The Chain Effect

two years ago on April 17 2019, the mayor of Beirut @jamalitani06 @CityOfBeirut announced the development of 16km of bike lanes to be completed by end of the year, along with 14 bike share stations. The project was part of a wider plan to address traffic congestion in Beirut.

انضم إلينا في 25 آب لحضور فعالية إطلاق مشروع #بايك_عالباص وهو تعاون بين thechaineffect# وridersrights#، من الساعة 5-8 مساءً في وسط #بيروت، واختبروا اول حمالة دراجات هوائية التي ستسهل تنقلكم في المستقبل القريب تسجل هنا bit.ly/47zZ4Jz #النقل_المشترك #بيروت #لبنان

With a nice chain effect wall at the back!

على سطوح الصنايع 🤍🚲 spotted & filmed by @JoudSally

for people who’d like to switch to cycling but are worried about Beirut traffic & safety - join @Wavebike_Lb’s rides on Tuesdays 😊🚲 Anyone 18+ is welcome to join. It’s free of charge and bikes are provided 💙

Thrilled to announce that our Pedestrian Tunnel Activation project been shortlisted as a finalist in the @official_rpc's #RealPlayCityChallenge! So excited for the Awards in November and honoured to be in the company of some incredible projects > bit.ly/3BQHDpj

©️Andy Singer

so much space is wasted in our cities for cars and parkings - we need more gardens, play spaces and priorities for people 💚

الشوارع للكلّ ❤️

بيروت أحلى عالبِسكليت 🤍 (و بلى السيارات)

Thrilled that our team in Sour/Tyr 🇱🇧 has been selected as one of the 20 global cities in @GlobalStreets #StreetsforKids Leadership Accelerator! 60 changemakers commit to improve the lives of children in their cities through street transformations 🔗: bit.ly/3LIgtV4

spot the pedestrian trying to travel without sidewalks, crossings or space for people they segregated areas and people with huge infrastructure for cars every design choice (or lack of) is a calculated decision مش ضروري هيك تكون مدينتنا 📷 @MarwanTahtah

🤍 صيدا أحلى عالبَسكليت Hashem al Madani 📷 Studio Scheherazade Saida, Lebanon 1950s Akram Zaatari collection

Beirut Bus Lines - early 70s (via Maher Kreitem) a fleet of 138 buses was introduced in 1964 to replace the tramway the buses ran every 6-7 minutes connecting Beirut streets and outer suburbs and were destroyed during the civil war

Tell politicians cycling matters 🚲 Tell politicians people matter 👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏽 Tell them streets are for people🧑🏻‍🦽🌱 Tell them about freedom of mobility🇱🇧 Tell politicians it’s a mobility crisis✊🏻

Merci @AmbaFranceLiban @Djebbari_JB de nous recevoir et de votre interêt. Nous espérons que toute initiative qui tentera d’addresser la crise de mobilité au 🇱🇧 servira de base pour un plan de transport multimodal, reliant nos villes et nous offrant le libre choix de transport.

اجتمع وزير النقل الفرنسي جان باتيست دغباري والسفيرة الفرنسية ان غريلو مع الشبكة الوطنية لعدالة النقل، التي قدمت مذكرة تشرح رؤيتها للنقل العام في لبنان و كيفية الوصول اليها عملياً. كما و شرح ممثلي الجمعيات اهدافهم و المشاريع التي يعملون عليها لتأمين #عدالة_التنقل في لبنان

we are proud to celebrate #IWD with @UN_Lebanon and 9 inspiring women🤍 including our co-founder & environmental activist @Nadidjka Looking forward to seeing more women leading the fight against climate change 🚲♻️✊🏻🇱🇧