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Over 100 citizens participated in a “cycle rally” organised by the Young Environmentalists on the first ever WCD in Mumbai, India. Over 300 other people came to join in the action with the flyers: Come Fight Climate Change. It was a roaring success. According to Elsie Gabriel, the founder of Young Environmentalists: “We are doing […]
In recognition of WCD 2009, Kalapie, the Urban Cyclists Association of San Sebastián, as in previous years, offered snacks, bicycle bells, red lights and reflective bracelets on the bikeway during this warm September day to all urban cyclists. The objective was to promote cycling as a means of daily transport and reduce car use. There was […]
Cyclists in Berkeley, US , were celebrating after the city council approved to help the expansion of a downtown bike park station. The anouncement coming at the end of last year, is a critical hurdle overcome for activists, who now have hopes set on a June deadline for the next set of project funding. After […]
Obesity is a growing problem in the United Kingdom and worryingly it is spreading to a young generation. One third of 10 and 11-year-old children in Bournemouth and Poole, Southeast UK are either overweight or obese. Today the school run accounts for 20% of all cars on the road and obesity levels in the UK […]
As one of the world’s densest urban areas, (18 million people), the city of Mumbai, India is choking - from congestion on the roadways and footpaths, and smog that hangs in the hot, humid air. If an open space appears, it is quickly filled with variety of buildings, vehicles, people, and animals. The city presents a […]
To celebrate World Environment Day 2009, the Swedish commuter organisation Planka.nu hosted a “Climate Crash” together with Friends of the Earth Sweden and Klimax, a network of groups that uses direct action to raise awareness of the threat that climate change poses. Over 150 people took to the streets of Stockholm on a chilly June […]
Cyclists from all parts of Peru met in Lima on March 14 for the World Naked Bike Ride. In total around 300 people took part in the ride – all ages, genders, some half-naked and some fully, with painted bodies and costumes – all looked different, but all were on two wheels. Before the ride, […]
Last May around 5,000 people on foot, roller blades, skateboards, unicycles and bicycles, streamed past a police roadblock onto the iconic Harbour Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand. They were celebrating the 50th birthday of a structure upon which many people had never before set foot.
The “Bikes not Cars Festival” hit the streets of Amsterdam, The Netherlands this July. With music, tall-bike jousting bike wars, a baksfiets (the typical Dutch cargo-bikes) race and more, the event brought a much needed reality check to a city without a regular Critical Mass, yet with such a large number of bikes.
This year’s Bike to Work Week (BTWW) in Metro Vancouver, Canada, was a huge success with 5,000 cyclists registering and participating during May. Each day of the week, commuter celebration stations were set up along bike routes to offer free food, prizes and mechanical help.
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