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Mohammad Nazarpoor is a PHD candidate in Urban Planning at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, and an activist promoting cycling, most recently appointed as Bicycle Mayor of the Iranian Capital. In this essay he emphasizes

8 min read. Lucas Snaije, & Daniela Abril Gutierrez, are the co-authors of the report “School Streets to Shape Child Friendly Cities“, highlighted in this editorial. The sound of children playing is universal. Whether in

Amanda Padilla, Project Manager of the Cycling Games in Ecuador, highlights how the initiative started, overcame the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the potential for cycling in Ecuador’s youngest generations.  As part of

Silke is an enthusiastic student with interests in health and sustainability. One of her missions is to do as much as she can to help society and try to make it a better place. Growing

Maaike is born and raised in Amersfoort in the Netherlands. In her free time Maiike enjoys being outside, playing field hockey, travelling and having fun with my friends. I’m really interested in the change of

Born and raised in the warm northern Mexico, Daniela is a woman of restless mind and passionate about urban landscapes and sustainable urban life. She has a BA in Architecture, and a Master’s in Urban

The BYCS team highlights its favourite initiatives of last year, as we ready our annual report, and kickstart several exciting international projects in 2022.  Maud de Vries, Co-Founder & CEO: COP26 & Bicycle Heroes “One

Alex Baum, BYCS’ Global Networks Manager, recounts his experience of the return of in-person events for Velo-city 2021, in Lisbon.  Attendees at this year’s Velo-city conference felt something that many have not felt in months

3 min read. Lucas Snaije is the Content & Communications Manager for BYCS and the Editor of BYCS Perspectives.  According to the World Bank and the WHO, over 1 billion people globally are living with

9 min. read Dr. Kay Inckle is the Campaigns and Policy Manager at Wheels for Wellbeing. Previously, Kay worked in the social/voluntary sector with psychiatric service-users. She holds a PhD and a post-doc exploring self-harm

8 min. read Dr. Elizabeth Guffey is Professor of Art and Design History and head of the MA Program in Art History at the State University of New York, Purchase College. Elizabeth is the author

8 min. read Jillian Banfield is the Bicycle Mayor of Halifax, Canada. She holds a PhD in Social Psychology, and has been a board member of the Halifax Cycling Coalition, as well as a member

11 min. read Quemuel Arroyo is the first Chief Accessibility Officer at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York State. Prior to joining the MTA, Arroyo served as Interim President and Global Head of

July 23rd, 2021 Jillian Banfield, Bicycle Mayor of Halifax, Canada, spoke with Melissa and Chris Bruntlett about their new book, Curbing Traffic. She explores the topics of ambiguity in infrastructure, disability, & accessibility in relation

3 min read. Lucas Snaije is the Content & Communications Manager for BYCS and the Editor of BYCS Perspectives.  One only has to see footage of cycling protests in Santiago or New York City to

6 min. read Professor Xavier Bigard is the Medical Director for the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Bigard is an internationally renowned professor of sports medicine. He has written several books and contributed to eminent scientific

3 min. read Lucas Snaije is the Content & Communications Manager for BYCS and the editor of BYCS Perspectives. In March, many countries reached the symbolic one year mark since first lockdowns began. The progressive build-up

9 min. read Ione Avila-Palencia is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Drexel University Urban Health Collaborative, working with the SALURBAL project. She previously worked at ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health on the EU

9 min. read Isabella Burczak is the Advocacy & Development Manager for the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for cycling. She is responsible for the UCI’s initiatives and partnerships with regard to

9 min. read Former rugby player and devoted cyclist, Francesco Iacorossi has been working as a project manager at Roma Servizi per la Mobilita since 2009 within EU funded projects mainly in the field of

9 min. read Katelijne Boerma is the second Bicycle Mayor of Amsterdam since 2017, focusing on bicycle fun and safety for kids, stimulating cycling in different communities, and creating ‘bike decency’ among Amsterdam cyclists. She

March 8th, 2021 To mark International Women’s Day 2021, we asked women Bicycle Mayors from 12 cities around the world what the UN’s theme “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”

Simon has been an avid cyclist for as long as he can remember, going on bicycle tours around Spain and the Netherlands from a young age. In pursuing this passion, he began his career with

4 min. read Alex Baum is the Global Networks Manager at BYCS. His research on traffic noise has been published in the American Planning Association’s 2020 State of Transportation Planning journal.  Screeching wheels, blaring horns,

8 min. read Kate Wagner is an architectural critic and columnist at New Republic. She is the creator McMansionHell, a viral blog that roasts the world’s ugliest houses. In addition to writing about architecture, Kate

6 min. read Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako is a 4th year medical student at the Yale School of Medicine, and a visiting fellow in the Center for Emergency Care and Policy Research at the University

9 min. read Catherine Guastavino is an Associate Professor at McGill University, where she holds a William Dawson Research Chair, and Principal Investigator at the Sounds in the City partnership.  Her research interests include soundscape,