Tag Archives: bicycles
About that petrol price
Posted on 04. Apr, 2012 by Jonathan Cherry.
Some economic analysts are predicting even more hurt as we approach the second half of the year. Perhaps there’s another way?
Detroit Bicycle City
Posted on 14. Jul, 2011 by Jonathan Cherry.
It used to be known as Motown or the Motor City, but Detroit Michigan is reinventing itself as a new creative hub that is increasingly connecting with itself via bicycles.
It’s amazing how cities around the world are being radically transformed by the adoption of bicycles. Perhaps the ever increasing price of crude oil is a blessing to society in disguise.
The Bicycle City: How bicycles can completely transform an entire city
Posted on 30. Mar, 2011 by Jonathan Cherry.
If you’re wondering how the growing network of cycle lanes across Cape Town could potentially improve the city economically – consider the story of Rivas, Nicaragua, an impoverished developing nation town transformed by the empowerment of its citizens through bicycles.
Inspirational – another movie to add to the list.
Critical Mass: Cape Town
Posted on 27. Oct, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.
Go get your bike
This Friday [29 October 2010] at 06h45 outside the Baxter or 07h15 outside the CTICC – a bunch of people who like to ride bikes will be gathering for just such an activity. Called Critical Mass – it happens in over 300 cities around the world on the last Friday of every month.
We’re going to see if we can make a turn this week.
Bike culture in South Africa?
Posted on 14. Sep, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.
Although South Africa is home to the largest timed bicycle race on the planet, as a basic form of transportation, the bicycle is not exactly high on our preferred list of options. Generally cyclists are thought of as fun target practice for motorists high on crack, prescription drugs and brandy.
So it comes as some surprise that two guys are travelling the length and breadth of South Africa on the lookout for fellow commuters, and people who use bicycles as part of their everyday work, to meet and photograph.
They’re finding out who rides bicycles, why they ride bicycles, if and why they love their bicycles, and of course why so few South Africans choose bicycles as a transport option. There is no specific range of questions asked, they’d rather just establish a conversation around the rider’s life and where his or her bicycle fits into it. Being avid cyclists themselves, this project is as much an investigation into South African bicycle culture as it is an excuse for them to ride their bikes and take photographs.
Here are some of the pics so far.
The aim is to publish the pictures in a coffee table book and hopefully get more people considering the humble bicycle as an option for getting around. The city of Cape Town are on a mission to built lots of bike tracks all over the city. We just have to start using them now.
More about the project here.
More about the book’s pre-order here.
