Cycling Cities: The Global Experience
Charting 150 years of cycling policy and practice across 50 cities in 25 countries–and growing. Our books and research offer practical insights for policymakers, community groups, students, and educators working toward more sustainable mobility. Follow us on LinkedIn.
New Release
Cycling Cities; The Tehran Experience
Cycling Cities: The African Experience
Support our campaign to distribute to educational institutions across Africa.
Exhibits
Following its debut in Tamale, Ghana, Bicycles Forever 1.0 in 2024, the exhibit travelled to Addis Ababa, and Windhoek. Its second edition premiered at Eindhoven University of Technology in November 2025. Bicycles Forever 2.0 opens at Leiden University on 19 May 2026, returns to Eindhoven as 3.0 July 8-10. Check back for updates.
Digital Platform
We are developing Cycling Cities: The Digital Experience allowing comparisons across cities, time, and sources.
Why Cycling Cities?
Why do some capitals and business centers become cycling cities while others do not? Our work shows how policymakers, engineers, cyclists, and grassroots groups have shaped bicycle mobility since the early twentieth century. Each publication is richly illustrated with photographs, maps, tables, and infographics.
Your-City-Next Series
Just published: Tehran, Lisbon, and seventeen African cities.
Forthcoming: Minneapolis (Fall 2026), Cork, Budapest, Erbil, Istanbul, Bogotá, Canada.
Already published Europe (11 cities), Africa (17 cities) plus Arnhem-Nijmegen, Munich, The Hague, Johannesburg, Rotterdam, Lisbon.
In the News
Our work has appeared internationally, including in The Guardian. Reviews are available in Dutch, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, among others. The city of Tehran has issued a translation into Farsi.
