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From Bicycling to a Broader Public Commons

Great fun to use stately old buildings for our World Bike Forum 6, #FMB6

 

From April 19-22 the annual World Bike Forum (this one was #6, hence the hashtag #FMB6) took place in Mexico City. I’ve become something of a fixture at these gatherings and happily so! I have made dozens of […]

April 24th, 2017 | Category: Critical Mass, My Writings and Appearances, Public Space, Travel report, Work and The Economy | Leave a comment

Ciudades que echan la mano

photo by Felipe Besne Navarro

Felicitaciones a los organizadores del Sexto Foro Mundial de Bicicletas en la Ciudad de México. Fue una gran idea adoptar el tema de “Ciudades hechas a mano” debido a la hermosa manera en que abre nuestra investigación en asuntos que van mucho más allá del simple ciclismo. Provocado […]

April 22nd, 2017 | Category: Critical Mass, My Writings and Appearances, Nowtopia, Public Space, Work and The Economy | Leave a comment

When Bicycling Was Cool

Ricardo Jerez and I bicycling on a path towards his home in Santiago, the Andes looming in the distance.

It still is, isn’t it?

It is in some places, less so in others. In Latin America, from Chile and Brazil to Colombia, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico, it is going strong. But I […]

April 20th, 2016 | Category: Critical Mass, History, My Writings and Appearances, Public Space, Travel report | 2 comments
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