Bicycle tourism is a growing sector of the #tourism market and contributes € 44 billion to the European economy every year. Roughly the same as the whole European #cruiseship industry! 🚴♂️🚴♀️= 🇪🇺🚢 https://t.co/PyCMZaF7Ij
Getting fit takes time. Cycling for hours a day every day, but seeing no fitness gains straight away can be really frustrating! Fortunately, it's not all about spending time in the saddle - Manon's here with her top fitness tips to help you get fit quick!
https://t.co/VvUwI3ny1R
If it often said that the most important part of a bike plan is the car plan.
To reach the true potential of cycling, cities must make driving indirect and inconvenient; restricting through traffic and slowing local traffic.
Here's how Groningen did it: https://t.co/ceEU3lAoQF
Do you want to:
🚲 Learn what makes cycling cities work?
🚲 Understand how cycling helps societies thrive?
🚲 Become a CERTIFIED cycling expert?
@UvA_Amsterdam & @Coursera now offer the world's first certified MOOC on urban cycling!
Sign up: https://t.co/9sMccZjvUp
CALL FOR PHOTOS: I need photos of you and your e-cargo bike for a grant competition that would fund e-cargo bikes for Colorado communities. Landscape orientation. iPhone quality is fine. Can you help? [email protected] by Noon Wednesday. Whatcha got, Colorado?
"Riding a #bicycle is the summit of human endeavour - an almost neutral environmental effect coupled with the ability to travel substantial distances without disturbing anybody. The #bike is the perfect marriage of technology and human energy."
— Jeremy Corbyn, British politician
👏Thousands of new bike lanes, “mini-hollands”, bicycles prescribed by a doctor, bike-repair vouchers and much more!
🚲🚶Yesterday England launched its most ambitious plans yet to boost #cycling and walking
🍃#Cargobikes tackle carbon emissions and #pollution, land use, and energy waste
❗Not only are cargo bikes green to use, they only take 5% of the materials and energy to make a car
🔽19 more good reasons to ride a cargo bike by @CycleLogistics
Happy #WorldBicycleDay! #Cycling is the sustainable means of transportation of the future. Current times are showing this now more than ever. We're glad to be part of the movement and to support the global #cyclinglife and the community with @DigiWorldBike! 🚴♀️🚴♂️
#Cyclists and #pedestrians have priority in all city centre. #Brussels has started its revolution to give space back to people. And it's looking great!
NL? No, USA. Even before the 1970s bike boom there some pockets of high bicycle use in America. This is Davis, California, by famous landscape photographer Ansell Adams. https://t.co/r7i5R6ygxB
#Cycling is a major contributor to shifting mobility from polluting and passive modes of transport to cleaner, emissions free, active modes.
At the moment, the number one barrier to increasing cycling and getting more people to cycle is road safety.