Other cities across the world are working to encourage more people to use their bicycles as transport. They recognise that increasing the numbers of people cycling can reduce pollution and congestion, and improve community health and wellbeing.

UNITED STATES + CANADA

Vancouver (Canada)

New York, New York (United States)

Mapping Your NYC Bike Commute from Streetfilms on Vimeo.

Janette Sadik-Khan is passionate about making the streets of New York for people, not just vehicles. Hear about the highlights from her past year of work including partially closing Broadway to traffic and launching the Summer Streets program which closed down streets for special events.

San Francisco, California (United States)

Washington, DC (United States)

Meet the Met from Rails-to-Trails Conservancy on Vimeo.

Portland, Oregon (United States)

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

Google Maps for Biking

ASIA

Jakarta (Indonesia)

Jakarta has announced that it is building its first bike track – a 1.5km lane through the city – it’s short but it’s a start. More details here.

EUROPE

London (UK)

Malmo (Sweden)

No ridiculous car trips from Martin Lang on Vimeo.

Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

Utrecht (Netherlands)

Copenhagen (Denmark)