Segregated cycle facilities

Los Angeles, the nation’s most crowded county, can be a harrowing place for bicyclists. Some people are trying to make it a safer.

The Dutch may not have to ditch their bikes quite so often during the winter. One Dutch company wants to heat the country’s bicycle lanes with a geothermal heating system.

The Danish government wants to encourage suburban commuters to bike to work and is planning a network of bicycle “superhighways” that will connect the capital to its suburbs.

An estimated 1.7 percent of people in greater Toronto cycle to work. That’s a low figure compared to other large North American cities listed. Many European cities such as Berlin, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam leave Toronto in the dust.

Copenhagen is one of the top bicycling cities in the world. Living on Earth pedals through the city center to find out why.