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How do you Value a Life?

The current approach to road safety is failing us, by protecting private property over human lives. It’s time we flipped these priorities and started putting people first.

Cities, cycling, road safety, sustainability, transportation, urban design, vision zero

Something, but Almost Nothing: The Origin of Bike-Sharing

The original vision for bike-sharing was quite simple: free and universal transportation for all.

amsterdam, bike-sharing, bikeshare, capitalism, cycling, history

The Human Transportation System

Bike lanes and wider sidewalks are a good start to improving our cities, but real change won’t happen until we’re able to challenge the fundamentals of the transportation system we’ve created.

amsterdam, biking, Cities, cycling, design, netherlands, Safety, transportation

Bike Lanes are Not for Cyclists

Every time cities add new bike lanes, the cycling network grows, and travelling by bicycle becomes a safe, convenient option for more people.

bike lanes, bike share toronto, cycling, design, Safety, sustainability, Toronto

Culture Shock: Biking in NYC

Bicycling in New York is chaos; it’s beyond anything I’ve experienced in Toronto, which by comparison seems like a Canadian politeness contest.

biking, brooklyn, cycling, new york city, sustainability, traffic, transportation, travel

How Dutch Biking Changed the Way I Ride

It took just one bike ride after I returned home from a three-week cycling course in the Netherlands to realize … More

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