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.

LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE WORK

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.

 

GLOBAL NETWORKS