Bicycles
Practical Action
References and further reading
• Bicycle Trailers Practical Action Technical Brief
• Bicycle Ambulances Practical Action Technical Brief
• The Design of Bicycle Trailers Ayre,Michael, Practical Action Publishing 1986
• Rural Transport in Developing Countries Ian Barwell with G. A. Edmonds et al,
Practical Action Publishing 1985
• Low-cost Vehicles: Options for moving people and goods Gordon Hathway, Practical
Action Publishing 1985
• Low-cost Load-carrying Devices: The Design & Manufacture of Some Basic Means of
Transport Ron Dennis and Alan Smith Practical Action Publishing 1995
• Puncture Prevention Techniques for Low Cost Vehicles Michael Ayre & Alan Smith,
Practical Action Publishing 1987
• The Impact of Road Condition on Operating Costs of Bicycles, IT Transport, 2004,
DFID.
• Forum News, IFRTD
A quarterly newsletter looking at the issues of transport with animal power, bridges,
bicycles, gender and transport, financing, engineering, sustainable rural livelihoods,
and community planning. Forum News is produced four times a year in English,
French and Spanish.
Useful contacts and addresses
International Forum for Rural Transport and Development - IFRTD
CAN Mezzanine
49-51 East Road
London
N1 6AH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 8323
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7250 8322
Email: ifrtd@gn.apc.org
Websites:
www.ifrtd.org
www.mobilityandhealth.org
www.ruralwaterways.org
The International Forum for Rural Transport and Development is a global network of
individuals and representatives from government, academia, multilateral and bilateral donor
agencies, consultancies and technical institutions, national and international NGOs and
groups of community organisations in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America.
I. T. Transport Ltd.
The Old Power Station
Ardington, Nr Wantage
Oxon
OX12 8QJ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1235 833753 /821366
Fax: +44 1235 833753/821366
E-mail: itt@ittransport.co.uk
Website: http://www.ittransport.co.uk/
Consultants in transport for rural development
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