8 min read. James Crossley is the Creative & Communications Manager at BYCS. Cycling is increasingly hailed as one solution to many issues our cities are facing, including pollution, struggling economies and inequitable access
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Influenciando la Imagen Ciclista: Con Laura Carolina Pava García [ES]
10 min. de lectura Si estas en Latino America, tal vez ya te habrás encontrado con algún reel o tiktok de una rola en bici. Laura Carolina Pava García, a sus 27 años, ha utilizado
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Embedding Cycling in Culture: With Mallika Arya & Gowri Omanakuttan
12 min. read Mallika Arya is a Senior Campaigner at Purpose. Based in Delhi she has been working on Bengaluru Moving, a Bangalore specific project for the last two years. She now leads the sustainable
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Lanrick Jr Bennett
One day, not too far in the future, I hope to see significantly more people that look like me, parents, people of color, and people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, cycling year-round in protected,
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Marti Frutos Gabioud
I was born and raised in a small town in Entre Ríos and at 18 I moved to Santa Fe to study. The bike was always part of my life, it always took me everywhere
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Sachin Jadhav
Hi , I am Sachin Jadhav Super Randonneurs, Commute Cyclist, Cycling Enthusiast & Runner working with MNC in Vadodara. I commute daily to the office by cycle & I am Health Ambassador of my Organization
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Dalip Sabharwal
M“y name is Dalip Singh Sabharwal. I am a Six Sigma Green Belt professional and a certified POSH Trainer. After working for more than 10 years in the corporate sector, I am now working in
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Saskia Heijltjes
Hi, this is Saskia here. I’m very excited to be the first Bicycle Mayor of Bath! Having grown up in a rural town in the Netherlands, cycling has always been a big part of my
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Laura Carolina Pava Garcia
I am a curious woman, restless and out of the rules. This character has allowed me to live experiences that confirm that the world needs people who dare to do things differently. I am a
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Ximena Maria Rodriguez Figueroa
Hola, I am Ximena Maria Rodriguez Figueroa, I was born in San Juan de Pasto – Colombia. I have lived in Rosario – Argentina for more than two years. I am a very active person,
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Fernando Garcia
Hola! I’m a well-experienced as a social organizer, current member of the Board of Directors at Pedalibre (Madrid largest cyclist association), an active member of mobility and sustainable urbanism social organizations:, Madrid Central Defense Platform,
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Cycling for the Benefit of Everyone
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
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Inclusive Cycling: With Kay Inckle
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
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Taking a Disability Lens: With Elizabeth Guffey
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
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Planning for All Needs: With Jillian Banfield
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
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Redefining Access: with Quemuel Arroyo
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
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Amit Samarth
Hello. In June 2020, I founded India Pedals along with few other cyclists in Nagpur City, a Citizen’s Movement to promote Cycling as a Way of Life in Nagpur City. We started organizing cycle rides
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Bex Mountford
Hi everyone! My name is Bex and I’m the new Bicycle Mayor of Cheltenham. A bit about myself: I got really hooked on cycling at my first mountain bike event in 1996, and since then
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Chirag Shah
My Name is Chirag Shah. I am 32 years old MBA Graduate & a young entrepreneur from Thane City. I started cycling 4 years back with a group called Wheels & Barrels, one of the
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Vivian Ortiz
Hello everyone, my name is Vivian Ortiz ~ When I got on a bicycle as an adult, I couldn’t balance and didn’t know how to stop. I took a class and was hooked! Hardly a
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The Right to the Cycling City
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
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Marijn de Vries
In 2008 I began an experiment to see if I could become a professional athlete at the age of 30 whilst keeping my job. 5 years after I was among the top 10 highest scores
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Shaping Feminist Cycling Cultures: with Marcela Espíndola
6 min. read Marcela Espíndola is a feminist militant and urban cycling advocate. In 2020, Marcela was appointed as Buenos Aires’ first Bicycle Mayor. How did you get involved in activism and how do you
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A Tool for Freedom: with Elena Haddad & Zeina Hawa
9 min. read Elena Haddad & Zeina Hawa are co-founders of The Chain Effect, a non profit promoting the bicycle in Beirut as a sustainable and convenient form of urban mobility and facilitating its use
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Decolonising Cycling Cities: with Paola Castañeda
11 min. read Paola Castañeda is PhD student at the Transport Studies Unit of the University of Oxford, researching activist practises in relation to mobility in Latin America. She completed an MPhil in Geography and
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Riding for Justice: with Peter Kerre
8 min. read Peter Kerre is a DJ, activist, community organiser, cybersecurity expert, and co-founder Safewalks NYC and Street Riders NYC, the movement that led 10 000 cyclists on a BLM protest through the streets
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B. Thangaraj Rase Rajan
Hello I’m Rase Rajan and I have 17 years of experience in media, but cycling has also been an important part of my life . For the last seven years, I have been cycling for
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Patrícia Valverde
Hello. My name is Patricia and I am the co-founder of a cultural center that supports urban cycling services and I also help coordinate Cicloigauçu – a local cycling organization. On top of this I
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Julien Vincelot
Julien was born in France and spent his early years and youth in New Delhi and Shanghai. After studying and working in France, India, China, Mexico and the UK, he moved to the Netherlands in
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Sudhir Chakole
Professional from a reputed manufacturing firm turned passionate cyclist since 2017, instrumental in bringing up a community of riders in and around Raigad district. Being a 4 time Super Randonneur and an endurance cyclist I
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