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A freelance painter,ceramic artist ,writer and philosopher who lives in Ghaziabad. Cycling is my passion and I wish to see roads here full of cyclists. I am an active member of a few cycling groups

I have been riding sports bikes since a young age (MTB and Race Bike). For 10 years I have lived part-time for 10 years in Germany (Constance) where I have the pleasure of cycling safely.

I am an urban cyclist who has been studying sustainable urban mobility while being the voice and face for urban cyclists in the community, institutions, and government. For the last 6 years I have coordinated

4 min. read Rosa Shirm is the Content & Communications Intern for BYCS. Urban dwellers around the world have experienced new daily sensory experiences during the ebb and flow of lockdowns: the absence of the

6 min. read Sathya Sankaran is the Bicycle Mayor of Bengaluru. He has over ten years of experience in civic activism and mobility interventions, and plays an active role in driving forward the sustainable vision

9 min. read Sophia Schuff is a transdisciplinary project manager and urban anthropologist based in Gehl’s Copenhagen studio, who specialises in integrating ethnographic research methods, urban design and engagement facilitation skillsets to further the impact

Hello Friends, I am Kesavamoorthy Kesav, aged 27 and I come from a 70 year old bicycle family which has served people with bicycle needs in Nambiyur. From 1940s to 1990s my Grandpa (Thatha) was

10 min. read Romel Pascual is Executive Director at CicLAvia, the largest open streets event in North America. He is an urban planner with a long history of championing environmental causes and social justice issues. 

I am an urban designer with a lot of experience in bike path design. For 10 years I have been working so that cyclists can enjoy the city in a safe way, I have worked

I am Aparna Prabhakar, a 12th grade student in g g h s s cottonhill, Asia’s largest girls school. I am also an NSS volunteer leader. Why do you like to cycle? I consider cycling

I am a cycling enthusiast who makes the positive energy of life a better experience. This is my message to individuals, especially to young people. My biggest goal is to make people love, and live

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

My name is Santhana Selvan. I am 20 years experienced IT professional, but in addition I have 6 years of experience in promotion of Bicycle in Chennai and Hyderabad, community creation, development and nurturing for

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

School manager, research consultant, short-film curator are a few roles I glide through. Cycling and running recharge me. I have been cycling since a very young age. Cycling is more than a passion or recreation.

Craig relocated to the Netherlands in 2023 and has been immersed ever since in the freedom of mobility that the city of Amsterdam offers his family and his community.  A distinct change from the cycling

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,

My name is Vera Diogo. I am a sociologist, an educator, a cyclist commuter, a feminist, an environmentalist, vegetarian and a fan of metal and hard rock music, although not sectarian. Throughout my life, I

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.

My name is Swarupa Shah and I am a yoga trainer. As Silvassa is known for its scenic beauty, I love how cycling can take me to places that most people don’t encounter. I have

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