Young people and cars: bicycles, computers and smartphones are better

Young people and cars: bicycles, computers and smartphones are better

Smartphones and bicycles instead of cars. This is what teenagers these days prefer, while, on the contrary, in former times, young people craved to pass their driving test and get a car, as a means to become more independent adults.   So, it’s not due to diesel emissions scandal that Germans don’t drive as they did

Bike-friendly Poland: the highs and lows of an unexpected success

Bike-friendly Poland: the highs and lows of an unexpected success

Poland has surprised everyone as regards the use of bicycles and cycling infrastructures: in the 2014 edition of the European cycling challenge the top five cities were exclusively Polish and Italian.   Rome thought to be the favourite even if it isn’t exactly a bike-friendly city, still, it ranked third after two Polish cities: the

PulsaR, the Italian bicycle that runs as fast as a car

PulsaR, the Italian bicycle that runs as fast as a car

Riding a bike at more than 100 km/h must be a strange sensation. That’s what happened to Andrea Gallo who set the Italian speed record with a human-powered vehicle. The prototype PulsaR reached almost 117 km/h during the World Human Powered Speed Challenge that took place in Battle Mountains, Nevada, United States.     PulsaR was

Salvaiciclisti becomes an association aimed to defend cyclists and the GRAB

Salvaiciclisti becomes an association aimed to defend cyclists and the GRAB

On Saturday 10 October, Salvaiciclisti, the movement that managed to gather thousands of cyclists on 28 April 2012 crowding with bikes via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, decided to take the big step of becoming an association, a formally and legally recognised reality that dialogue with institutions but has its voice heard to the sound of

P’tit Vélib, Paris’ bike-sharing programme for children

P’tit Vélib, Paris’ bike-sharing programme for children

Paris is increasingly embracing soft mobility, that’s why it created a special cycle-sharing service. Following the day without cars in late September, the Champs-Élysées were crowded with people, resulting in an increase by 32 percent in the use of bike-sharing service Vélib compared to a usual Sunday. Similarly, Paris’ white night, organised in October, encouraged citizens