Perspectives

9 min. read Sneha Visakha is a Research Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, Karnataka, working on Urban Development and Municipal Governance. She is interested in feminist urbanism, local governance and socio-legal research.

3 min. read Lucas Snaije is the Research & Advocacy Manager for BYCS and the editor of BYCS Perspectives. The relation between the bicycle, women and the city is a vast, limitless topic of discussion.

8 min. read Andrea María Navarrete Mogollón is practical-theorist cyclist, cyclefeminist, flâneuse and social researcher. She is the founder of Mujeres Bici-bles. In 2020, Andrea Maria was selected for TUMI’s Remarkable Women in Transport. How

8 min. read Leslie Kern is an associate professor of geography and environment and director of women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University. She is the author of Feminist City: Claiming Space in a

3 min read. Lucas Snaije is the Content & Communications Manager for BYCS and the Editor of BYCS Perspectives.  When cities began to shut down in many parts of the world 9 months ago, a

6 min read. Felix John is a member of the Chennai Cyclists group WCCG. In 2019, he was appointed Bicycle Mayor of Chennai, India.  How did you become involved in Bicycle Advocacy ? I didn’t

6 min read. Natheer Halawani is an accomplished photographer, bicycle advocate and engineer from Tripoli, Lebanon. His work focuses on national major events, social issues and visual story-telling. Since 2019, Natheer was appointed as the

10 min read. Dr. Rachel Aldred is a Professor of Transport at the University of Westminster and the Director of the Active Travel Academy. Rachel has ten years’ experience of researching active travel, and has

10 min read. Areli Carreón is a longtime activist and co-founder of Bicitekas, an organisation that promotes the use of bicycles in Mexico City and lobbies for policy change around cycling and urban mobility. Since

3 min read. Lucas Snaije is the Content & Communications Manager for BYCS and the editor of BYCS Perspectives.  For over 40 years, every Sunday and public holiday sees some of Bogota’s busiest streets radically

10 min read. Seble Samuel is an Ethiopian-Canadian geographer and storyteller. She works for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in East Africa and is the co-founder of Ethiopia’s

14 min read. Warren Logan serves as the Policy Director of Mobility and Interagency Relations for the Mayor’s Office of Oakland. Warren works closely with the City’s Department of Transportation, Public Works Department and other

10 min read. Marcela Guerrero Casas is the Co-Founder & former Managing Director of Open Streets Cape Town. She has worked in policy and advocacy for almost ten years in organisations including The Carter Center,

13 min read. Joni Baboci is an architect, urban planner, and senior advisor for the Municipality of Tirana. He is the municipality’s former general director of urban planning and redevelopment, where he lead a team

7 min read. Angela van der Kloof is an experienced trainer, speaker, researcher and consultant at Mobycon. She is specialised in cycling planning, education, engagement, and explores the possibilities e-bikes and cargo bikes hold for

7 min read. Lanrick Bennett Jr. is the Managing Director of 880 Cities. Lanrick is an advocate for social programs and a year-round urban cyclist in Toronto who champions protected cycling infrastructure in multiple forms.

8 min read. Alex Baum is the Strategy and Impact Manager for BYCS. He is the lead researcher for the report “Cycling Cities for Toddlers, Infants & Caregivers”. Juventino Quiroz fondly remembers his father teaching

11 min read. Cecilia Vaca Jones is the Executive Director of the Bernard van Leer Foundation. Before she joined the Foundation, Cecilia was the Coordinating Minister of Social Development of Ecuador from 2013 to 2016,

7 min read. Sonal Kulkarni is an architect and urban planner based in Bangalore, India. She is a director at UrbanMorph & leads Strategic Partnerships and Communications at the BYCS India Foundation. Sonal is a

3 min read. Lucas Snaije is the Content & Communications Manager for BYCS and the editor of BYCS Perspectives.  Since its invention in the early 19th century, the bicycle has become a tool that is

14 min read. Mariana Salvador is a lawyer, founder of Santa Fe in Bici, Bicycle Mayor of Santa Fe, Argentina and in charge of the “Ambiente en Bici” initiative of the Provincial Ministry for the

14 min read. Chris Bruntlett is the Communications Manager for the Dutch Cycling Embassy. He is a long time cycling campaigner and promoter in Vancouver, co-founder of Modacity & co-author the book, “Building the Cycling

11 min read. Dr. Adonia Lugo is an urban anthropologist and mobility justice strategist based in Los Angeles. She is also the Interim Chair of the MA in Urban Sustainability (USMA) at Antioch University Los

8 min read. Morten Kabell is an urbanist, currently the Co-CEO of the European Cyclists Federation. He was previously the CEO of bicycle design firm Copenhagenize, and was Copenhagen’s mayor for technical and environmental affairs”