In October STC co-founder Shannon Bufton travelled to Tokyo to present a paper to the UIA World Congress of Architects. The paper was co-authored by Shannon and STC's research guru Florian Lorenz.  Thanks to Friends of Nature for contributing funds to help us register for the event. The paper was entitled "Bicycle Lifestyles in Beijing and Their Relevance for a Benign Development of Futu...

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...

STC was formed in early 2010 by a small group of friends passionate about cycling and their city - Beijing. With over 4 million cars appearing on Beijing’s roads in a relatively short period of time (it only took 2 years for last 2 million cars to appear) there is no doubt that this city has rapidly moved from the capital of the bicycle kingdom to the capital of the new car kingdom. This rap...