Biriciclando

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Bi-Ri-Ciclando ... the Idea



... the Idea
... the People
... the Workcamp
... the Photos
... the Impact
... the End
... the Press
... the Coordinator
... the Links
The main idea of this project was to collect old and abandoned bycicles, to restore and give them for free to the tourists and the citizens. I wanted to realize the project through an international volunteer workcamp so that several goals were reached at the same time: environment promotion, alternative transportation promotion and international cooperation.
The idea of bike sharing came up during my first trip in Copenhagen almost 10 years earlier (1996) when I realized how cool could be having a bike for visiting new places.
The idea of renewing old bikes came up when I tried to ask my municipality to buy new bikes for giving them to the tourists and the reply was that they did not have money to do that and they were not interested on the idea (they are actually much more interested in creating parking lots for increasing the traffic ...).
The idea of using a workcamp for realizing the project was due to my passion for the international cooperation (at that time I already attended 7 international workcamps).
All these ideas together made Bi-Ri-Ciclando possible!





2013@Riccardo Biondi