cycle BOOM has been on tour recently, taking in the cycling sites in Munich, Germany and Seville, Spain. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our host cities and all those who took the time to teach us more about the approaches taken to promoting cycling. One of the key lessons we have… [Read More]
Archives for 2014
Piloting Cycling Life History Interviews
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” Kierkegaard. A key aim of the cycle BOOM study is to understand how cycling in mid and later life relates to earlier experiences of cycling and the physical, social and cultural settings within which cycling took place (or did not take place) over… [Read More]
‘Una bici mas’
“One more bicycle” – these three words are the rallying cry for the community cycling campaign group Siclas. I was lucky enough to meet with three of the founder members, during a recent trip to Colombia. Siclas is based in Medellin, a city of 2.5 million people, located in the sub-tropical Antioquia region in northwest… [Read More]
cycle BOOM blooming in Spring ‘14
by Jo Cleary, Cleary Stevens Consulting. When I first heard about the cycle BOOM project I thought “Oooo, that sound’s interesting!” Having spent most of my working life promoting cycling as a means of transport and recreation, and as a soon-to-be post 50 life-long cyclist myself, a research project looking at the challenges and benefits… [Read More]
cycle BOOM: Achievements over the first six months
As we approach the first six months of the cycle BOOM project I thought it would be useful to look back at the progress we have made so far. Firstly, I must say that as Principal Investigator on the project I feel very fortunate to be working alongside such a diverse, enthusiastic and multi-skilled team…. [Read More]
Mapping and Measuring Wellbeing
One of the challenges for the cycle BOOM team is identifying ways in which wellbeing whilst cycling can be represented. In pursuit of this, Justin Spinney and I attended the Ordnance Survey OpenData Masterclass hosted in the Cardiff University Engineering Department in November 2013. Here we learned about the potential of new open source (free)… [Read More]
