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More bikes, less cars – the present for Italy

By Transportation
Created 10/26/2012 - 3:40pm
Submitted by Transportation on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 3:40pm
Type of Article: 
News (legacy)
Main webpage: 
Transportation Library [1]
Brief Description: 
bicycles, economy


According to local media reports and reported by the BBC.com [2] website, it appears that for the first time in decades, Italians bought more bicycles than cars in 2011. An interesting example of how a nation deals with the economic downturn.

Source URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/news-legacy/2012/october/more-bikes-less-cars-%E2%80%93-the-present-italy

Links:
[1] http://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/evanston-campus/transportation-library
[2] http://BBC.com
[3] http://www.library.northwestern.edu/related-pages/bicycles
[4] http://www.library.northwestern.edu/related-pages/economy