Crowdfunding the Bike Share Revolution in Kansas City
Kansas City want to expand its cycle hire scheme, launching the largest civic crowd-funding project to date to achieve that goal. If successful, it will bring even more stations to the neighborhoods of...
View ArticleFour Reasons Australian Cities Might be Overthinking Cycling
Are we overthinking cycling in Australian cities? Four ideas have emerged: choices, entitlements, instant fixes and navel gazing.
View ArticleDo Bicycle Advocates Need a Dose of Hollywood?
In the movies every last and final detail is researched to the last degree – no rock is left unturned. Everything that can be researched is researched. So, do bicycle advocates need to act like Hollywood?
View ArticleBogota Gets Ready for Bike Share
About two weeks ago, the City of Bogotá officially announced its action plan to get its own world-class bicycle sharing system up and running.
View ArticleRemember Isla Vista for Sustainability, not Violence
Last month, a violent shooting took place in Isla Vista, California. But former UCSB student and Isla Vista resident Drew Reed remembers the town for its bike culture and its role in steering him...
View ArticleShould Private Companies and Celebrities Create the Change in Cycling?
As I write this hundreds of people from across the globe have gathered in Adelaide for the Velo City Global Conference. And to add to the debate we're asking: should private companies and celebrities...
View ArticleShould Urban Cycle Hire Schemes be Financially Self-Sustaining?
More than 500 cities around the world now have a bike-share system, most of them being wildly successful in terms of market penetration and user-rates. In fact, we’re positively hooked on them.
View ArticleBogotá Builds on its Bike Hire Scheme
One month ago, Bogotá launched the second corridor of its new city cycle hire scheme, adding 3 stations, 21 employees, and 55 bikes to their existing network.
View Article8 Highlights from Medellin’s World Bike Forum 2015
The World Bike Forum 2015 (WBF4) took place in the city of Medellín, Colombia, between 26th February and 1st March.
View ArticleThree Mobility Challenges Facing Bogotá
Bogotá needs to prioritize mobility in the public agenda. These are three of the biggest challenges facing the city.
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