After celebrating a year riding around the world Daniele Carletti and Simona Pergola arrived in China. Since the beginning there were a few problems: the visa on the passport expires in 30 days, not enough to travel China by bike. On 25 July the guys met three Chinese cyclists that were going to Tibet towards
The European mobility week this year makes common cause with the campaign Do the right mix. The slogan of this year’s topic is Choose. Change. Combine. It invites people to use the means of transport in a multimodal way, i.e. choosing the smartest option or even combining more than one solution instead of driving a private
Being a female cyclist in London is less safe than expected if due to an argument you can risk your life. That’s what an episode happened between Sidney Street and Whitechapel Road, in the district that has become famous for the crimes committed by Jack the Ripper, seems to demonstrate. A man tried to
An Australian start-up aims to produce it by 2016. Thanks to solar panels and batteries, Immortus doesn’t need to be recharged.
It is commonly known that daily cycling is healthy, but studies and statistics now make it an ever evident fact. In particular, they underline how riding bicycle allows attaining both physical and economic wellbeing. The Netherlands is a practical example of the positive results achieved thanks to mass bicycle mobility, as the study “Dutch
A group of experts is creating an algorithm that can calculate, according to the users’ photos and comments, the most pleasant and interesting itinerary, rather than the one usually suggested by GPS devices and applications.
Un centro cittadino rinato, un solo accesso per entrare, uno per uscire. E quasi metà degli spostamenti avvengono in bici.
Have you ever dreamed to ride a Tyrannosaurus? Unfortunately, your dream won’t come true. But there’s something that can get close to it: a T. Rex-shaped bicycle with three wheels. Or, more precisely a T. Rex’s skeleton-shaped bicycle, excellent if you don’t want to go unnoticed when you ride your bike, or during Halloween or
The increase in shuttle buses and parking lots (as a measure to control traffic), the design of new information systems to analyse and quantify the positive effects of multimodality and encourage people to change their travelling habits, knowing how to recognise situations that can cause traffic jams and the adoption of measures to prevent them
Daniele Carletti and Simona Pergola have recently celebrated the first years of their bike journey, the project “Dai sette colli ai sette passi” of BeCycling.net (from seven hills to seven passes). It was an intense and exciting years, but there is still a long way to go for the two cyclists from Rome. So far, they have
