Bicycle
Hundreds of women cycle to support green transportation
Hundreds of women have taken to the streets on bicycles in multiple events in western and southern Turkey to raise awareness of sustainable transportation methods, as Sept. 20 marked "The World Cities without Cars Day."
Don’t mess with this bicyclist…(incredible ‘Hulk’ video)
A car was blocking a bicycle lane. So what better thing to do than simply pick the car up, move it aside, get on your bike again and go on your merry way.
French cyclist hit by car, killed in southwestern Turkey
A French cyclist has been killed in an accident after being struck by a car in the southwestern province of Mu?la.
Christian Jean Auguste Niaffe, 59, was struck at around 5 p.m. on May 24 while en route to the resort town of Marmaris in the Aegean region.
Bicycles popular but not yet part of day-to-day life, study finds
One in four Greeks has a bicycle but only 3 percent use it as one of their main modes of transport and just 32 percent of owners have used their bikes over the last 12 months, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the Greek branch of WWF.
The world travels of a Crazy young couple (photos)
Pablo Mandado and Ilze Zebolde, a Spanish couple, left London on a quest to explore the world on bicycles. 7,000 miles later, they have traveled 16 countries on a very tight budget of just 3 euros per day. They document exactly how they managed to do so on their website.
Pablo
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Iohannis: I am with the bicyclists, urging more people to ride bicycles
President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday urged as many people as possible to ride bicycles, showing that moving by means of a bicycle cuts road traffic and implicitly pollution.
Photo credit (c): KLAUS IOHANNIS / FACEBOOK
A long bicycle ride through beautiful countryside!
The largest Train-Bicycle Ride in Greece kicks off at 6 p.m. on Sunday at Thessaloniki Railway. Participants will load their bikes onto the train and head to Methoriako Station (Vyroneia Serron) for a ride to Kerkini Lake.
The event is aimed at promoting cycling as an alternative form of travel. Cost of participation is at 10 euros.
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Egyptian female cyclists pedal for acceptance
Yasmine Mahmoud cuts a defiant figure as she weaves her bicycle through the chaotic streets of Cairo, a place where few women dare to pedal.
Every day, like for the past four years, she takes her bicycle from her 10th floor apartment and rides through the Egyptian capital, to the astonishment of bystanders.
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Bulgarians Walk Most in EU ? Eurobarometer
A quarter of Bulgarians point to walking as being their most frequent mode of transport, the latest Eurobarometer survey on quality of transport shows.
Although cars were the most mentioned mode of transport in each member state, Bulgaria and Spain have the highest share of people who walk on a typical day ? 25 %.
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Bicycle a new metaphor of freedom for Afghan women
Trundling down dun-coloured mountain slopes, they ignore hard stares and vulgarities from passing men, revelling in an activity that seemed unthinkable for previous generations of Afghan women - riding a bicycle.
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