Cyclocity, JCDecaux's bike rental service, has won the 2018 Customer Service of the Year award* in France in the “Individual passenger transport” category for the third consecutive year. This award recognises the commitment and professionalism of the...
http:// Montreal is following in the footsteps of Amsterdam and other bike-friendly cities with its ambitious bike plan. The five-year bicycle master plan will invest about 127 million euros to increase cycling in the city, by deploying a safe,...
http:// Mexico City just took a radical decision that could greatly enhance both its housing market and its walkability: the removal of minimum parking requirements.The previous policy forced developers to build a minimum number of parking spaces in...
http:// If bike sharing is a great opportunity to get around town easily, not everyone can enjoy it – especially people with disabilities. Portland decided to launch a pilot project to create a more accessible bike after the local communities urged them...
http:// What is a bike-friendly city? For sure, a city that invests in bike infrastructure or develops an efficient bike sharing service, a place where cycling is both safe and easy, like Amsterdam or Copenhagen. If US cities seem far behind these two...
http:// If you feel lazy about going to the gym, you can still do good to your body by getting active in your everyday life. Science says it’s not necessary to run a marathon or join a gym club to be healthy, if you simply walk or cycle to your workplace...
http:// Other facts can influence people to change their mobility habits: having showers and bike parking at work will attract more people to cycle. But getting rid of your car parking lots is definitely a first step towards healthier habits.However, an...
http:// Drivers' first reaction to the adding of bike paths on the road is often to argue that they are going to slow down traffic. But their creation actually caused the opposite in the streets of New York City. A new report from the NYC Department...
http:// Are Chinese cities converting to a more bike-oriented design? The city of Xiamen gives an impressive demonstration of its involvement for a more bike-friendly city with the opening of China's first aerial bike path.This five miles-long bike...
You might be surprised, but the result of this policy is far from chaos and passenger loss. The Greater Copenhagen and Danish State Railways (DSB) decided in 2010 that bicycles would travel for free on all their...
Since 2013, data on the self-service bikes operated by JCDecaux has been publicly available on the JCDecaux Developer web portal.
The battery provides approximately 10 km of support and makes it possible to connect the rented bike to a smartphone.
http:// Milan is widely known as one of the most polluted cities in Europe. And this warm and dry winter have not helped: with 30 days of high pollution level last December, local authorities had to react quickly, by temporarily banning cars and offering...
http:// By promoting urban cycling, local retailers in city centres often fear the reduction of their business revenue with the loss of traffic from the motorists. But the truth is very different. The European Cyclist Federation (ECF) recently published...
http:// Scientists and NGOs are unanimous : this winter is the warmest ever worldwide. And 2015 was even the warmest year ever recorded by the Nasa and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which showed that 2015 breaks the 2014 record of...
http:// Opened to the public since May 2013, New York's bicycle sharing system confirms its success in 2015. With 7,500 bicycles in the network, Citi Bike was used more than 10 million times last year, which corresponds to an increase of 24%...
http:// Even if you love biking, it's easy to be discouraged by heavy rain. Rotterdam decided to make biking under the rain easier by turning traffic lights green for cyclists. As bike traffic increased by 10% last year, Rotterdam is willing to...
http:// Like many town-planners and politicians, you might think that building more roads will solve traffic issues. And you would be wrong. CityLab listed a series of such traffic myths encountered in the media and panel discussions during last year,...
http:// Americans love biking, and even more having separate lanes to ride their bike safely. But building bike lanes was often a big deal a few years ago, as it was removing space for cars, and as the lanes were not protected from car traffic, and thus...
http:// French people spend more than 5,000 euros a year for their car. But cars stay parked 95% of the time. A lot of money spent for a limited use. Could it be possible to get around differently? Startup carsharing company Koolicar and insurance...
