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David Byrne’s bike racks
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, tagged bikes, trends on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
bikes for all needs
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, tagged bikes, trends on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(video: conference bike) As car sales dop and bike sales skyrocket, more and more bike models are launched. After the conference bike and the pedal pub, it’s time for family bikes! Here’s a list of the most interesting ones (tips on other models are always welcome): Bella bike The Dutch Bike Factory De Fiets Fabriek [...]
bike sharing grows more and more
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, tagged bikes, geneva, lausanne, New York, paris, rome, trends on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some days ago I was wariting about bike sharing in Lausanne. Now, things are evolving fastly, and more and more cities are implementing a bike sharing program. so, let’s make a list of bike sharing services all over the world: Barcelona Geneva IKEA Lausanne Lyon New York Montreal Paris Rome Sevilla Tulsa (Oklahoma) Vancouver informations [...]
Sunday street in Bogotà: la Ciclovia
Posted in 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged bikes, bogota, colombia, events, streets, traffic, trends on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once famous just for its internal wars, Colombia is experiencing big changes in its architectural and social life. In its capital, Bogotà, quality of life has improved dramatically in the last years: one of the examples of this improvements is Bogotà’s sunday street, the famous “Ciclovia”. (source: streetfilms)
Bike sharing: Lausanne
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, A - News, tagged bikes, lausanne, news, renens, switzerland, vevey on July 8, 2008 | Comments Off
If you are in Lausanne and you need a bike, you can ask to Lausanne Roule. 3 stations are available, in Lausanne (under the Grand Pont), Renens (Railway Station) and Vevey (Railway Station). Bikes are given for free (a deposit of 20 CHF or 20 EUR is asked) for the first day (from 7.30 AM [...]
Learning from Copenhagen
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.4 - cars, D - reflections, tagged bikes, denmark, italy, pedestrians, reflections, streets on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the 60′s, Copenhagen started an ambitious plan to improve cycling and walking. When the inhabitants were asked about the plan, they were skeptical…”we’re not Italians, we don’t have walking culture”. 50 years later, Italy is overwhelmed by car culture and Copenhagen has become a model for biking and walking… (source: streetsblog)
New York Times forgets bike parking
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, A - News, tagged bikes, New York, news, parking, USA on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Riding a bike is a pleasant, cheap and environmentally friendly way to move around the city, but has its own things to worry about. One of the main issues is parking your bike in a safe way. A good solution would be providing indoor (and controlled) bike parking, an option that architects and developper often [...]
sheer cycling pleasure
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, tagged ads, bikes, fun, trends on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we saw an example of transit pleasure, today it’s time for cycling pleasure. As we can see, every form of transportation has its own fun! (source: copenhagen cycle chic)
Sunday street
Posted in 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 3 - events, C - Tips, tagged bikes, events, lausanne, pedestrians, streets, tips, traffic on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If your town is still not able to match the criteria for a successful pedestrian street, another option is the Sunday street. 1) Choose a street long enough to be covered by bike in about 45 mins. (3 to 6 km) 2) Close the street for a day (Sunday) 3) Advertise the event in order [...]
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