Deborah O’Donoghue is a British-Irish writer who has lived in the UK, France and Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by Legend Press in 2019 and comes out in Germany in 2021. Follow Deborah on Twitter and Instagram.
Cyclist zones are to be fitted with speed cameras, in new regional plans approved by the Flemish government. With no personnel needed to operate, the installations […]
Over the next three years, 2,500 new secure bike parking spots will be created in Brussels. The initiative is part of Regional Mobility Minister Elke Van […]
The city of Brussels has registered a record number of bicycle journeys for the year 2023. The Belgian capital has been playing catch-up in the cycling […]
The European Commission has just launched the long-awaited European Cycling Declaration. Promised by the institution’s Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans as a “cycling revolution” ahead of […]
EuroVelo, the network of cycling routes across Europe, a project of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), has just unveiled the Iberian Cycle Route, which will become […]
Cities around Europe want EU support to develop better cycling infrastructure, a new survey has found. 29 cities aiming for at least 20% cycling The European […]
Unpressurised “airless” bike tires that use NASA technology developed for space rovers, are now going on sale to the public. Pre-orders for the product went live on […]
Parking your bike is about to get easier and more secure in Brussels, if trials introduced from the start of 2024 prove successful. 500 more secure […]
Pedal power will be a major focus of Belgium’s upcoming European Union presidency, according to reports by news agency Belga. Belgium will take on the presidency […]
Urtopia has presented the world’s first e-bike with integrated ChatGPT at Eurobike 2023. The innovative concept is being dubbed “the bicycle with a mind”. 1. Urtopia […]
Brussels Mobility is urging more people to use pedal power to get around, especially the city’s large expat community. 1. Background The city has a troubled […]
Sales of traditional pedal-powered bikes have declined since their recent peak during the pandemic. But e–bikes continue their ascent. One in four bicycles sold in Europe […]
Bike theft in the European Union continues to threaten the success of change towards a sustainable urban mobility plan. To lower carbon emissions in the transport […]
Saturday June 3rd marked the World Bicycle Day, which aims to draw attention to the benefits of using the bicycle: a simple, affordable, clean and environmentally […]
With a timid EU own response, bike theft continues to threaten modal shift away towards sustainable transport. Off the record, Brussels admits that bike theft is […]