http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: bicycle mayor - Recent Topics en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:58:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19094#post-290437 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:43:16 +0000 rbrtwtmn 290437@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Amsterdam pioneered something I think is interesting - a 'bicycle mayor'. Other cities have followed their lead. </p> <p>The bicycle mayor programme is coordinated by <a href="https://bycs.org/our-work/bicycle-mayors/">BYCS in Amsterdam</a>.</p> <p>I met <a href="https://twitter.com/bikemayorcdmx">Areli</a> in Amsterdam in the summer - she's the current bicycle mayor for Mexico City. And certainly inspired me. And Amsterdam itself has its first '<a href="https://bycs.org/lotta-crok/">junior bicycle mayor</a>' and is onto its <a href="https://bycs.org/katelijne-boerma/">second (non-junior) bicycle mayor</a>. I heard from her too.</p> <p>Key learning for me (the conclusions I drew) included that the mayor is elected, but that (as you might expect) the election isn't an official thing. And more importantly, that because of this process the status quo in campaigning (etc) can be challenged somewhat. This seems to me to be a good thing - not because anyone is doing anything wrong but because new blood and new ideas (even if challenging) are almost certainly useful when faced with social change situations.</p> <p>I have the contacts we'd need to pursue this. (And I'm not asking because I'm interested in this role myself by the way.) </p>