Many people believe that bicycle is a healthy and environmentally friendly mode of transport. However, it is no longer the main form of transport. What are the reasons? What could be done to encourage the use of bicycles among the wider population?

Bicycles are widely praised as clean and healthy, but in many places they have lost ground to cars, motorcycles and public transport. This has happened because cycling often feels unsafe, inconvenient and low-status, and wider use requires protected infrastructure, integration with transit and cultural change.