Showing posts with label bicycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bicycle. Show all posts

Saturday, October 17, 2015

How much space are we giving away to cars? / ¿Cuánto espacio le hemos cedido a los autos?

Nothing better than pictures to realize how much space are we giving away to cars.


A bit ridiculous to drive by yourself in a car if you have other options, isn’t it?





And wouldn’t it be nice to just be able to walk around the city freely?

It’s a bit scary sometimes with so many cars.
Karl Jilg/Swedish Road Administration


Check more on how much space cars take vs. bikes or buses here and how much of the city goes to serve those cars here.

Friday, July 4, 2014

Bike ride around Richmond

When I discovered Let's Go Biking! I was thrilled to find tons of information on where to bike in and around Vancouver, for pleasure, and away from cars.

Had to give it a try and the first ride was around Richmond, for one simple reason: it is flat!


Saw turtles and a fox, herons, eagles and fish, mountains and sea planes, historical sites and one of the new Olympic buildings, farms and hidden hippie communites.


It’s about 95% away from cars, and in some places you really feel you’re on holidays far away from the city. Just brilliant!



Monday, April 28, 2014

Ciclovida: organización que promueve el uso de la bicicleta

Ciclovida surge con el firme propósito de ayudar a los demás. Promover y apoyar políticas de movilidad urbana.

Porque la bicicleta es el transporte que contribuye a lograr una ciudad limpia, a reducir la contaminación, a descomprimir el tránsito vehicular.

Promovemos algo mas que andar en bicicleta, investigamos, asesoramos, diseñamos e implementamos acciones para lograr cambios culturales que integren la bicicleta como un medio de transporte más.

Nuestra aspiración armar es mecanismos y proyectos desde el poder civil que permitan desarrollar políticas publicas enfocadas en la transformación de comportamientos en la cultura ciudadana.

Ciclovida es un espacio de reflexión e intercambio sobre como movernos mejor, ser punto de encuentro para aquellos que utilizan sus bicicletas para trasladarse todos los días a centros de estudio o trabajo en la ciudad, o usen las bicis para recreación o deporte.

En Ciclovida queremos que la gente recupere la sensación de libertad, que establezca una relación directa y vívida con el paisaje cotidiano…es decir, reconquistar la “escala humana” de la ciudad.



(Material de Gustavo Izús, por Ciclovida)

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Back to bikes

I know I’m being a bit repetitive here, but I’m just obsessed with Amsterdam. I love the cities I’ve been living, but I wouldn’t mind spending some time in a place with so much water and bikes. Here’s another peek at how does living in a city with bikes looks like. Enjoy!


Friday, April 19, 2013

Feliz Día de la Bicicleta / Happy Bike Day!

Dejando de lado la historia de cómo surgió el Día de la Bicicleta, festejemos a la gente que opta por usar bicis bajo viento y marea, y a veces, literalmente:




Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Pedaleá: faltan 18 días para la Hora de la Tierra

Spokesperson By HarrimanSteel (C)

El artista de hoy busca inspirar a que la gente use más pedal y menos petróleo. Dice "Dos ruedas son mejor que cuatro. Mejor para vos. Mejor para el medio ambiente. Mejor para todos."


El tema bici viene muy a propósito. Ayer publicamos dos artículos, en español y in English, sobre los esfuerzos que están haciendo un grupo de ciudadanos uruguayos para que su gobierno reconozca a la bicicleta como un medio de transporte válido y proporcione las estructuras necesarias para facilitar que eso sea así.

No sólo consiguieron más de 10.000 firmas, si no que se sumaron ciclistas de todo el mundo pidiendo ciclovías para los uruguayos.




Wednesday, January 23, 2013

A disappointing transport plan: where are the bikes?

I recently read the transport plan for Uruguay up to 2030. It includes all the right buzz words -sustainability, quality of life, reducing impacts on energy and the environment, public safety-, but bicycles or nowhere to be seen (only one brief mention). Can't wrap my head around that omission.

Had it been 20 years ago, I would agreed people were not ready for bicycles (although there has always been a decent percentage of the population who uses bicycles for transport). But in the last years, there has been a burst in pro-bike groups, activists and bike-related shops. No reason for the government not to take advantage of that and provide the necessary infrastructure to promote that change.

The only hope is that the process goes the way it went in the Netherlands, and people keep on pushing the government to make bicycles an option. See how it worked there (English with subtitles in Spanish) in this 7-minute video:


Build them, and they'll come.