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,
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Shifting Virtual Gears: The Cycles Games Project in Ecuador
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
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BYCS Annual Report 2021
Maud de Vries, Co-Founder and CEO of BYCS, introduces our 2021 Annual Report. A core tenet of our organisation has always been to position the bicycle as the real zero-emissions vehicle that the world needs
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Reflections on Cycling in 2021: Our Team’s Standout Initiatives
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
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Pedestrianised Streets & Urban Wellbeing: the Case of Church Street, Bengaluru
Lucas Snaije, Research & Advocacy Manager, BYCS, & Sathya Sankaran, Co-Founder, Urban Morph & Bicycle Mayor of Bengaluru, examine the effects on urban wellbeing of a pedestrianisation pilot, using research from the Indian Institute of
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COP26: As EV Headlights Blind Policy Makers, Real Sustainable Urban Transport Solutions are Clearer than Ever.
James Crossley (Creative and Communications Manager), and Julien Vincelot (Learning and Partnerships Manager), reflect on the opportunities taken and missed for active mobility at the UN Conference for Climate Change in Glasgow. For a conference
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COP26: Centring Cycling in the Climate Discussion
Lucas Snaije, BYCS’ Research and Advocacy Manager, explores cycling’s critical role in the climate crisis. Over 100 world leaders will gather in Glasgow for the COP26 between October 31st and November 12th, alongside around 20,000
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Velo-city 2021: A Growing Diversity of Perspectives
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
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The Inherent Resistance of Cycling
James Crossley, BYCS’ Creative Strategist, explores the changing dynamic of cycling as activism in a world that provides both too much and too little alternative to active mobility. You don’t need to be at a
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Curbing Traffic – Through the Eyes of Halifax’s Bicycle Mayor
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
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
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”
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BYCS India Foundation: Our First Decentralisation Initiative
Amsterdam, December 16th, 2020 We’re taking steps towards establishing regional hubs for our Bicycle Mayor Network, and are proud to officially present the BYCS India Foundation. Here is why decentralisation is a core principle in
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Soft Factors to Encourage an Inclusive Culture of the Bicycle
Amsterdam, September 22nd, 2020 To mark World Car Free Day 2020, Lucas Snaije discusses the need to change our culture of urban transportation from one rooted in regimes of automobility to one where active mobility
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From Pop-Up to Permanent – Hopes and Dreams for Latin American Cycling Infrastructure
Amsterdam, August 3rd, 2020 Cities across Latin America have recently implemented extensive networks of pop-up bike lanes. In this piece, Felipe Caicedo Otero engages with Bicycle Mayors from Lima, Quito, Tulancingo and San José on
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GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION TO CHAMPION ACTIVE MOBILITY POST COVID-19
Amsterdam, June 3rd 2020 Today, on the UN’s World Bicycle Day 2020, BYCS and its network of Bicycle Mayors & Leaders are launching a Global Call to Action to Champion Active Mobility post COVID-19. There
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Cycling Towards Resilient Cities: What Urban Mobility in Times of Crisis can Teach Us
As Covid-19 forces cities across the globe to grind to a halt, bicycle usage has surged. In this piece, Lucas Snaije questions if urban crisis may reveal alternative systems of mobility to create a more
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European advocates pedal pro-cycling ideas in Bicycle Mayor Summit
This article was written by Senay Boztas from DutchNews.nl: please read more here. The first ever European ‘Bicycle Mayor Summit’ has united 18 leading cycling advocates to share ideas and experiences in the Netherlands this
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Amsterdam opent stedelijke fietsarchitectuur tentoonstelling tijdens Europese Summit
De tweede internationale ‘Bicycle Architecture Biennale’ (BAB), een tentoonstelling van opvallende en vooruitstrevende fiets architectuur, een initiatief dat over de hele wereld reist van Amsterdamse social enterprise BYCS – komt weer naar de Amsterdam en
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When Lebogang met Natheer: How Bicycle Mayors are trading insights for impact
Bicycle Mayors are active in almost 90 cities around the world. They are leading dynamic changes, using cycling to tackle everything from air pollution to mental health and community strength. But the real power of
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Amsterdamse Fietsburgemeester Katelijne Boerma is op zoek naar nieuwe collega’s
Gezocht: Fietsburgemeesters in 6 Nederlandse steden. Meld je nu aan! Amsterdam, December 2019 Katelijne Boerma, Fietsburgemeester van Amsterdam sinds 2017, is op zoek naar meer Fietsburgemeesters én Junior Fietsburgemeesters in Nederland. Met de reden om
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Bike & City #25: Building towards a cycling capital
October | 29th | 20:00 | Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam is the world’s cycling capital. With the amount of cyclists still growing exponentially every year. What’s the city’s infrastructure like to cater these demand? Time
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SOME BIKE IT HOT – NEW GLOBAL EVENT SERIES
BYCS announces a global event series that promotes, stimulates and scales solutions that increase the comfort, joy and safety of cyclists in hot climates. To celebrate World Car-Free Day, BYCS is announcing the launch of
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Why Your City Needs a Junior Bicycle Mayor
We are in the midst of a global health crises, and the youngest members of society are being hit the hardest. Cities that want to be fit for the future understand that means also being
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The 5 Transformative Impacts of Urban Cycling
Many cities around the world are working to increase the number of cyclists. Ask them why and you will get a mixed bag of responses – we are overcrowded with cars, our air quality is
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New Waves for cycling in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West!
Cities around the globe face challenges for cycling progress both big and small. Although Amsterdam’s well on its way to being a cyclists paradise, the city still has pockets that lag behind. BYCS has been
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Five ways to accelerate cycling progress in any city
This week, BYCS is launching or showcasing five impactful programs that can help any city, anywhere to become more cycling-friendly. These programs are in the spotlight at Velo-city, the world’s biggest cycling conference. Here’s what
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BYCS Impact Index tool unveiled to help advance city cycling
BYCS launches tool to help cities plan sustainable transformation through cycling at Velo-city. Tool developed with the City of Amsterdam and now available to all cities Dublin, 27 June 2019 Any city, anywhere can now
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50th Bicycle Mayor appointed to fast-growing global network
Bicycle Mayors are independent city leaders who bring together all corners of society around new ideas that can accelerate cycling progress. Their work is helping to uncover the massive economic, social, health, and environmental benefits of increased cycling capacity. And, the network has just reached a landmark in its growth with the appointment of the world’s 50th Bicycle Mayor.
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Bicycle Architecture Biennale: World Economic Forum’s top 5 projects
These are the 5 most exciting cycling projects in the Bicycle Architecture Biennale – and the world – according to World Economic Forum. **This is an article from World Economic Forum on the Bicycle Architecture
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BYCS at Velo-City
Cycling is more than transportation, it is transformation. Amsterdam-based social enterprise BYCS pursues this change in a number of BYCS Labs around the world to innovate, test and scale cycling innovations. In a special pop-up
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