If bike sharing is a great opportunity to get around town easily, not everyone can enjoy it – especially people with disabilities. Portland decided to launch a pilot project to create a more accessible bike after the local communities urged them to…
What is a bike-friendly city? For sure, a city that invests in bike infrastructure or develops an efficient bike sharing service, a place where cycling is both safe and easy, like Amsterdam or Copenhagen. If US cities seem far behind these two cycling…
Drivers' first reaction to the adding of bike paths on the road is often to argue that they are going to slow down traffic. But their creation actually caused the opposite in the streets of New York City. A new report from the NYC Department of…
Are Chinese cities converting to a more bike-oriented design? The city of Xiamen gives an impressive demonstration of its involvement for a more bike-friendly city with the opening of China's first aerial bike path. This five miles-long bike lane offers a…
Milan is widely known as one of the most polluted cities in Europe. And this warm and dry winter have not helped: with 30 days of high pollution level last December, local authorities had to react quickly, by temporarily banning cars and offering discount…
By promoting urban cycling, local retailers in city centres often fear the reduction of their business revenue with the loss of traffic from the motorists. But the truth is very different.The European Cyclist Federation (ECF) recently published a survey…
Scientists and NGOs are unanimous : this winter is the warmest ever worldwide. And 2015 was even the warmest year ever recorded by the Nasa and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which showed that 2015 breaks the 2014 record of…
Opened to the public since May 2013, New York's bicycle sharing system confirms its success in 2015. With 7,500 bicycles in the network, Citi Bike was used more than 10 million times last year, which corresponds to an increase of 24% compared to 2014…
Even if you love biking, it's easy to be discouraged by heavy rain. Rotterdam decided to make biking under the rain easier by turning traffic lights green for cyclists.As bike traffic increased by 10% last year, Rotterdam is willing to further stimulate…
Like many town-planners and politicians, you might think that building more roads will solve traffic issues. And you would be wrong.CityLab listed a series of such traffic myths encountered in the media and panel discussions during last year, and provided…
Americans love biking, and even more having separate lanes to ride their bike safely. But building bike lanes was often a big deal a few years ago, as it was removing space for cars, and as the lanes were not protected from car traffic, and thus dangerous…
French people spend more than 5,000 euros a year for their car. But cars stay parked 95% of the time. A lot of money spent for a limited use. Could it be possible to get around differently?Startup carsharing company Koolicar and insurance company MAIF…
How far can you get in 5 minutes on a bike? The Bike Citizens app answers this very relevant question with an original feature.By clicking on a point on a city map, this new mapping app will show you how far you can ride in a time limit of 5 minutes.The…
Dutch bicycle locks manufacturer Axa Stenman and TBWA-Neboko agency came up with a clever campaign in Amsterdam to promote the security level of the company's latest "Victory" locks.The Dutch city is of course famous for its numerous bicycles, but also…
A recent study unveiled by health consultant Peter Lyndon Jacobsen showed that the more bikers and walkers are on the streets, the smaller the risk of accidents. That doesn’t mean there are fewer accidents in figures, but that the proportion of accidents…
The Azerbaijani designer Elnur Babayev conceived a very useful innovation named "cyclee" to prevent the risk of accidents for cyclists. He created a device, attachable behind the bike’s saddle and equipped with captors, able to determine whether the…
According to several studies conducted by the University of Cambridge and the University of California, it would be very economically profitable for cities to encourage walking, cycling and the use of public transports. Indeed, healthy habits would…
Every two years, the Brussels-based pro-cycling lobby European Cyclists’ Federation unveils a barometer measuring bicycle use in Europe. It takes into account 5 cycling-related categories: registration in pro-biking association, cycling tourism, road…
London-based company Future Cities Catapult created a prototype of an intelligent helmet equipped with a GPS and a transparent head-up display to improve biking experience using augmented reality.The head-up display that will eventually be elaborated…
American "National Association of City Transportation Officials" (NACTO) recently published a study entitled "Walkable station spacing is key to successful, equitable bike share".Based on data from five different cities (Minneapolis, Boston, Washington,…