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Over the last five years the U.S.A. has experienced a rapid growth in the sale and use of bicycles. Current estimates are that there are 15 million bicycles per year sold (more than automobile sales for 1974) and that one American in three uses a bicycle.
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Drury, C.G. (1976). A Systems Approach to Urban Bicycle Safety. In: Stringer, P., Wenzel, H. (eds) Transportation Planning for a Better Environment. Nato Conference Series, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8861-0_29
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