From Carlos Felipe Pardo of Despacio (Columbia) to Jeppe Mikél Jensen, "a Social Geographer and Communication Consultant currently working as a sustainability and mobility consultant for the Union of the Baltic Cities Commission on Environment (Turku, Finland)" and Esther Anaya (Catalonia) "doing research about public bicycles, cycling mobility history in Spain and bicycle mobility integration in schools", 25 authors contributed one chapter each to a book, Cyclists and Cycling around the World documenting how to create liveable and bikeable cities.
Where in wealthy countries, riding a bike is often a lifestyle-evironmentally minded choice, in Africa for example, groups like Coop Africa (cycling out of poverty) help people generate income (fruit bars on wheels, garbage collection, deliveries), education with rides to school and healthcare (bike4care, bike ambulances and bikes for healthcare workers so they can reach patients as shown below).
I heard about the book via Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhagenize who was in Lima for book launch (he took photo of his copy of book as shown below)
Life on 2 Wheels around the globe in 1 book for Green Day # 264
Previously: From CSA to CSF, Dock to Dish brings Community Supported Fisheries to New York
(* Bike4Care image from Coop-Africa Facebook Page)
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