Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Maria Bike: the project that will transform Lisbon into a city of women cyclists (with video)

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Dear readers, let's give him a little advice: If you enter the site Mary Bike won't get out of there so early and, most likely, you will need to read the last sentence of the last urban cyclist interviewed by Laura Alves and Vitorino Courage.

The addictive project of two urban cyclists sought 20 women using the bike in your daily life, putting naked their initial fears and anxieties of pedaling in the midst of chaos Lisbon car, but also the joys contagious and that may influence others to become lovers of two wheels â€" without motor.

The site is a set of pictures and texts about these women, in order to show that the urban cycling doesn't have sex, weather station or geography. "We question the photographic process to proceed with as much ease as possible," explained to the green economy Vitorino Courage.

"I came to the conclusion to come to Lisbon is a bad option. My boyfriend had a bike, started coming to bike to work and challenged me to do the same, "explained to the green economy Katie Fonseca, who a year ago traded the car for the bike and it takes between 15 or 20 minutes to get to Lisbon, depending on the mood in pedaling.

"I gave up immediately," continues Katie, who shortly thereafter sold the car. And even the weather excuse. "If snowing or hailing eventually can come by bus. Otherwise, use the waterproof jacket and trousers and no rain to put fear. There is no bad weather, there are bad equipment ", he concludes.

This urban cyclist was paying $ 50 a month in fuel, off the cost of the insurance and other maintenance. Portugal is the European country with less urban cyclists, so the trend can only be of growth â€" and projects like Maria Bike can help change our mentality.

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