Cycling lanes in Luxembourg: investments will equal those of the Netherlands and Denmark
An ambitious investment plan will increase Luxembourg’s cycling lanes by 40%: 840 km by 2021.
Uganda launches Africa’s first solar-powered bus
It is a 35-seater electric solar bus with a range of 80 km. In Uganda sustainable mobility starts with the first solar-powered bus.
San Francisco raises its bike lanes (and does much more)
These are San Francisco’s plans for 2016 as regard bicycles: construction of an elevated cycling lane, elimination of traffic deaths by 2024 and reduction of bike thefts.
Copenhagen is first in the Copenhagenize Index ranking of bicycle-friendly cities
The 2015 Copenhagenize Index gives cities marks for their efforts and the results they’ve obtained in establishing the bicycle as a socially accepted form of transport: Copenhagen edges Amsterdam into first place.
Here come the bike lights that can be connected to your smartphone
Revolights Eclipse+ is a bicycle light system formed by LEDs that is mounted to the wheels. It signals turns and when you’re braking and it collects information via a smartphone app.
Egret One. The electric kick scooter with the same performance standards of an e-bike
If hoverboards set the current fashion trend, an alternative choice would be electric kick scooters, even though they aren’t street legal yet.
Smog. MEPs voted for doubling maximum emission limits for diesel cars
When levels of pollutants cannot be lowered, limits are relaxed. This is what happened at the European Parliament on 3 February. MEPs voted for implementing emission tests on cars’ Real Driving Emissions (RDE) that will lead to the cut down of cars’ maximum emission values. However, it’s all about giving car manufacturers
Highways for cyclists, here is what and where they are
There are some countries that are promoting the use of bicycles by building highways for cyclists. Here are five places where these are being constructed.
Sherlock, the hi-tech antitheft device for bikes
A young start-up company based in Turin created a GPS antitheft device for bicycles that can be monitored via smartphone. Sherlock is the only Italian project presented at the British Parliament.
Cycling lanes in Barcelona to triple by 2018
The cycling lane network in Barcelona will increase from 116 to 308 km in three years with an investment of 32 million euros. The urban mobility plan also aims to create new bike parking lots.