Tag: bikes

Cycle-friendly Sydney: Darlinghurst bike hub
12 February 2010
Cycle-friendly Sydney: Darlinghurst bike hub

The City of Sydney announces plans to rein­vent Taylor Square as a com­munity cyc­ling hub and a budget of $76 mil­lion to build a 200km cyc­ling net­work over the next four years.

Cycle-friendly cities: sharing bikes in Auckland
3 February 2010
Cycle-friendly cities: sharing bikes in Auckland

Auck­land, never a big bike city, is becom­ing more cycle-friendly: guest con­trib­utor Amber Par­kin tells us why and gives us the pros and cons of her city’s bike shar­ing scheme.

China gets back on the bike
2 February 2010
China gets back on the bike

Bike own­er­ship in China is on the decline while car own­er­ship con­tin­ues to rise. How will China shift gears and move back to pedal power?

Hangzhou’s handy bike sharing scheme
18 January 2010
Hangzhou’s handy bike sharing scheme

Amber Par­kin shares her exper­i­ence using Hangzhou’s bike shar­ing scheme, which enables tour­ists to see the city as a local would, and provides res­id­ents with a green trans­port alternative.

Social cycling: barter for your bike
14 January 2010
Social cycling: barter for your bike

Bar­ter­ing has entered the 21st cen­tury in the form of social cyc­ling. It can be as simple as a group of friends get­ting together to trade cloth­ing, or as com­plex as a national initiative.