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CityChanger: Yann Moszynski – Advocating For Cycling the Rookie-Way

Tanja Polonyi -
Did you ever notice that the perception of cycling in the media is mostly performance and competition-based? How many miles can you cycle, what gear do you use, etc.? But what about those inexperienced...
Car-Free

CityChanger Jason Roberts: A Coral Reef of Community

Tanja Polonyi -
Every neighbourhood has the potential to become a wonderful place to live - a city block with vibrant streets, romantic lights, bookstores and cafés! In a lot of communities, this potential is simply too...
Cycling

CityChanger Anne Koudstaal: Riding On Plastic – Recycle to Cycle

Tanja Polonyi -
How can you solve plastic pollution and flooded cities at the same time? CityChanger Anne Koudstaal and Simon Jorritsma have an answer for you: PlasticRoads. For them, the future generation of road infrastructure consists...
Car-Free

CityChanger Florian Lorenz: A Perfect City Is an Unfinished One

Tanja Polonyi -
Urban planning can no longer be business as usual, and cities need to allow for the necessary innovation to tackle the world’s environmental problems. We talked about these topics, among others, with Florian Lorenz,...
Greenery

CityChanger Dusty Gedge: “A City Has the Responsibility to Deliver Real, Meaningful Biodiversity”

Metka Novak -
A circus performer, an actor, and a birdwatcher – becoming the name in the field of green roofs certainly wasn’t on Dusty’s agenda. The current President of the European Federation of Green Roof and...
Greenery

CityChanger Tony Matthews: With Passion for Cities and Climate Adaptation

Metka Novak -
From working in urban and environmental planning, producing shows about cities, to researching and teaching, Tony Matthews has positively impacted the field of urban climate adaptation in many ways. What follows are his reflections,...
General

CityChanger Jaakko Blomberg: “Addicted to Creating Something New”

Metka Novak -
Specialising in new community-based urban culture, placemaking, street art, and co-creation, Jaakko Blomberg believes in the power of people; in their power to change cities. And his formula? “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than...
General

CityChanger Jan Gehl: Creating Liveable Cities

Karl Dickinson -
Renowned Danish architect Jan Gehl changed our understanding of what urban space should be. Shunning the traditional school of planning in favour of liveable cities, he pioneered the movement of designing places for people....
General

CityChanger Lior Steinberg: A Different Kind of Human

Karl Dickinson -
Why are we obsessed with success and fearful of failure? Often, it’s the unexpected trials and tribulations that provide the most valuable learning opportunities. Lior Steinberg is a rarity: with so many irons in...
Cycling

Timo Perälä: Making Politicians Walk the Walk

Jo Helme -
As President of the Winter Cycling Federation, Timo’s aim is to make cities active all year round. He talks about cycling at -30C, the broken gym culture and making politicians practice what they preach.   Timo’s...
Cycling

Angela Azzolino: There’s Better Ways of Doing It Than Bike Lanes

Jo Helme -
From corporate, to bicycle mechanic, to founder of ‘Get Women Cycling’, Angela Azzolino has experienced New York’s streets as a cyclist from different perspectives. We caught up with her to discuss helmet hair and the...
Cycling

The Cycling Professor: Its More Than a Bicycle, It’s a Counter Movement – and John Lennon Knew It in 1968

Jo Helme -
Do we need driverless cars, or carless drivers? Why do we talk about congestion, but not systemic traffic violence? How come John Lennon was in bed with a bicycle? We interviewed the Cycling Professor,...
Cycling

Enrique Peñalosa: “An Advanced City Is One Where the Rich Take Public Transport”

Jo Helme -
Bogotá’s former mayor, Enrique Peñalosa, redrew the capital’s cityscape. Surviving two recall elections, he built hundreds of parks, bike tracks, bus lanes and sidewalks. For him, a bus stuck in traffic does not represent inefficiency –...
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