About Maren: Maren is the co-founder of Egre Menged Impact (EMi), Addis Ababa’s most prominent community-based organization focusing on bicycle-related activities. Alongside Ephrem Bekele Woldeyesus, the other co-founder and Vice Director of EMi, she has
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María Esther Soto García
About me: Hi, I’m Esther Soto, and I’m a neurodivergent woman who uses all her creative side to push for safe mobility. After my sister’s death I didn’t know that inside me there would be
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Manju George
Manju George is a Sustainable Urban Mobility Campaigner, Placemaking Advocate, and Public Policy Influencer. Based in Bengaluru, she is currently Senior Program Manager at World Resources Institute, India. Her two decades of experience of working
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Shreya Gadepalli
Shreya Gadepalli has been a practitioner and learner of urban mobility planning for 25 years and is regarded as one of the foremost urban mobility experts in India. She leads UrbanWorks, a non-profit institute that
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Amlan Bora
Amlan Bora is currently serves as the Trade and Investment Commissioner, NBSO. He is a strategic and goal-oriented senior leader with over 20+ years of experience and a passion for driving a bold and creative
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Satya Arikutharam
Satya Arikutharam is an Independent Consultant with over three decades of experience in transport policy, planning, project management and business management. His work in the UK focused on rail planning and policies, business cases for
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Khadija Ahmal
About me: Khadija is a young Amazigh Moroccan with an academic background in education and linguistics. As a youth expert and social activist, she is deeply committed to creating learning and growth opportunities for young
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Alison Stewart
About me: Alison has been biking for 50 years. It gave her freedom during her adolescence and continues to do so as she enters menopause. She wasn’t treated as ‘weird’ for biking until she entered
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Bethan Huntley
My plans for the term: – Work with Torbay Council to create and improve local cycling infrastructure, demonstrating the popularity of cycling through local ‘critical mass’ and ‘kidical mass’ rides. – Use my existing platform
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Ali Cerrahoğlu
About Tarsus: Tarsus is a city highly suitable for cycling and bicycle transportation due to its climate and geographical features. It is a city being continuously inhabited for more than ten thousand years. There is
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Jawad Sbeity
About me: I currently work for two organizations that I founded: Beirut by Bike and BuzPlayPark. These ventures focus on promoting healthy and environmentally friendly lifestyles by encouraging cycling and providing recreational facilities for families
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Ana Guerra Rosbach
About me: I am a passionate cyclist and an active volunteer at various cycling advocacy groups. My involvement includes coordinating events, transforming streets with pop-up car-free interventions, and promoting sustainable transportation through social media. I
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María del mar Covarrubias Castro
About me: Social psychologist self-taught in mobility and sustainability, interested in the intersections of gender, sustainability, race, and class. I will be: 1. Articulating and energizing sustainable mobility with a collaborative and intersectional approach. 2.
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Connecting Through Cycling: Editorial with Mona Khatib
Mona Khatib, Communications and Marketing Manager at BYCS, aims to bridge communities through strategic campaigns that highlight cycling’s transformative power. Her work highlights global connectivity and empowers individuals to advocate for sustainable urban mobility. __
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From Isolation to Connection With Sarah Mitchell
Sarah Mitchell is the Chief Executive of Cycling UK. With a background in working for social justice organizations, Sarah believes in the power of storytelling and positive framing to shift the narrative around cycling and
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From Advocacy to Action With Cyprine Odada
Cyprine Odada is an urban planner and the Executive Director of Critical Mass Nairobi, a cycling movement in Nairobi, Kenya. With a passion for cycling and advocating for sustainable transportation, Cyprine has been instrumental in
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Grecia Hernández
About me: – Through a radio program, I was able to give a voice to the bicycle and to all of us who use it in its different forms. – I was part of a
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The Power of Space With Filip Watteeuw
Filip Watteeuw is a senior deputy mayor in the city of Ghent, Belgium. He is responsible for Mobility, Public Space, and Urban Planning. Filip has been a leading political figure in Belgium and Europe, known
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Everardo Flores Gomez
About me: I am an urban cyclist and work to promote better road conditions for cyclists in my city through citizen participation. I pedal through the streets not only as a physical exercise but as
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Yves De Bruyckere
About me: Yves is the founder of the Fietsbult blog in 2008, which became the official communication tool for Fietsersbond Gent (Bicycle movement from Ghent) in March 2012. He is also the writer & photographer
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Sarthak Vani
About me: Fit India Ambassador, National Rifle Shooting Athlete, Passionate Cyclist & Runner, and Social Entrepreneur. Committed to fostering health, fitness, and community empowerment as Bicycle Mayor of Karjat. My plans for the term: As
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Nienke Sluimer
Nienke is a cycling enthusiast and social geographer living in Utrecht. At BYCS, Nienke works as a project manager for the Dutch context. Her strong attraction to the outdoors was sparked in her childhood, when
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Abigail Roque Miranda
About me: Hi! I’m Abigail, urban/territorial planner, passionate about urban, cycling mobility and technology. I promote the use of bicycles as a mode of transportation and a means of collective action and transformation of the
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Patty Wiens
About me: I am a Brazilian woman living in Winnipeg, who went through a transformative journey from a fair-weather cyclist to a dedicated winter commuter and advocate for cycling. Initially hesitant to bike in winter,
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Angela Paola Aguilar Wilches
About me: For me, cycling is not just a recreational activity, but a passion that has accompanied me for the past 9 years. I strongly believe in its ability to transform our lives and cities,
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Evanthia Kotsi
About me: I could describe myself as a happy city-bike commuter, est. 2018. Grown up in the city of Ilion, where I still reside, I’m familiar with the city structure and the current situation of
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Charles Mayer Zevallos Villamar
About me: Charles Mayes is the Executive Director of an organization named Iquitos Bike, in Iquitos, Perú. He guides and tutors, since 4 years ago, a group of young bicycle activists through social and sportive
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Camila Sulich
About me: Camila is committed, proactive, resolute and above all a fighter and activist in terms of female empowerment, gender equality and dissidence. She has a passion for bicycle mechanics and wants to continue her
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Paul Balban
About me: For me, the bicycle has always conjured certain magic, and it has formed in integral part of many of my fondest childhood memories. Starting out as a dietitian, health, public health, wellness and
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Stan Pepels
Meet Stan, a passionate advocate for sustainable urban living and a cycling enthusiast. Born and raised in Tilburg, the Netherlands, he has been navigating the streets on two wheels since childhood, with fond memories of
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