The Danish Embassy in Beijing are partnering with STC to organize a "Climate Ride" to promote green transportation. On occasion of the Danish EU Presidency the Danish Embassy Sunday 22nd of April organised a ‘Climate Race’ in and outside Beijing to promote green transportation and solution and raise awareness of climate issues. The highlight will be a one-day bike ride in and around Beijing ...

Article by Li Muxin in the Chinese Publication - Women of China. Direct Link to the article is here - http://www.womenofchina.com.cn/html/node/1011-1.htm   The community group known as Smarter Than Cars (STC) is trying to show that living and moving around Beijing is better on two wheels. The members stress both the importance of keeping Beijing's bike culture alive and how the city can gro...

Website developer : 李峰  Li Feng / Michael Michael has a strong passion for and dedication to preserving the environment - both the built and natural.  A large majority of his spare time is volunteered helping organizations in Beijing - apart from STC he is very involved with helping to preserve Beijing’s Hutongs and Courtyard Houses from demolition through http://www.hutong...

This page shows you real ways you can get hit and real ways to avoid them. This is a far cry from normal bicycle safety guides, which usually tell you little more than to wear your helmet and to follow the law. But consider this for a moment: Wearing a helmet will do absolutely nothing to prevent you from getting hit by a car. Sure, helmets might help you if you get hit, but you...

Speed Bikes are just as fast (or nearly as fast) as cars on short trips (<5 miles) inside the city -- which are a majority of all trips. (More than half of Americans live less than five miles from their jobs.) For all the examples below, we'll use 5 miles as the commuting distance. Cars have a very high top speed but that's irrelevant for most commutes, since most are slowwed down by ...

Speed Bikes are just as fast (or nearly as fast) as cars on short trips (<5 miles) inside the city -- which are a majority of all trips. (More than half of Americans live less than five miles from their jobs.) For all the examples below, we'll use 5 miles as the commuting distance. Cars have a very high top speed but that's irrelevant for most commutes, since most are slowwed down by ru...

Speed Bikes are just as fast (or nearly as fast) as cars on short trips (<5 miles) inside the city -- which are a majority of all trips. (More than half of Americans live less than five miles from their jobs.) For all the examples below, we'll use 5 miles as the commuting distance. Cars have a very high top speed but that's irrelevant for most commutes, since most are slowwed down by ru...

Speed Bikes are just as fast (or nearly as fast) as cars on short trips (<5 miles) inside the city -- which are a majority of all trips. (More than half of Americans live less than five miles from their jobs.) For all the examples below, we'll use 5 miles as the commuting distance. Cars have a very high top speed but that's irrelevant for most commutes, since most are slowwed down by ru...

The Cyclist Lifestyle Two questions immediately suggest themselves: 1) What is a cyclist? 2) Do cyclists have a common lifestyle? Research articles and statistical reports avoid "cyclist," perhaps to prevent confusion with motorcyclists, using "bicyclist" or "pedalcyclist" instead. Newspapers, on the other hand, use "cyclist" to describe anyone riding a bike. History can help, as...