BYCS is an Amsterdam-based global NGO supporting community-led urban change through cycling.
We believe that a 200 year-old invention is a fundamental enabler of human progress and planetary regeneration.
It is one of the simplest solutions to some of the world’s most complex urban challenges.
ACTIVE PROGRAMMES, FROM BICYCLE HEROES TO BICYCLE BIENNALES.
COUNTRIES IMPLICATED IN BYCS ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMES
CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES CONNECTED AND COLLABORATING
LIVE PROJECTS
Bicycle Heroes
Youth Voices for Active Mobility is an engagement programme that expands upon our work with children in the Netherlands to Dublin, Rome & Lisbon, empowering children to be heard in city-making processes.
SOFT FACTORS
Strengthening the Human Infrastructure of Cycling is a research project examining soft strategies for inclusive uptake of cycling. It highlights good practices from cities and advocacy groups, and provides 6 key recommendations for policy.
MOBILITIES OF CARE
Increasing access to cycling mobilities of care is an international project, supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, running a global survey and pilot projects in Bengaluru, Istanbul, and Mexico City.
THE BICYCLE MAYOR NETWORK
BYCS manages and coordinate the Bicycle Mayor Network, a global community of advocates and activists pushing forward their local cycling agendas. As the human face and voice of cycling advocacy in their cities, we amplify their work and facilitate knowledge sharing, working together towards a common vision of the future of mobility that is sustainable, active and inclusive.
Learn more about the impact of the Bicycle Mayor Network, Youth Bicycle Mayors and the supporting Bicycle Citizens Network.
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An End of Year Letter from our CEO
Maud de Vries, Co-Founder and CEO of BYCS, in her end of year letter, reflects on the evolution of BYCS, and the growing movement to promote cycling around the world. – Dear Friends, In January
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Lima Positions Cycling as a Tool for Health, Resilience, and Community Wellbeing
Lucas Snaije, Research & Advocacy Manager at BYCS, writes on the Bicycle Architecture Bienale in Lima, and the supporting initiatives and organisations that have made it a success. This week marks the end of
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United Nations Cycling Award for the Bicycle Mayor Network
Valeria Leyva & Daniela Abril Gutierrez, write on what it means for the Bicycle Mayor Network to be recognised by the UN, and how the Network’s impact is grown. In June this year the Bicycle
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Alle Kinderen op de Fiets
1 op de 3 kinderen gaat nooit op de fiets naar de basisschool. In Amsterdam kan maar liefst een kwart van de kinderen niet fietsen. Onze Nederlandse fietscultuur is beroemd en wordt overal geprezen, maar
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All Things Cycling at Velo-City: 4 days of learning & exchanging in Ljubljana
Lucas Snaije, BYCS Research & Advocacy Manager, looks ahead to the Ljubljana edition of ECF’s Velo-City conference, and shares our top picks of this year’s stellar program of talks. For a relatively small capital city,