In the Netherlands, cycling is a way of life and is so common that there are more bikes than people, according to BBC News. As many as 70 percent of journeys are by bike in cities like The Hague and Amsterdam. Cycling can be a significant way to reduce a person’s carbon footprint, as using […]
In the Netherlands, where there are 1.3 bikes per person, finding a parking space for a two-wheeler can be daunting. To amend the situation, the country is building a massive, three-story bike parking garage beneath Utrecht’s central train station. The first phase of the project will be able to hold 6,000 bikes, then another 6,500 […]
Texas A&M students, teachers and staff no longer have to worry about cycling the campus’ busy Bizzell and Ross intersection at night thanks to an innovative glow-in-the-dark bike lane. The university boasts that the lane is the nation’s first “non-signalized, Dutch-style intersection … [that] includes bright green solar luminescent pavement markings used to delineate the […]
Poland—home to some of the most bike-friendly cities in the world—unveiled a gorgeous, glowing bike path near Lidzbark Warminski in the Mazury region last week to help nighttime cyclists get from A to B. Poland debuts its first bicycle path that lights up at night.Gazeta Wyborcza screen grab The 100-meter track, created by construction company […]