15
May
The Green Lane Project has brought together six U.S. cities to build more protected bike trails. Martha Roskowski, Director of the project, put some time aside to talk to This Big City. Read more
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27
Mar
London commuter cycling has found a way to fit in to the automobile society that's developed over the past 70 years. However, as more people take up cycling in the capital, more people are beginning to realise how the transport system needs to change. Read more
22
Mar
Almost overnight in 2008, 10 km of cycle paths appeared freshly painted on the sidewalks in Timisoara. This was pretty confusing: neither pedestrians nor cyclists respected the limits of the paint at first. Since then, the city has created an additional 50 km of routes. Read more
Cities need to redefine their relationship with the car – shaping cars and driver behaviour to suit cities, not cities to suit cars. This doesn’t mean banning cars outright, but rather reminding people that when they drive into the city they and their car enter it as guests. Read more
15
Dec
Nesta, an innovation foundation based in the UK, is currently running the ‘Hands Off My Bike!’ challenge, calling on people from across the country to design breakthrough innovations to make it more difficult to steal bikes. Read more
21
Nov
Best known for their 2-seater car, smart are now branching out into electric bikes. This Big City recently got the chance to test-drive their newest model through the streets of Berlin, and here's our verdict. Read more
A stalled idea of putting a protected bike lane on a stretch of a Manhattan avenue is being reconsidered, offering a test of public sentiment about New York City’s often-contentious bike lane boom. Read more
Want to plot cycle routes based on the factors that matter to you? If you find yourself in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota, check out Cyclopath - an online and mobile geowiki allowing local users to do just that.
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