With an aim to inspire people to take up cycling as a part of their daily life, the Bicycle Mayor of Ranchi Kanishka Poddar along with members of Ranchi Cycling Club will be organising the ‘2nd Ranchi Cycling Day’ on December 22. The monthly event is held on the fourth Sunday of every month.
The trek will cover a distance of 10 Kms starting from Morabadi Maidan to Holiday Home in Kanke Road and back. The reporting time for the ride is 6:30 am while the ride will start at 7 am sharp. Participants can either carry their bicycles or rent one from the Chartered Bikes Bicycles stand in Morabadi.
Ranchi Cycling Day is a free event and people can register for it on the Facebook page of Ranchi Cycling Club or on the official Facebook page of the Bicycle Mayor of Ranchi (fb.com/velokp). It is open for all age groups including children who need to be escorted by their parents and also carry their own bicycles. The presence of regular cyclists will help new comers in improving their cycling skills and getting used to riding on city roads.
The first such event was held on November 24 and was attended by more than 45 cyclists from across the City. Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Rai Mahimapat Ray was also a participant in the event and rode for 10 Kms.
Poddar has been appointed as the Bicycle Mayor of Ranchi to accelerate the city’s approach to cycling by BYCS, Netherlands. Poddar has joined an influential network of independent city leaders that is now active on every continent working to make their cities more human-centric and fit for the future.
The Bicycle Mayor network is established and coordinated by the Dutch social enterprise BYCS which works to create and scale breakthrough new solutions for cycling. It has a mission called 50by30, which means they want 50% of all city trips to be taken on bike by 2030. They have this mission because cycling does not just provide active and clean mobility solutions for cities but it also improves mental and physical health, is good for the environment, builds stronger communities and fosters new sustainable economic opportunities.