The report was printed by courtesy of Honda Motors Europe Ltd. It was based on round tables of ISERT (International Scientific Initiatives in Road Traffic) sponsored by IATSS. Proceedings of the round tables were published as special issues of the journal IATSS Research (1990, 14, (1) and 1992, 15, (2); also 1992, 16, (2)) obtainable from IATSS, 6–20 2–chome, Yaesu, Chuoku, Tokyo 104, Japan, fax +81 3 3272 7054.
The suggestion was verbal. Mr Burwell founded and directs the astonishingly successful Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, 1400 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA, fax +1 202 797 5411. Publications include ‘Trails for the 21st century’, ‘500 great rail-trails’, and ‘RTC conference proceedings’.
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‘Large numbers of those killed and injured by motor vehicles are pedestrians or pedal cyclists. Walking and cycling are also made uncomfortable and inconvenient by motor traffic.’ (See report discussed in Note 1, p. 4.) Professor Philippe Bernard, retired Chairman of the Social Sciences Division of the École Polytechnique, Paris, now heads Cyclo Trans-Europe, an association actively promoting a protected bikeway from Paris to Moscow.
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See the Smithsonian Institute's periodical Air and Space, 1996, January, 22.
