Bicycle City is a planned, compact design community where people live, work and play. Its eco-friendly, car-free design is healthy, sustainable and animal-friendly.
What word better conveys clean technology and an active and healthy lifestyle than 'Bicycle'?
What word better conveys diversity, ideas and excitement than 'City'?
Bicycle City is designed to have the best of both small towns and cities.
BC is walking-, running- and cycling-friendly with most everything needed located nearby.
If someone owns a car, they park it conveniently on the outside
edge of the community - ideally in an underground garage. Children and animals are safer without motor vehicles.
Without the need to drive to work, people use less energy, save money and have less stress.
Drive Less. Live More.
City Highlights include a strong community; active and healthy lifestyle; vibrant economy with good jobs;
top education and health centers; diversity of people and ideas; social justice; clean technologies;
eco-friendly, sustainable development; eclectic urban designs and architecture;
organic agriculture; alternative energies; and a celebration of the arts.
Vibrant Economy: Bicycle City will attract some of the best and brightest people in all professions. Organizations of all sizes can give their associates something better while fulfilling their greener objectives.
Why are we working on this international eco-friendly communities project? For people, animals and our earth.
People... When we ask children to draw a city they would like to live in, they never include things like smog, traffic, crime or factory farms. Instead, they have things like a bright sun, clouds, clean water, happy people and animals. Let's build a place that is safe and healthy for our future - our children. We were all children once, so let's reexamine what made sense to us then.
Our Earth... Our sustainable communities can have a hugely positive impact on our planet and be part of the solution to global warming, pollution, deforestation, etc.
Animals...
We respect the rights of animals and consider their welfare in all we do.
Bicycle City will have policies and programs to make our
community safer and healthier for all creatures.
• Alternative Energy Pioneers
• Building Green Sites
• Designing Great Cities & Communities
• Eco-Friendly Transportation
• Environmental Movers & Shakers
• High-Tech, High-Touch
• Pioneering Educators
• Pioneers in Animal Advocacy
• Sustainable Communities
Together, we can make a huge difference. What are your ideas?
Who are our associates, partners, friends and family who have contributed work, money, ideas and more?
BC Contributors.
Bicycle City doesn't exist in a vacuum. Our influences include Paolo Soleri, Frank Lloyd Wright, John Robbins, Scott Martin, John Naisbitt, Richard Register, Andrés Duany and Maria Montessori. Places we have visited include Amsterdam; Arcosanti, AZ; Catalina Island, CA; Hydra Island, Greece; Mackinac Island, MI; and Zermatt, Switzerland.
Designing
Great Cities and Communities: The main drivers behind the U.S. green building
movement are widely-considered to include Frank Lloyd Wright, R. Buckminster
Fuller, Sim Van der Ryn... More...
In his book Megatrends, John Naisbitt talked about 'High-Tech, High-Touch' communities. Technological advancements are not inherently evil, but require careful attention so that they nurture, rather than undermine, society.
More...
In the early 1990s, BC was conceived, models built and drawings created. Now with funding, the first community is coming soon. Some dreams happen!
NEWS: Bicycle City at Ecocity World Summit 2008.
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Details:
April 22-26, 2008 Ecocity World Summit San Francisco, California, USA. Bicycle City was the proud sponsor of the Conference Program and Bicycle Tour. As part of the conference,
Bicycle City presented a workshop at the University of California at Berkeley - Extension.
June 3-6, 2008 The International Trade Fair and Congress- ECWATECH 2008 Moscow, Russian Federation
June 17-22, 2008 Towards Carfree Cities VIII: Rethinking Mobility, Rediscovering Proximity Portland, Oregon, USA
September 2-5, 2008 ProWalk/ProBike Conference Seattle, Washington, USA
November 19-21, 2008 USGBC Greenbuild International Conference and Expo Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Recent Feedback
4/15/2008 - "I am a young single mom who is interested in animal rights, green living, and waldorf education, as well as holistic health and village living. I am going to school to become a midwife, and I look forward to the building of bicycle city!" - Erica L.
4/16/2008 - "I think more people than we think have thought of the development of a healthy city like Bicycle City. My main concern is, of course to make it happen, but keep it happening longterm. Please consider me to help in any way that is possible to me." - Will G.
4/16/2008 - "Interested in making my town and county more bicycle friendly. Luray, Page Co., VA" - John M.
We
plan to have the first Bicycle City somewhere in the USA.
Is your state or county a good place for a Bicycle City?
Potential Bicycle Cities, USA:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Potential Bicycle Cities, International:
Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, ...
