Why we need to encourage cycling everywhere | World Economic Forum World Bicycle Relief, together with UBS, The UBS Optimus Foundation and the World Economic Forum, hosted The Davos Challenge: Walk for Education Industry and political leaders were challenged to walk the same distance as a typical child walks to school each day in rural South Africa
Sales of electric bicycles are up all over the world | World Economic Forum Sales of e-bikes are also on the up in Europe By 2030, annual bicycle sales are likely to be 47% greater than they were in 2019, according to European cycling organizations quoted by Forbes Growth forecasts indicate the number of e-bikes sold each year in Europe could go from 3 7 million in 2019 to 17 million by 2030
Ciclovía at 50: the lessons from Bogotás car-free streets | World . . . This December marks 50 years of Ciclovía, Bogotá's experiment to open its streets to pedestrians and cyclists Every Sunday more than 100 kilometres of streets in the city have no car traffic, bringing public health benefits and communities closer together What can this movement teach us about addressing climate change?
How bicycles empower women | World Economic Forum F K Day, Co-Founder and President, World Bicycle Relief, once said, “Where freedom and independence is sought and distance is a barrier to accessing vital services and markets, then bicycles serve an essential role in achieving that access ”
Ghana’s bamboo bikes are making cycling more sustainable | World . . . Bernice Dapaah launched Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative as a way to create local jobs and promote low-carbon transport More than half of its employees are women and for every bike sold, one is given to a schoolchild to help that child save time getting to school
What makes Copenhagen the worlds most bike-friendly city? The city of Xiamen built a 7 6 km elevated skyway for bikes – the world’s longest elevated cycle path – which was designed by the same Danish architects responsible for some of Copenhagen’s iconic cycleways Although bike sharing schemes in both Xiamen and Beijing have led to enormous piles of discarded bikes