Adding bodies to your bike by Kirsten Dirksen on June 21, 2009 If you’re relying on your bike to get places then it’s very likely at some point you’ll need something that …
Slow Biking: “if you think you’re going to sweat, slow down” by Kirsten Dirksen on June 3, 2009 “First there was Slow Food and then Slow Travel, Slow Companies, Slow Planet, etc. The time is ripe for Slow …
The magic of Bicing: bike-sharing in Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 Barcelona’s bike-sharing program launched in early 2007 with 1500 communal bikes. Before long 90,000 had bought a yearly pass and …
A corporate campus with free bikes & an edible landscape by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 Like their eco-friendly fabrics, clothing company Patagonia tries to push the limits of sustainability on campus. They’ve built a power …
Pedaler’s Express PedEx delivery: when cargo bike beats van by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 Just because a car can go 100 miles per hour, doesn’t mean it will be able to when delivering your …
How Barcelona is slowly becoming a cyclist's city by Kirsten Dirksen on May 27, 2009 While only 3.5% of Spaniards cycle every day, in one year- 2007- daily use in Barcelona jumped by 81%. Most …
How Bicing changed the way Barcelona moves by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 While the United States continues to dither with small-scale programs in Washington DC, San Francisco, New York and Denver (Denver …
Bakfiets: a Dutch cargobike is the SUV of bikes by Kirsten Dirksen on March 8, 2009 It’s easy to assume once you have a couple of kids, your days of freewheeling are numbered. One kid seat …
Dutch bikes: appliances, not sporting goods by Kirsten Dirksen on February 11, 2009 There are more bicycles than people in the Netherlands: 18 million bikes for 16.3 million people. There are less than …
When a bike beats a car: how appropriate is our transport? by Kirsten Dirksen on April 27, 2008 If we were truly a society addicted to speed, more of us would get out of our cars. The average …
