According to its 2016 Cycling Master Plan, soon to be superseded by a Mobility Master Plan, the modal share for cycling is approximately 1.4% and the approved goal for 2050 is 32.5% of trips by walking, cycling and transit.

Bicycle parking plans include designing and constructing one to three bike parking structures with 60-75 parking spaces, locking features, shelter, benches, lighting and signage.

Since 2021, the City has been testing secure bike parking lockers in three locations downtown, and the goal is to add more across the city. This initiative is tied to the upcoming rapid transit system as demand continues to grow.

In 2023, the City joined the provincial Cargo Power-assisted Bicycle pilot program, with a focus on raising awareness of their benefits including education on the regulations and rules of the road.

This past summer, the city hosted a successful 2-day event, All About E-Bikes. The event was done in partnership with the London Environmental Network and London Cycle Link, where residents could learn more about e-bikes and e-cargo bikes and the options available to incorporate them into workplace environments and daily life, along with test rides.

London Cycle Link is a local advocacy group promoting safe streets and paths while fostering a thriving cycling culture. Its Ride to Thrive program provides cycling education to students in grades 5 and 6 to promote active transportation. The London Environmental Network offers environmental programs and climate action opportunities for all residents.

While there are currently no bikeshare operations in London, the City hopes to incorporate a program into their budget in the near future.

London has initiated a number of road safety campaigns to implement Vision Zero. Its goals include active and safe routes to school, leading pedestrian intervals, automated speed enforcement, protected intersections, lowering speed limits and more.

Jersey City, the second-most populous city in the state of New Jersey, developed its Let’s Ride JC Bicycle Master Plan back in 2019. The plan was created in hopes of quadrupling cycling by 2025 and implementing bikeways on more than 50% of the city’s street network.

Mayor Steven Fulop is bullish on biking, and since coming into power in 2013 over 100 miles of dedicated facilities for cycling have been installed. This expansion has led to more than 26 miles of protected bike lanes and over 33 miles of buffered bike lanes.

Cycling has seen a 111% increase since 2020, with a 61% increase in Citi Bike ridership across the system.

Jersey City’s overall active transportation mode share is high, with 50% of all intracity trips on foot and an additional 8% using public transportation.

The Bicycle Master Plan goal is to increase cycling mode share by 400% by 2026, and the city has set an overall goal to exceed 3% cycling mode share citywide.

Citi Bike share, launched in 2015 with 53 stations citywide, successfully integrated e-bikes into the Jersey City fleet in 2021, with a significant increase in e-bike ridership since then.

Over 154,000 e-bike rides were recorded in the second quarter of 2024, a 5% increase from the first quarter, and e-bikes accounted for nearly 54% of the total rides in Q2 2024.

In 2022, Jersey City made history by launching the nation’s first comprehensive municipal secure bicycle parking and charging network in partnership with Oonee, based in Brooklyn, NY.

The first phase has been installed and consists of two high-capacity pods (24 bikes each), three 10-bike docks, and a mini unit that parks six bikes.

There are plans to expand the system to include 30 facilities across the city, servicing nearly 300,000 people.

Jersey City installs approximately 50 individual bike racks annually to support on-street bike parking, with nearly 700 public on-street bike racks currently installed.

As a baseline, the City dedicates approximately $5 million annually to road safety improvements, including bike infrastructure, protected bike lanes, bike parking, and $400,000 annually to subsidize the Citi Bike program.

Additionally, the City manages a number of federal and state grant-funded corridor safety projects valued at over $10 million that include safe cycling facilities.

Jersey City since became the first municipality in New Jersey to adopt Vision Zero five years ago with a goal to decrease cycling fatalities and serious injuries to zero by 2026.

The Spanish city of Valencia started the new year with a new accolade: European Green Capital 2024. Valencia earned the title because of its ambitious sustainability strategy, including almost five million square metres of green areas and routes that showcase the city’s unique flavours.

With over 200 kilometres of cycle paths, Valencia is also a bike-friendly city thanks to its size, flatness and historic centre. A 5km cycling ring in the centre that was opened in 2017 has seen a 214% increase in ridership.

In addition, vehicles are not allowed to exceed 30 kilometres an hour in the city’s historic centre, a speed limit which applies to about 75% of Valencia’s roads.

The city’s first cycling lane was built in 1982, but for decades Valencia revered motor vehicles — until climate change demanded reversing this situation. With the approval of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan in 2013, the city’s cycling network began to grow from 123km to 190km by 2022.

From 2015 to 2022, Valencia also reclaimed more than 150,000m2 of green pedestrian areas and 2,182m2 around 13 schools, resulting in 10% less traffic and a 10% increase in public transport usage, while emissions decreased by 15-25%.

One of the city’s most impressive green cycling corridors is the 9km Jardín del Turia, a relaxing route of gardens that cuts through the urban heart of the city for a leisurely and memorable cycling journey.

Another completely flat route starts at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències and leads to beaches in the southside of the city, a 48km round trip excursion. Or try the 15km Via Xurra on an old railway line for exercise, nature and history as you explore these otherwise inaccessible rural environments.

There are also fabulous cycling adventures nearby with flat routes through the Albufera Natural Park, or more mountainous rides with mythical mountain passes inside two natural parks, the Sierra Calderona and the Sierra Espadán.

Valencia’s extensive network of cycle paths connects all of the city’s neighbourhoods, and there are also ciclocalles, bicycle-priority streets with lanes in the middle of the road, and a 30kph speed limit for general traffic.

The majority of residents, around 50%, move around the city by foot, with 6% choosing to cycle, while 16% use public transport and around 15% use private vehicles.

The city’s public bike-sharing system, Valenbisi, boasts 2,750 bicycles available via 275 stations that are set up in different strategic parts of the city to promote cycling and its integration into the transport chain. The first 30 minutes are free, and the service runs 24 hours a day year-round.

Valencia’s motto is “On a Mission Together” to reach their climate neutrality and environmental goals.