Christine Outram - Researcher in Architecture and Urbanism at the Senseable City Lab, MIT and Project Leader for the SmartBiking Project

As a cyclist and researcher who is leading the SmartBiking Project at MIT's Senseable City Lab, I am proud to be an ambassador and am very supportive of Earth Ride's goals.

The research that we are undertaking asks the question: how can we increase the number of people riding bikes in the city through better long-term planning and new initiatives to make cycling more attractive.

We are tackling these issues through the development of a self-organizing smart-tag system attached to bicycles in the city of Copenhagen. The tags will give citizens and cities fine grain mobility data that will allow them to better address their cycling issues and needs.

Although our research initially focuses on the city of Copenhagen, I feel that these technologies can be useful for many cities around the world including Sydney. I hope that through research such as ours and initiatives such as Earth Ride, we can continue to work together towards bicycle friendly cities. More info click here