Unraveling the Cycling City
Intermediate
Online
5 Weeks
4,117 INR Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Introduction by Marco te Brömmelstroet
- Week 1 Intro: A Historical Perspective - Is cycling in the Dutch genes?
- How the Dutch got their cycle paths
- Paper discussion with Marco te Brömmelstroet
- Why We Cycle: Egalitarian Society
- Paper discussion with Marco te Brömmelstroet
- Week 1 wrap-up with Pascal Boontje
Readings
- Meet the team
- Keep notes to prepare for your final assignment!
- Content of Unraveling the Cycling City
- Spanish course track
- Support and feedback
- First, a bit of history...
- How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world
- Contested Spaces: Bicycle Lanes in Urban Europe, 1900-19954
- Top down or bottom up?
- The Prime Minister bikes to work
- The rise and decline of national habitus: Dutch cycling culture and the shaping of national similarity
Practice exercises
- Is cycling in the Dutch genes?
- How the Dutch got their cycle paths
- How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world
- Contested Spaces: Bicycle Lanes in Urban Europe, 1900-1995
- Why We Cycle: Egalitarian Society
- The Prime Minister bikes to work
- The rise and decline of national habitus: Dutch cycling culture and the shaping of national similarity
- The Historical Perspective
Videos
- Week 2 Intro with Meredith Glaser
- Why the Dutch ride bikes
- Paper discussion with Luca Bertolini
- Paper discussion with Lucas Harms
- Week 2 wrap-up with Marco te Brömmelstroet
Readings
- Cycling by the numbers
- Comparing Cycling in European Countries
- Urban development without more mobility by car – Lessons from Amsterdam, a multimodal urban region
- Cycling, the long and short of it
- Synergies from Improved Cycling-Transit Integration
- As Easy As Riding A Bike: The Dutch supermarket
- Spatial and social variations in cycling patterns in a mature cycling country exploring differences and trends
Practice exercises
- Why the Dutch ride bikes
- Comparing Cycling in European Countries
- Urban development without more mobility by car – Lessons from Amsterdam, a multimodal urban region
- Synergies from Improved Cycling-Transit Integration
- As Easy As Riding A Bike: The Dutch supermarket
- Spatial and social variations in cycling patterns in a mature cycling country exploring differences and trends
- The urban environment
Videos
- Week 3 Intro by Marco te Brömmelstroet
- World's biggest bicycle study: The Bike Study Week in Amsterdam Region
- Paper Discussion with George Liu
- Presentation by George Liu
- Week 3 wrap-up by Meredith Glaser
Readings
- Behaviour on routes and at intersections
- What happens if you turn off the traffic lights?
- Urban Design: Is there a Distinctive View from the Bicycle?
- Space, speed, and fairness
- Arrogance of Space
- Is there such a thing as a ‘fair’ distribution of road space?
- Street design compared (optional)
- Practitioners' perspective on user experience and design of cycle highways
Practice exercises
- World's biggest bicycle study: The Bike Study Week in Amsterdam Region
- What happens if you turn off the traffic lights?
- Urban Design: Is there a Distinctive View from the Bicycle?
- Is there such a thing as a ‘fair’ distribution of road space?
- Practitioners' perspective on user experience and design of cycle highways
- The street within a network
Videos
- Week 4 Intro by Meredith Glaser
- Cyclists behaving badly - Understanding cyclist disobedience in Amsterdam
- Paper Discussion with George Liu
- Why We Cycle excerpt: Interaction
- Paper Discussion with Marco te Brömmelstroet
- Wrapping up Chapter 4
- Conclusion
Readings
- Thinking critically about cyclist behavior and traffic rules
- Giving way to deviant behaviour
- Scofflaw bicycling: Illegal but rational
- What is Social Capital?
- The Handicap of a Head Start
- Towards a pattern language for cycling environments: merging variables and narratives
Practice exercises
- Cyclists behaving badly - Understanding cyclist disobedience in Amsterdam
- Giving way to deviant behavior
- Scofflaw bicycling: Illegal but rational
- Why We Cycle excerpt: Interaction
- The Handicap of a Head Start
- Towards a pattern language for cycling environments
- The co-evolution of design and behaviour