Postcards: Get on your bike – Indian cities tap into pandemic cycling trend
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India on an initiative to get more people on their bikes…
Europeans want (others) to cycle more to keep air clean
Milan, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation European city dwellers want more cycle lanes installed to control air pollution post-lockdown – but only a few are ready to actually hop on a bike, a survey showed on Thursday. From Delhi to Madrid, world cities recorded dramatic improvements in air quality over the past few months as COVID-19 forced […]
SOUTH AFRICA: “WE FEEL FREE” – CYCLISTS RIDE THROUGH APARTHEID’S SPATIAL DIVIDES
KIM HARRISBERG, writing for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how a cycling initiative is breaking down barriers…
CYCLING: DOCKLESS BIKES – GREEN REVOLUTION OR PUBLIC “PARASITE”?
SONIA ELKS, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at the rise – and, in some cases, fall – of public (and dockless) bike sharing schemes around the world…
CYCLING FOR A CAUSE: RIDERS CROSS AUSTRALIA TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON CHILDREN IN NEED
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Rodney Olsen, one of 24 riders who have cycled across the vast Australian continent to raise money and awareness of the work of Christian child sponsorship and development organisation Compassion Australia in lifting children out of poverty…
CLIMATE CHANGE: CYCLING CITY COPENHAGEN SPRINTS TO BECOME FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL CAPITAL
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how officials in Copenhagen are behind an ambitious effort to make the Danish city the world’s first carbon-neutral capital city…