Introducing BICI Global Advisor Cities: Learning from the world’s leading cycling cities to shape the next generation of safe, connected cycling networks.

The Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI) is proud to announce a distinguished group of Global Advisor Cities who will help inform and strengthen the next phase of the program.

Drawing on their cities’ experience in advancing cycling, these advisors will bring valuable perspectives on what it takes to build safe, connected, and accessible cycling infrastructure—and how cities can turn ambition into lasting change.

Global Advisor Cities will serve as an international network of peers: sharing lessons learned, practical experience, and insights with cities participating in BICI. Their expertise will help inform a new generation of cities working to make cycling a safe and accessible part of everyday life.

Each Global Advisor City will be represented by a leading expert from the city, bringing firsthand experience and practical knowledge of what it takes to make cycling a safe, accessible, and integral part of everyday life. These advisors will share their expertise, lessons learned, and perspectives with cities participating in BICI, helping inform the next generation of cycling infrastructure around the world.

Meet the BICI Global Advisor Cities

Paris, France: Represented by Dan Lert, Deputy Mayor of Paris

Paris has transformed its streets at an unprecedented pace, demonstrating how ambitious investment in cycling can contribute to a healthier, more sustainable, and more resilient city.

Dan Lert is the Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of transport, mobility, the Pedestrian and Cycling Plans, as well as urban logistics. During his mandate, he aims to continue reclaiming space from cars to adapt Paris to climate change and to improve the air quality. In developing bicycling infrastructures and streets for kids, he aims at designing for children’s needs. Also elected in the 19th district of Paris (a young and popular district), he previously served as Deputy Mayor for ecological transition, climate policy, water, and energy from 2020 to 2026.

New York City, United States: Represented by Mike Flynn, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation

New York City transformed its streetscape by building hundreds of miles of protected bike lanes, pedestrian plazas like Times Square, and hundreds of redesigns that brought pedestrian fatalities down to historic lows.

Mike Flynn is Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation under the Mamdani Administration. He has more than two decades of experience advancing transportation, infrastructure, and urban development projects in New York City and across the country, with senior leadership experience in government and the private sector.

Before returning to NYC DOT, Flynn led the New York office of TYLin City Solutions, formerly Sam Schwartz Engineering, where he oversaw multidisciplinary teams working on transportation, development, infrastructure, mobility, land use, and public space projects throughout the region.

Flynn previously spent nearly a decade at NYC DOT, serving in leadership roles including Director of Capital Planning and Project Initiation. In that role, he helped guide major capital projects, including street reconstruction, transit and resiliency work, and pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. Earlier in his DOT career, he worked on transportation planning and pedestrian and bicycle programs, including leading development of the city’s first Street Design Manual.

Flynn also served for nearly eight years as a Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute’s Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development. He holds a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from Pratt Institute and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Vermont.

London, England: Represented by Will Norman, London’s first Walking and Cycling Commissioner

London systematically shifted street priority away from cars through congestion charges, extensive cycling superhighways, and neighborhood traffic blocks, steadily driving down severe road injuries while cycling trips more than doubled.

Will Norman was appointed as London’s first Walking and Cycling Commissioner in 2016 and has led one of the largest active travel programmes in Europe. Under his leadership, London’s cycle network has expanded fivefold, cycling numbers have soared to 1.5m journeys a day, and major initiatives such as School Streets, safer junctions, and low traffic neighborhoods have transformed the capital’s streets.

Before this role, Will was a Director of Global Partnerships at Nike. Will has a PhD from the London School of Economics.

A network of cycling leaders

These cities share a common commitment to creating streets that work better for people.

Their participation reflects one of the core principles of the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure: cities don’t have to figure this out alone. By sharing what they have learned, the challenges they’ve faced and the solutions they’ve developed, the Global Advisor Cities can help cities around the world move more quickly and confidently toward high-quality cycling infrastructure.

The BICI Global Advisor Cities will help shape the conversation around what comes next for cycling—and help ensure that the lessons of today’s leading cycling cities can inform the cities of tomorrow.