Note:\u00a0 The course is hosted through this wordpress site.\u00a0 For assignments, you should use this site to link to them on Moodle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ******************************************************************************************************** Also this is a course in engaged learning.\u00a0 We will not just be reading books and articles. We will be doing things and trying to in a small way change the bicycling culture of NCSU and Raleigh.\u00a0 Think and Do!<\/p>\n ********************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n Course Description<\/strong>: Prerequisites<\/strong>:\u00a0 None<\/p>\n At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:<\/p>\n –Describe differences in policy and practice between various European countries and cities and the United States and its cities.<\/p>\n –Identify policies and practices that have been conducive to cycling transportation.<\/p>\n –Analyze automobiles and bicycles as parts of systems of transportation.<\/p>\n –Analyze the role that language plays when we talk about automobiles and bicycles.<\/p>\n –Perform a bike audit and analyze the effectiveness of bicycle infrastructure<\/p>\n This course fulfills the Interdisciplinary Perspectives<\/strong> GEP requirement through the following learning outcomes.\u00a0 At the end of this course students will be able to:<\/p>\n –Identify the key and distinct elements of approaches to the bicycle based on STS, urban design, or traffic engineering<\/p>\n –Identify the common data that approaches in traffic engineering, urban design, or STS in analyzing bicycle usage.<\/p>\n –Explain how approaches to the bicycle using traffic engineering, urban design, and STS differ, and synthesize arguments drawing on each.<\/p>\n This course fulfills the Global Knowledge<\/strong> GEP requirements through the following learning outcomes.\u00a0 At the end of the course students will be able to:<\/p>\n –identify factors in the history, geography, politics, and culture of the Netherlands and Denmark that have shaped their approach to urban transportation choices.<\/p>\n –identify factors in the history, geography, politics and culture of the United States which are plausible explanations for differences in urban biking culture.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The cycling exercise and the bike audit associated with this course may expose you to many\u00a0 risks. Some of the risks which may be present or occur include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A bicycle is required for those who opt to do the \u201cexperience of cycling\u201d exercise with a bicycle.\u00a0 If you don’t have\u00a0 a bike, you can rent one through Outdoor Adventures for $5\/day<\/a>, through Cardinal Cycle from $2,<\/a> or through the Bike Library.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Books and Readings:<\/strong><\/p>\n You are not required to purchase any books for this course.\u00a0 Some of the readings for the course are in this book, but all are available electronically.<\/p>\n Ralph Buehler and John Pucher, <\/a>Cycling for Sustainable Cities <\/em>(Cambridge:\u00a0 MIT Press, 2021).\u00a0 \u00a0$30.00 All readings are available online.<\/p>\n Grading Scale<\/strong><\/p>\n Your final grade will be based on the following scale<\/p>\n
\nThis is a new course, which I am really excited to be teaching for the first time this semester.\u00a0 Because bicycling covers such a wide range of topics, many of which I am not an expert it, I value and need your ideas and your active participation.\u00a0 If you have ideas, please feel free to share them with me and\/or the class!<\/p>\n
\nResidents of European cities such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam use bicycles for roughly half of their trips, while the corresponding numbers for American cities are lower by more than an order of magnitude.\u00a0 In China and India, bicycling has dropped significantly in the last 40 years.\u00a0 Why such dramatic differences?\u00a0 This question becomes increasingly urgent as nations and people throughout the world seek to reduce their carbon footprint to fight climate change.\u00a0 Many American cities, including Raleigh, have made significant efforts to increase bicycle usage.\u00a0 Have they succeeded?\u00a0 This course uses the methods of STS to examine the bicycle holistically, looking at its history, its relation to the automobile as well as the policies and practices that have either supported or discouraged bicycling among various communities.\u00a0 Special attention will be given to policies and practices in Raleigh and North Carolina State University.<\/p>\nAbout Your Professor<\/a><\/h3>\n
Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n
Safety & Risk Assumptions<\/h3>\n
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While greenways keep you away from cars, they have their own risks.
\n<\/strong>–Wooden planking can be slippery after the rain
\n–watch out for other bikes and pedestrians.\u00a0 Pass on the left and give an audible signal.
\n–on greenways be careful when you are going through tunnels.\u00a0 Call out “biker coming through” (Sometimes there might be a biker coming in the other direction)
\n–if you go west of Dorthea Dix park, I would advise you to go with another person<\/h4>\nExpenses\/Materials<\/h4>\n
\nLibrary Electronic Copy<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Grading<\/strong>
\nYour Final Grade will be based on the following components (see assignments tab for full details):
\n2% Introduction (due by Aug 28 at class time)\u00a0<\/a>
\n30%\u00a0 Bike Labs<\/a>
\n25%.\u00a0 Bike Audit<\/a>
\n13% Reading Responses<\/a>
\n5%. Guest Reflection Papers<\/a>
\n10% Participation<\/a>
\n15% Final-Due Dec 11 at 8:30am\u00a0<\/a>
\n1% (possible extra credit for pushing survey)<\/a><\/p>\nCourse\/University Policies<\/h3>\n