Despite its hilly topography and a legal injunction that prevented it from developing its bicycle network for four years, cycle use in San Francisco has grown to set the standard for US cities, thanks to a local culture of environmentalism, social justice and 'street theater'.
A year after the introduction of the Boris bikes and the Cycle Superhighways, Joe Peach reevaluates their impact on Greater London, finding them wanting due to their emphasis on the city centre over suburban areas.
Joe Peach casts a critical eye over Amsterdam's cycling network, sketching out its limitations while still admiring its formidable success in moving people onto sustainable transport.
It's time to revisit London's bus maps, whose design is so poor they often don't even show any destinations!
This month Delhi played host to the International Workshop on Sustainable and Climate Resilient Urban Development, bringing together think tanks, municipalities and others to envision climate-resilient solutions to urban planning problems.
A reality check on Boris Johnson's new cycle superhighways, noting that behind the scheme are ridership targets that remain paltry compared to northern European cities.
Much of the city's success with cycling has happened in the past five years, with a 58 per cent increase in cycling between 2006 and 2010. What is most impressive is that between these dates the city was legally incapable of developing its bicycle network.
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