Cyclists scoff as city is chosen for Cycles 4 Change

Hyderabad is among the 25 cities selected as Stage-1 finalist for the ‘India Cycles 4 Change’ challenge. While the list of finalists was to be released on February 19, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) announced it on February 17. The announcement has been greeted with surprise as the urban infrastructure for cycling is scattered and barely visible in the city. The recent marking of a cycling lane around the 5-km peripheral road of Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Park is one bright spot. When Principal Secretary of Municipal Administration and Urban Development Arvind Kumar tweeted about Hyderabad making it as a finalist in the challenge, a Twitter user asked: “Where are the cycle tracks in Hyderabad?”