Pro-cycling initiatives

Cycling for Women

Cyclechic was born out of frustration with the lack of stylish cycling accessories on the market. It hopes to keep pushing people's perceptions of cycling and encourage more women to take to wheels by providing products and advice that makes sense to the modern woman.www.cyclechic.co.uk/index.htm

Beauty and the Bike is a cultural urban travel project that aims to help urban traffic planners, by looking at one such mobility culture – that of the teenage girl and young woman.www.bikebeauty.org/english

Bikebelles: What every woman needs to know to get out and about by bike. www.bikebelles.org.uk

Bikeability is the Cycling Proficiency Test for the 21st century, designed to give the next generation the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on today's roads. There are three Bikeability levels and children will be encouraged and inspired to achieve all three levels, recognising that there is always more to learn and to enjoy on a bike.www.bikeability.org.uk

Bike It! Sustrans has stepped in to sort this out with Bike It, a ground-breaking project which has already quadrupled the number of children cycling to its target schools. Keep yourself informed by signing up for the school travel e-update. www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/bike-it

Other Cycling Initiatives

Share the Road is a UNEP United Nations Environment Programme initiative, developed with the FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society. Share the Road promotes policies in government and donor agencies for systematic investments in walking and cycling road infrastructure, linked with public transport systems. More info at www.unep.org/transport/sharetheroad

Met Belgerinkel naar de Winkel is an initiative of Bond Beter Leefmilieu, UNIZO, Christelijke Mutualiteit and Fietsersbond that aims to increase shopping by bike in Belgian cities. The 2010 campaign will take place from Saturday May 8 to Saturday June 12. www.belgerinkel.be (only in Dutch)

"LANDRAD": Austrian project about pedelecs
LANDRAD is an Austrian research project funded through national and private resources as well as through different sponsors. The project aims to assess how many trips, which are usually made by car, can be replaced by pedelecs. For a special rate, 500 pedelecs were made available for private individuals. The pedelecs are equipped with a technical device for quarterly data capturing. In addition, the participants are asked to take part in surveys on their mobility patterns. The project runs since October 2008 and ends in 2010. First results are expected for summer 2010.
www.landrad.at (in German)

ACTIVE eCONCEPT's mission is a carefree implementation of electric transport for employers, for business as well as commuter transport. www.active-econcept.eu