How Do Helmet Laws Impact Cycling Ridership?
PCC ‘25 student and previous Urban Cycling Institute intern, Sophia Wang examines how people are responding to helmet laws on a global scale
The mobility pyramid concept supports the future of sustainable urban transport
Source: Tomorrow.city EIT Urban Mobility has published the second edition of its Costs and Benefits of the Urban Mobility Transition study, the findings of which support the logic of the mobility pyramid, where active mobility and public transport are prioritised over private motorised transport, for optimum environmental and financial returns. The study was developed in […]
Smart Cities and (Smart) Cycling: Exploring the Synergies in Copenhagen and Amsterdam
ABSTRACT In cities worldwide, cycling is increasingly upgraded with smart technology and is included in smart cities' visions and projects. This process has not been problematized in public discourse, as smart innovation is seen as a potential booster of the known benefits of cycling. Drawing on critical literatures on smart cities, smart mobility, and degrowth and using the case studies of Copenhagen and Amsterdam, the article opens up a more critical conversation on the subject, discussing the role of "techno-solutionism,” technology push, and pro-innovation bias in the process of “smartification” of cycling.
focusing on the cities of Copenhagen and Amsterdam as case studies, the article answers the following questions: What is the role of cycling in envisioning smart cities? What are the rationales for cycling planners and advocates to engage in the smartification of urban cycling? What is the relationship between “smartness,” understood as incorporating ICT/IoT technology and the low-tech nature of cycling?
Bike share generates €305m for Europe per year - set to triple by 2030
Zag sits down with EIT Urban Mobility, Cycling Industries Europe and EY to unpack a landmark study quantifying the return of bike sharing in Europe, revealing €305m in annual benefits today and a pathway to €1bn by 2030.
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The impact of shared bicycles and Scooters
Unique Belgian study reveals structural impact of shared bicycles and scooters Ghent, 17 September 2025 – For the first time in Belgium, eight shared bicycle and scooter providers, in conjunction with Way To Go and the University of Antwerp, have investigated the impact of bicycle and scooter sharing. A survey of 4,100 users shows that bicycle and scooter sharers get about more sustainably than the average person in Flanders.