Bicycle

The much-beleaguered attempt to free up more public space in the downtown Athens area has come back to the fore at a particularly auspicious time. 

Paris is testing a new form of travel: an eco-friendly, bubble-shaped taxi that zips along the water up and down the Seine River, the Associated Press reported.

This week, the organizers are running tests with a white, oval, enclosed electric hydrofoil boat raised to the so-called water wings and it looks like a small space shuttle that glides along the sights of Paris.

Women cyclists across Turkey will go behind the wheel on Sept. 22 for the annual "Fancy Women Bike Ride" in an attempt to give more visibility to women in Turkish society and to demand bicycle-friendly cities.

The EU's anti-dumping measures against Chinese goods are an opportunity for the Turkish bicycle sector, according to the head of Turkey's Bicycle Industry Association.

Thousands of women bikers from over 60 cities in Turkey went behind the wheel on Sept. 23 for the annual “Chic Women’s Bicycle Tour” in an attempt to give more visibility to women in Turkish society and to demand cycle-friendly cities. Click through for the story in photos...

The municipality in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district has saved a total of 132,000 Turkish Liras ($20,500) ever since the mayor and other personnel began using bicycles to commute four months ago.

In southeastern Turkey, a top city official for disabled affairs is blind, but still makes his way down the streets in an official vehicle using pedal power - not a car, but a bicycle.

Amsterdam has banned beer bikes amid complaints about rowdy tourists being drunk and disorderly, reported BBC. 

A court ruling on Tuesday allowed officials to prohibit their use in the centre of the Dutch city, calling the contraptions a "public order problem".

If Greek business needed a role model, Stathis Stasinopoulos would make an ideal candidate.

The citizens and visitors of Burgas will have the opportunity to loan electrical bicycles now. Reports Darik.