Hot Or Not? the Role of Cycling in ASEAN Megacities: Case Studies of Bangkok and Manila
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION 2017, VOL. 0, NO. 0, 1–16 https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2017.1384522 Hot or not? The role of cycling in ASEAN megacities: Case studies of Bangkok and Manila Stefan Bakker a, Marie Danielle Guillenb,c, Papondhanai Nanthachatchavankulb, Mark Zuidgeest d, CarlosFelipe Pardoe, and Martin van Maarseveen a aFaculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; bDeutsche Gesellschaft fur€ Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Eschborn, Germany; cAteneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines; dCentre for Transport Studies, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa; eDespacio.org, Bogota, Colombia ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recognizes the role of nonmotorized transport for Received 24 August 2016 sustainable urban development in its policy framework. National and local policymakers in Thailand and Revised 21 September 2017 The Philippines, two tropical countries without a tradition of urban cycling, are increasingly paying Accepted 21 September 2017 attention to cycling as well. This article aims to assess the current situation and progress in cycling, using KEYWORDS Bangkok and Metropolitan Manila as case study cities, and to describe the necessary conditions for ASEAN megacities; Bangkok; advancing the significance of cycling in tropical megacities. This is done by operationalizing the so-called Manila; cycling; technological Technological Innovation Systems (TIS) framework, which has been used in transition studies since 2008, innovation systems; however, never for cycling. As such this article also “tests” this framework for its application in sustainable transitions transportation. The two case studies are characterized with regards to the current role of cycling in the mobility system, its infrastructure, governance system, and existing research on the potential and barriers.
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