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Sep

Unlocking Future Bicycle Networks with the World’s First Crowdsourced Bicycle Map

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Bikes, Data and Infrastructure, Digital, Europe, Transport

Tags: cc

by Rachel Smith

The Dynamic Connections Map is a world-first experiment which allows bicycle riders of all abilities to rate streets on how cycle friendly they are and, as a result of data processing, unlock a potential future cycle network. Read more

Aug

São Paulo Bicycle Library Brings Books to the City’s Homeless

Categories: Bikes, Latin America, Transport

Tags: education, libraries, São Paulo

Comments: 1

by Global Voices

If good ideas transcend boundaries, this one does it by bike. Bicicloteca is a bicycle library which aims to encourage reading in São Paulo, especially among people who live on the streets. Read more

Jul

An Interview with Rudy Gonzalez – Bike Courier in a ‘Bike-Depressed’ City

Categories: Bikes, Transport, USA and Canada

Tags: bike couriers, cc, interview, Kansas City

Comments: 1

by Kyle Rogler

Cowtown Couriers is a bike courier service delivering through Kansas City - a notoriously car-dominated metropolis. This Big City recently got the opportunity to talk to founder Rudy Gonzalez about his ambition to change local perceptions of bicycle delivery and improve the city in the process. Read more

Jun

Kansas City Residents Build their Bike Share Scheme

Categories: Bikes, Transport, USA and Canada

Tags: cc, cycle hire, Kansas City

Comments: 5

by Kyle Rogler

Kansas City has the lowest bike ridership in the United States, something a new urban cycle hire scheme is attempting to change. Run by a regional advocacy group, a recent 'bike build' saw volunteers get together to construct and install the city's soon-to-launch cycle hire. Read more

Apr

Ten Ideas from #citytalk for Boosting Cycling in Cities

Categories: Bikes, Europe, Transport, USA and Canada

Tags: cc, citytalk

Comments: No

by Future Cape Town

Last week's #citytalk tweetchat covered the best strategies to promote bicycle use, bicycle funding, shifting mindsets about cycling, road safety for cyclists and motorists and the future of the bicycle. The discussion did not disappoint, with some great ideas shared. Here's ten of our favourites. Read more

Apr

The Carnival of Critical Mass: Urban Cycling Advocacy or Adversary?

Categories: Bikes, Transport, UK, USA and Canada

Tags: cc, critical mass, London, San Francisco

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by Nicholas Sanderson

The past two decades have witnessed the growth of an odd phenomenon. Every month a hoard of cyclists set off on an unplanned, leaderless, carnivalesque bike ride without a destination. But this lack of a predetermined purpose is where the meaning and 'use' of Critical Mass lies. Read more

Apr

A Cycling City is a Sustainable City. So What’s Stopping us?

Categories: Bikes, Europe, Latin America, Transport, UK

Tags: cc, citytalk

Comments: 5

by Joe Peach

Something is stopping the bicycle from becoming a mainstream mode of transport in many cities, and we want to know why. So This Big City and Future Cape Town are devoting this wednesday's #citytalk tweetchat to the topic of cycling and cities. Read more

Feb

Three Ideas for Making London a More Cycle-Friendly City

Categories: Bikes, Transport, UK

Tags: cc, cycle hire, cycle superhighways, London

Comments: 3

by Joe Peach

It can be hard being a cyclist in London. If it isn't bad enough having to deal with inconsistent cycling infrastructure, we have to do it knowing that our neighbours on the continent have got it so much better than us. But the London Cycling Campaign have three ideas to improve the city. Read more

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