Back on your bike in Beijing
October 24, 2018
Project aim: To provide policymakers in relevant government offices with strategies to make China's transportation sector climate-friendly
Implementing organization: German development agency GIZ
Project funding: €3,500,000 ($4,037,080) from Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Project duration: March 2015 - January 2019
Until the 1990s, cycling was the most important form of transport in Beijing, but increasing affluence and transportation policies geared toward cars went a long way to pushing the humble bicycle off the city's roads.
In 2016, the first "free-floating" rental bikes appeared on the scene and since then, this more traditional and environmentally friendly mode of transport has made a comeback. Now efforts are underway to keep the two wheels turning.
A film by Mathias Bölinger