I visited the town of Lyngby, just north of Copenhagen, a couple of weeks back. It's actually called The King's Lyngby - Kongens Lyngby - but this ain't no history blog, now is it. The main street thr...

One way streets. Where do bicycles fit into this ever-present downtown street model? A common question, and [from a car culture kinda perspective] understandably so. The City of Copenhagen answers tha...

From the outlandish SkyCycle, to the more sensible bike share system Santander Bikes, bicycle infrastructure in London repeatedly manages to grab international headlines while attempting to make for a...

There's a great article in the New York Times about the boom in bike share programmes, with focus on Bicing in Barcelona.From the article: "In increasingly green-conscious Europe, there are said to be...

Here's an advert for the bike share system in Valénica, Spain. It's called Valenbisi. 2750 bicycles in all, docked at 275 stations. A short and sweet advert that is brimming with positive imagery. "Ea...

I recieved the First Announcment for Velo-City 2011 in Sevilla today. I particularly like the statistics they highlight so proudly - and rightly so.The organization of Velo-city 2011 have the great p...

Vintage tire repair box.You'll be excused for thinking that May 25th is the Danish version of April 1st. The press last week featured articles about The Danish Working Environment Authority's [Arbejd...

We posted last year and again recently about the German 'Brain on, Motor Off' that stepped confidently over the line and started to make it socially unacceptable to drive cars in our cities.The campai...

I spotted this monument/artwork/statue/thing in Berlin, in the middle of a roundabout at the far end of Kurfürstendamm. Impressive stuff. Is it the tint of my 'liveable cities' glasses that gives me t...