{"id":52231,"date":"2026-06-05T10:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/?p=52231"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:37:04","slug":"bici-bloomberg-new-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/blog\/bici-bloomberg-new-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"The next stage of BICI (Bloomberg) opens new opportunities for cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new call for applications for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globaldesigningcities.org\/bici-launch\/?utm_campaign=271920347-Newsletter%202026&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9o2tVwIEQKUdTNOtEU40muN2bwBXdDrJR2w__1nbhlvbkEOVGoMWGqHVLcaGq1mvCNBBbS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI)<\/a>\u00a0opened on June 3<sup>rd<\/sup>,  Developed in collaboration with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.org\/?utm_campaign=271920347-Newsletter%202026&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9o2tVwIEQKUdTNOtEU40muN2bwBXdDrJR2w__1nbhlvbkEOVGoMWGqHVLcaGq1mvCNBBbS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg Philanthropies<\/a>, this global initiative supports cities in designing and implementing safe, high-quality cycling networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To see a real example of how initiatives like this can be translated into urban projects that improve cycling infrastructure, we can look at some of the projects developed in previous editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In last year\u2019s edition, held in Fortaleza (Brazil), the safety of bike lane users was improved through an intervention that included the installation of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/zebra-family\/?utm_campaign=271920347-Newsletter%202026&#038;utm_source=hs_email&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9o2tVwIEQKUdTNOtEU40muN2bwBXdDrJR2w__1nbhlvbkEOVGoMWGqHVLcaGq1mvCNBBbS\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zebra Family<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a>cycle lane separators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sin-titulo-16-de-septiembre-de-2025-11.19.08-9-1-1024x535.png\" alt=\"bici bloomberg\" class=\"wp-image-52225\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/project\/ciclofaixas-fortaleza-zebra\/?utm_campaign=271920347-Newsletter%202026&#038;utm_source=hs_email&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9o2tVwIEQKUdTNOtEU40muN2bwBXdDrJR2w__1nbhlvbkEOVGoMWGqHVLcaGq1mvCNBBbS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2192Discover how the project was developed in Fortaleza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initiatives such as BICI represent a great opportunity to promote and accelerate urban cycling projects. If your city is considering applying, we would be delighted to learn more about your project and explore how we can support you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"hs-cta-embed hs-cta-simple-placeholder hs-cta-embed-415995556085\"\n  style=\"max-width:100%; max-height:100%; width:184px;height:73.5374984741211px\" data-hubspot-wrapper-cta-id=\"415995556085\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/cta-eu1.hubspot.com\/web-interactives\/public\/v1\/track\/redirect?encryptedPayload=AVxigLICu9jH1Az0ZYTFwRbFZ0QqsqShUnpZ14Tw30lHvR5mQfF8nBNbs2YcTg3faORNkoLCoIFk0Jt2vw19o%2BROp5mwQWW59UAnMhc2ZjNvbK5cxyxht%2BA0A1rK2g4pAnJfiLWDEKfJbe8NfZzKDHamYawufpeQ2RhZHB9vB%2FTePTtd3uXVGCQ%2F3gOha4NW&#038;webInteractiveContentId=415995556085&#038;portalId=25284294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;strong&gt;Tell us about your project&lt;\/strong&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/cta\/default\/25284294\/interactive-415995556085.png\" style=\"height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: fill\" onerror=\"this.style.display=&#039;none&#039;\" title=\"\">\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new call for applications for the\u00a0Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI)\u00a0opened on June 3rd, Developed in collaboration with\u00a0Bloomberg Philanthropies, this global initiative supports cities in designing and implementing safe, high-quality cycling networks. To see a real example of how initiatives like this can be translated into urban projects that improve cycling infrastructure, we can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":52213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-topical"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52231"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52247,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52231\/revisions\/52247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}