World Bike Festival highlights benefits of cycling around the globe
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Amsterdam, the world capital for bicycle owners, needs a lot of bike parking around the city. According to Amsterdam Tourism Board, there are 600,000 bicycle owners in a city of approximately 750,000 residents.
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In Nepal, bicycles can be used to transport an entire family. Here, a Nepalese cycle rickshaw and passengers drive on a street of Chitwan, some 170 km south of Kathmandu.
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In France, the use of a velo (french for bicycle) system has been in place for many years and the activity has developed to a much-loved pasttime. Cyclists ride during the annual Fete du Velo (bicycle party) in Paris.
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Two employees of private German postal service PIN ride their bikes on a snow-covered street in Berlin.
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Several police forces around the world use bicycles as a means of transportation. In this instance, Australian Federal Police on mountain bikes patrol the courtyard of Parliament House in Canberra.
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A convoy of cyclos carry a family members to a pre-wedding ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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