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Today, UN #WorldBicycleDay, is an important moment to recognize the many reasons to fall in love with cycling: it’s a simple, affordable, and environmentally-friendly way to get around. Whether it’s part of your daily commute or part of your childhood experience, almost everyone has a personal connection with bicycles. Personally, I have very fond memories of watching the Tour de France from my family’s home in the Pyrenees mountains. We were so pleased to welcome Leszek Sibilski, founder of World Bicycle Day, at an event last week to mark the occasion. He emphasized the importance of the World Bank’s work to expand bicycle infrastructure in more developing countries. This is something that gained a stronger foothold during the pandemic, with many cities increasing demand for dedicated bike lanes combined with larger public transport projects. For more on how cycling – and active mobility more broadly – can help revitalize cities, take a look at a blog and report from my colleague Winnie Wang. https://lnkd.in/dJVxMEiN
Kailash Tiwari
1mo
The Donors, especially the World bank should have promoted bicycles, bikeways, use of Helmets! Badly 😞 Missed so far!
Director Certification & Standards @ IRU
1moCycling is such an effective underused mobility means, particularly in cities. However, it needs proper dedicated infrastructure to make it safe. Bike to work (https://www.biketowork.ch/en) is a great initiative that commits employees to make the modal shift and explore cycling to commute to work.