cisely the way they are viewed in The Netherlands and Germany, and it is the main reason there is widespread public support for adopting policies that improve safety while providing increased mobility options.

John Pucher is a professor in the Department of Urban Planning at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey). Since earning a Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978, Pucher has conducted research on a wide range of topics in transport economics and finance, including numerous projects he has directed for the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Canadian government, and various European ministries of transport. In 1996 Macmillan Press (UK) published The Urban Transport Crisis in Europe and North America, which summarizes Pucher's comparative research on transport systems, travel behavior, and public policies. Currently, his research focuses on walking and bicycling, and in particular, how American cities could learn from European policies to improve the safety, convenience, and feasibility of these non-motorized modes in the United States.

Lewis Dijkstra is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Urban Planning at Rutgers University. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Ghent, Belgium, and M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning from the London School of Economics. He has worked at the Rutgers Transportation Policy Institute examining the link between land-use and transportation. Currently he is in The Netherlands doing field research for his dissertation, which compares land-use patterns, transportation systems, and travel behavior in New Jersey and The Netherlands.