: the case of Bizkaiaen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue3
oaire.citation.titleSustainability (Switzerland)
oaire.citation.volume17
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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