In this blog post, Amanda Padilla argues that a cycling culture should start with kids, allowing them to improve their health, social interaction and learning process.
She notes, however, that Latin American cities have some barriers linked to insecure cycling infrastructure, road safety and weak cycling habits, and discusses how a cycling activity focused on small infants integrally addresses their well-being and harvests long-term positive impacts on society, the environment and mobility.
Read the full post on ISS blog BlISS - 'Why is it important to start a cycling culture with small children?' 26 September 2024
About the author
Amanda Padilla is an architect, graduating from the Polytechnic University of Milan. She develops child-care projects and develops public policies and manages public space projects and urban plans at public departments. Amanda has collaborated with Urban Cycle Planning of Denmark, coordinating the Cycling Games project in Quito, supporting data collection of this activity in La Havana and assisting the Bikeable City Masterclass in Copenhagen. She represents Quito in the Bicycle Major Network Programme of BYCS.
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