As cities increasingly seek to reduce car use and encourage more sustainable forms of transport, so cycling will surely play an ever-more important role in urban life.
Following a swath of activism in the 1970s, Dutch cities began to introduce measures for safer cycling. Now Amsterdam, Utrecht and Groningen – not to mention cities such as Copenhagen, Münster and Seville – have become pioneers for a pro-cycling urban culture with extensive networks of cycle paths, as well as other clever ideas to make cycling around the metropolis easier.
But which other places around the world should we add to this list of most cycle-friendly towns and cities? Where is unexpected progress being made in the quest for safer and more innovative cycling infrastructure?
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