The BACC recently published a study aimed at analyzing the use of bike lanes in the city of Barcelona. The study recorded the data at nine bike lane locations in the city, morning and evening, in two rush-hour time slots. Its findings regarding women's use of the...
In recent years, the length and quality of cycle tracks has grown around the world. Cities try to reduce the presence of motor vehicles on their streets while promoting the use of bicycles. This has led to the construction of new cycle tracks that attract more...
The construction of new bike lanes generates a knock-on effect that increases the number of citizens who use bicycles not only on the streets where these bike lanes are but throughout the city. This is one of the main conclusions of a recently published study on...
The demand for accessible products and services in the United States and Canada is already high, and the number of citizens with disabilities or functional limitations who need them is set to grow significantly with the progressive aging of the population. In an...
The lockdown linked to the Covid-19 crisis led to a significant drop in people’s trips around the city. To seize the opportunity to experiment with another vision of urban planning and make more space available for active modes of transport, Cerema (French Center for...
The bike lane of Plaza de Tetuán was built in 2013 and serves the crossing of two key arteries of the Catalan capital, the Gran Vía de las Cortes Catalanas and the emblematic Paseo de San Juan. This bike lane has been recently renewed and in the renovation works, the...
The health crisis caused by COVID-19 is forcing administrations around the world to make drastic changes in mobility in cities. The new criteria of social distancing to reduce the risk of contagion force the search for options so that those who have to move every day...
The COVID-19 emergency has disrupted our daily life in many ways. However, one thing will remain unchanged: ZICLA’s commitment to building a cycling culture in the US. During this emergency, cities across the country are experiencing an increase in biking due to...
The League of American Bicyclists cancelled the in-person 15-17 March National Bike Summit and made it an online experience for the first time because of the COVID-19 emergency. At this summit, advocates were coming together to collaborate on a shared vision of Safe...
With the increase of bike lanes in the cities there are groups of sceptic people that have begun to argue about the cons of this infrastructure. They use arguments such as: “taking street space away from cars would slow down traffic”; “bike lanes create traffic chaos...
