bicycle posts, articles, and infographics | Sustainable Cities Collective

Three Ideas for Making London a More Cycle-Friendly City

February 28, 2012 by This Big City
with 426 views

It can be hard being a cyclist in London. If it isn’t bad enough having to deal with inconsistent cycling infrastructure, we have to do it knowing that our neighbours on the continent have got it so much better than us. So the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) have come up with a plan: Love London? Go Dutch. Described as a ‘vision... [read more]

Successful city spaces: unexposed places

February 6, 2012 by Mark K Ames
with 288 views

For as long as they have existed our cities have been defined by their varied public spaces; places of commerce, places of politics and places of authority. Our streets were markets and informal communication networks - places of commerce and places of politics - whilst places to gather and indeed to be gathered such as squares outside palaces and cathedrals were spaces of authority. [read more]

Jaime Lerner: 'A City Is Like a Family Portrait'

January 27, 2012 by The Dirt ASLA
with 214 views

“A city is like a family portrait. You may not like the nose of your uncle but you don’t tear up the whole family photo. You don’t do this because the family portrait is you. In the same way, we just need to make those uglier parts of our cities more attractive. We can’t tear apart our cities,” argued Jaime Lerner, former Governor... [read more]

How Bicycling and Walking Directly Impacts Health

January 24, 2012 by TheCityFix - produced by EMBARQ
with 1,211 views

Pedestrian and bicycle projects receive less than 2 percent of federal transportation dollars in the U.S. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers. While obesity levels increased by 156 percent between 1960 and 2009, bicycling and walking levels fell by 66 percent. These are statistics from a new report by the Alliance for Biking and Walking. The... [read more]

Does Car + Bike = A Good Thing?

January 24, 2012 by Patrick Lydon
with 701 views

Besides gaining ultra-buff legs, many ‘part-time’ bike commuters end up with an extra $12,400 at the end of the year.Earlier this month, I wrote a piece about how Rush Hour can Save you Money, it compared a typical Silicon Valley commute using a car, and the same commute using a bicycle. At the end of the article, a breakdown of... [read more]

Visual Adventures of the Urban Bicycle

November 7, 2011 by Chuck Wolfe
with 913 views

Today, across the world, in multiple contexts, the allure of the bicycle knows no bounds.Commencing with the atmosphere of Florence, at night above, the images presented here provide multiple examples of the urban bicycle in practice, whether whimsical, functional or historical. In European cities, original, wooden velocipedes are... [read more]

4 Ways to Make London a Cycling City

July 12, 2011 by This Big City
with 157 views

London is gearing up for its next Mayoral election in May 2012, and the city’s cycling facilities will be an inevitable topic of debate. Hoping to take advantage of this potential change in London’s politics, the London Cycling Campaign will be running a single-issue campaign, handing over the decision to their members as to which issue... [read more]

Back to Transportation Basics, Illustrated

April 2, 2011 by Chuck Wolfe
with 204 views

Want to leave the car behind?

Wheels and the human body go places in ways we have often forgotten. Innovative, human-propelled transport, often with goods attached, knows no bounds. Courtesy of photographs assembled first-hand last week, the proof is in, accompanied by the health benefits championed by urbanists today. Want to leave the car behind? Here are... [read more]

Ideas for Cities: Spatially and Functionally Innovative Bicycle Parking

March 15, 2011 by This Big City
with 529 views

The bicycle is an integral part of the sustainability strategy of many cities, but as its popularity as a mode of transport increases, so does the difficulty of accommodating it in urban areas. With this in mind, Kent-based organisation Cycle Pods have created an innovative portfolio of bicycle storage solutions, offering... [read more]