Team

Alex Baum

Alex grew up and spent most of his adult life in the U.S. (Rochester and New York City) before relocating to the Netherlands. He enjoys exploring cities and the outdoors by foot, bicycle, boat, or

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Poly Bhatt

For some years now, Poly has been interested in the potential of digital technologies and online social media platforms to spearhead societal transformation. Exposure to a number of cultures and socioeconomic environments in India and

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Aoife Kelly

My name is Aoife Kelly. I’m from Marino in Dublin and I’m 10 years old. I’ve been cycling for as long as I can remember. My first bicycle was a wooden balance bike from Germany

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Marek Ladiver

My name is Marek Ladiver. I am a Project Manager and Marketer who started cycling to work in 2013, as a result of cycling I was given a whole new perspective of my city I’d

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Ana Carboni

Today I can say that I am first and foremost a cycling advocate. I have lived and worked in Brazil, the UK, and Uruguay, returning to Niterói, my hometown, in 2014 and moving to Brasília

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Thomas Walskaar

Thomas is BYCS’ creative superstar, Designer & Photographer. After moving to Rotterdam to do this MA in Media Design and Communication at The Piet Zwart Institute, he decided to stay in the Netherlands. Thomas has

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Richard Ingham

I am Richard Ingham, a semi-retired transport planning consultant with a passion for cycling in all its forms. I believe that the bicycle is the key to helping resolve so many of the modern world’s

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Prashant Tanna

My name is Prashant Tanna. I am a paediatric doctor by profession, an avid reader and organic farmer by hobby, a blogger by choice & a cyclist by passion. I’m very respectful towards nature, adventure

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Abhijeet Kupate

My name is Abhijeet Kupate. I’ve worked as an IT professional and have been commuting by bicycle for more than 5 years now. Being a bicycle enthusiastic I promote the use of bicycles in all

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Armin Taheri

Armin is the second Junior Bicycle Mayor of Amsterdam and the world! Why Armin? Armin was elected during a Designathon, hosted at Amsterdam’s NEMO Science Museum. He won the competition with his innovative design to

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Vivi Zampieri

My name is Vivi Zampieri, I’m a graduate in information technology. I am a dynamic, outgoing, communicative and friendly person. I am a cyclist and I am enthusiastic about traffic education. In 2018, I officialized

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Marina Kyriakou

My name is Marina Kyriakou. I am an architect working in Nicosia, the capital city of the mediterranean island of Cyprus. After living for a few years in bicycle-friendly cities in France and the Netherlands,

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Shekhoo Raja

My name is Shekhoo Raja, I live in the historical city of Gwalior, India. I have been traveling by car, motorcycle and bicycle for the last 15 years, covering various parts of India and neighbouring

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Pinky Jha

My name is Pinky Jha, I am a general manager of a fitness center by profession and mother of two school children. I am an endurance cyclist and the founding and current president of G3

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Deepender Sehajpal

My name is Deepender Sehajpal a cycling enthusiast from Noida in India. I’m 46 years old, my wife Dr Preeti Tuli is a Senior Consultant at Max Healthcare in Delhi and we have a 15

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Charlie Burnside

Charlie is a Project & Events coordinator at BYCS. Prior to joining BYCS she gained experience in event management, fundraising and was the relationship manager for some key supporters of an international development charity. Charlie

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Divyesh Aghera

My name is Divyesh Aghera, I am the founder of the Rajkot Cycle Club. I have been instrumental in the launching of the Rajkot Cycle Sharing project launched by Rajkot Municipal Corporation. Using the auspice

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Ana Pereira

My name is Ana Pereira. I’m a social entrepreneur promoting cycling as a transformative tool for people, companies and cities. I’ve been working in promoting, defending and enabling cycling for transportation and leisure, both professionally

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Firoza Suresh

My name is Firoza Suresh, I am a cycling enthusiast and pledged to make cycling the currency of health, and to work towards sustainable transportation in Mumbai. With the Smart Commute Foundation – Cycle2Work |

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Ricardo Bravo

I am a political consultant, I have developed research, analysis and strategies in political campaigns, elaboration of public policies for the government, politicians and others. I also act as Director of Consultancy PODER and Collective

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Andreas Mueller

I am a recently retired urbanist and traffic and transportation planner. Wherever possible I am riding my bicycle, whether around my neighborhood or on cross country cycles. Consequently I never owned a car, nor a

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Nikita Lalwani

My name is Nikita Lalwani, an instrumentation engineer from Baroda, India. I decided to start commuting by bike because public transit and car traffic took way too long. Since founding CyclingCities in 2014 I have

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JP Amaral

I am a cycling enthusiast, constantly convincing those around me about the benefits and joy of cycling. In 2010 I co-founded the successful Bike Anjo Network in Sao Paulo , which has more than 1200

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Maarten Woolthuis

Maarten worked for a number of years across all disciplines related to transport, from managing public tenders to launching new technologies, running public-private contracts, overseeing communications campaigns and building effective stakeholder collaborations. But it was

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Lee Feldman

Lee Feldman is a Creative Strategist, constantly challenging himself and others to innovate and find new horizons for ideas that give humanity the best chance to collectively thrive on our home planet. Pushing the boundaries

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Maud de Vries

Bicycles transform cities, cities transform the world. As city-makers embrace more advanced “smart” technologies to solve complex problems, BYCS asserts that solutions are already here. And that bicycles make cities and citizens smarter, healthier, happier,

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Bhairavi Joshi

Dentist by profession, with a niche for creativity and always out with some new idea. I have been practicing Dentistry successfully for the last 20 years. In the last three years my daughter has been

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Lotta Crok

Lotta (8 years old) is the first Junior Bicycle Mayor of Amsterdam and the world. Why Lotta? She was elected by manner of a design challenge. In the Netherlands part of the public transport system

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