A swarm of scooters forms at the head of a queue of traffic waiting for the lights to change. Visors down, engines revving, they jockey for position ahead of the cars, trucks and buses on a specially marked patch of tarmac reserved for cyclists in many parts of the world. The buzz rises to a high-pitched crescendo and, as the lights turn green, they shoot off. A minute later the lights change and the process…
Return of the Bicycle Kingdom? How pavement cycling is transforming Taipei
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