3 years ago, Bubble Post was a bicycle taxi service in the city of Ghent for tourists. Now they are one of the leading package delivery providers in Europe. To...
Velo-city began in 1980 in Bremen, Germany with deep ties in the founding of the European Cyclists’ Federation. Since then conferences have been held in cities...
Since its introduction, the HEAT tool has been seen as a valuable tool to help countries better understand the positive impact that cycling can have. Understand...
Denmark advocates conquer the first place in spite of Netherlands supremacy on cycling use. Flickr/ECF Good cycling policy requires good data “In God we...
Across the globe, the percentage of children that walk or cycle to school has decreased from 82% to 14% within the last 30 years. Source: McDonald, N.C. 20...
The graph below shows the evolution of the percentage of people who answered “cycling” to the question of the Eurobarometer: “On a typical day, which mo...
Drivers overtaking cyclists passed an average of 8.5 cm closer to those wearing helmets. Source. When Australia introduced mandatory cycle helmet law, bicy...
Countries with the lowest levels of cycle use have the poorest cyclist safety records. Source. In a study of 115 cities in the US and Denmark, as well in...
Cycling isn’t as risky as commonly thought, with just one death every 32 million kilometres – that’s over 800 times around the world. Source.
By the begining of 2012, they were 400 bike sharing schemes globally. Velib’, the Parisian bike sharing scheme, launched in 2007, now has 20 000 bicycles and 18...
25% of all urban goods could be delivered by bicycle. This figure rises to 50% when we are refering to light goods. Source.