Our Organisation
BYCS exists to radically increase the number of people cycling – particularly those who have the most to gain and face the biggest barriers. We do this because cycling is transformative – improving health, building equality and creating more prosperous communities.
Through our actionable research, practical programmes with local partners, and global network of city leaders, we create the conditions that allow cycling to thrive.
OUR CORE VALUES
OUR VALUES INFORM HOW WE WORK AS A TEAM ON A DAILY BASIS AND GUIDE OUR MISSION AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATION.
We start with the person.
We design around the real life of a child or caregiver. We design with communities, not for them.
We say it by doing it.
We understand how the bicycle is one of the most powerful solutions to the complex challenges facing cities; social, economic and environmental. We bring creative thinking and take action to bring big ideas to life. We say it by doing it.
We’re global but grounded.
We work across continents, and bring together knowledge from around the world, but we always root our action in local people and what they need.
We leave no-one behind.
Cycling progress is inseparable from social justice. We focus on the people
most often left out – women and children in low-income communities – because the benefits of cycling
should reach everyone.
We’re always better together.
We share what we know. We make space for partners and communities to lead. And we bring together people and organisations that don’t usually work together.
ORGANISATION TRAJECTORY
2016 – Amsterdam’s first Bicycle Mayor is elected
2017 – BYCS begins operating as a social enterprise, delivering programmes across the Netherlands
2019 – The Bicycle Mayor Network expands to more than 100 cities worldwide
2020 – BYCS begins the NGO registration process for its global and India operations
2021 – BYCS runs active projects and programmes across five continents
2022 – BYCS India Foundation opens its first office in Delhi
2023 – BYCS builds on the successful international expansion of its flagship children’s cycling programme, Bicycle Heroes
2024 – The introduction of the BYCS’ Children Cycling Manifesto
2025 – New 2 year strategy launched to radically increase cycling amongst families in cities worldwide
2026 – Launch of BYCS’ new Bike Bus Accelerator project in partnership with Shimano
Our team
BYCS is a small team of passionate cycling change experts. Based in Amsterdam and India, our team work alongside communities, local leaders and city partners around the world: designing programmes, building networks, sharing our research and growing the grassroots movements that make cycling stick.
