Citation

Grieco M, Turner J, Kwakye EA. Transp. Res. Rec. 1994; 1441: 101.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

A preliminary study of attitudes towards cycling in Accra, Ghana, showed that significant differences have been found to exist between cycling practice and attitudes toward cycling in two areas of the city that share low-income characteristics but have a different ethnic social base. Three key propositions were explored: (a) riding is commonplace in Nima, where it appears an everyday part of childhood and an accepted means of transport, but in Jamestown it is seen as dangerous and the behavior of rebellious, deviant school-age males; (b) there is an established network of bicycle hiring traders who facilitate access to bicycles at a higher level than that suggested by ownership figures; and (c) women riders and women hiring traders act as role models for other women of all ages to ride bicycles. Then the policy consequences of these findings in the context of the promotion of nonmotorized means of transport were considered.

Language: en