bike share

bike-share in India

Around 25–30 percent of trips in cities across India are performed using non-motorized modes — a practice which needs to be preserved and promoted, if urban development is to be sustainable.[read more]

In Copenhagen, more than 30 percent of commuters bike to work. Photo by Martti TulenheimoCity planners in Copenhagen launched a new “cycle superhighway” in April, extending from the western suburb of Albertslund into the city proper.  This route is the first of 26 planned routes set to comprise a 300-kilometer (186-mile) system. The...[read more]

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Bikesharing is everywhere nowadays it seems - but who do they actually benefit?[read more]

In a rare opportunity for an American, I spent 4 weeks this past summer in Havana documenting the infrastructure of the El Vedado neighborhood for my Master of Architecture thesis. While there, I became very interested in Havana’s transit.[read more]

 Its not just hipsters that would prefer to ride helmet-less. With popular bike share schemes in over 100 cities in Europe, across the USA, Asia, South America, the Middle East and even in car focused Mexico City , Australian cities are still struggling to implement similar schemes due in part to...[read more]

Buildings, landscapes, infrastructure, and even entire cities can be designed to be more resilient to climate, environmental, and population changes, argued a high-profile panel at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) D.C.’s Design D.C. conference. Green technologies and practices have come a long way. Smart ...[read more]

  Capital Bikeshare, Washington’s wildly popular bikesharing program, now claims to have nearly 11,000 members and 1100 bikes in circulation from “over 110” self-service stations placed strategically around the city and Arlington, Virginia.  (There’s a certain binary quality and similarity to those numbers, no?) ...[read more]

Rutgers University-Newark hosted a group bike ride last week to encourage bicycle commuting around campus. Students rode their bikes along the one-mile path to Newark’s Branch Brook Park and past the cherry blossoms, as part of the university’s effort to promote bicycle commuting for a healthy, active and involved community. The City of...[read more]