Europe: Billions for Bicycles
Europe has invested a lot of money in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure over the past fifteen years, and more is coming.
Bicycles and Personal Transport
Hybrid bikes: Great for touring Europe
What are some benefits of using a hybrid bike on your European vacation? Mark Hensley offers some great reasons to bring your bike along!
Belgium: Freeway to turn Greenway
Brussels is planning to slice off part of an expressway near a major park and reconfigure it for hikers and bikers
Paris slows down the scooters
Paris is taking steps to make pedestrians safer from scooters by automatic speed restrictions in areas around the city
Cycling: More dangerous than we think?
Safety experts in the Netherlands are re-examining bicycle safety based on including ambulance and hospital figures, not only police reports.
Bikers, Hikers go free on Danish summer ferry
A free fare program for pedestrians, bikers and people with disabilities is now open for more days and a longer season
Dutch try out a solar panel bike line
An experimental solar path is generating power for 40 homes as well as a new safe lane for riders.
Scooter Cannonball on its way west
A coast-to-coast endurance and speed trial for Vespas and their like is underway.
Ireland gets another Greenway
An abandoned rail line is reopening as a bike and hike trail in Limerick
Paris: Paid parking for motorbikes, vespas
Paris takes the next steps in its goal of reducing gasoline-powered traffic with paid parking and reduced parking spaces.
Belgium: Better bike deal for trains
More space on the train, more parking at the station to serve the growing numbers of bike-to-train commuters and travelers.
UK: New cycle route has history, beauty
Cycling UK has created a 150-mile four-day loop that's almost all off-road.
Dutch start for Tour de France?
Two Dutch cities have started the wheel rolling for another shot at hosting the start of France's famous bike race.
Ireland's Royal Canal Greenway opens
Ireland is opening a new 130km path along the banks of the historic Royal Canal for hikers and cyclists.
Dutch bike sales boom, electrics rise
The Dutch bought over a million new bikes last year, half of them electric.