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September 10, 2026

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

Drawing on their cities’ experience in advancing cycling, the BICI Global Advisors 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.

Introducing BICI Global Advisor Cities: Learning from the world’s leading cycling cities to shape the next generation of safe, connected cycling networks.
Streets for Kids Launches Two New Publications

November 19, 2024

Streets for Kids Launches Two New Publications

GDCI marks this World Children's Day with the release of two new booklets, “How to Engage Kids in Street Design” and “How to Evaluate Street Transformations Near Schools.”

PRESS RELEASE: International leaders shine spotlight on Wellington’s street changes

March 18, 2024

PRESS RELEASE: International leaders shine spotlight on Wellington’s street changes

Global giants Janette Sadik-Khan (Transport Principal, Bloomberg Associates and Chair of Global Designing Cities Initiative),  and Salvador Rueda (Director of Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona) arrived in New Zealand’s capital to back the sustainable street changes that are putting people at the heart of Wellington’s streets.

PRESS RELEASE: World Bank Endorses Global Street Design Guide

October 23, 2023

PRESS RELEASE: World Bank Endorses Global Street Design Guide

"The guidance, vision, and flexibility articulated in the Guide represents a new and important direction for cities and communities and is an indispensable tool for planning a more equitable future," says World Bank President Ajay Banga.