Tandem Bicycles

Bicycle City is a planned, compact-design community where people live, work and visit. Its eco-friendly, car-free design is healthy, sustainable and animal-friendly. Bicycle City is designed to have the best of large cities and small towns. BC is walking-, running- and cycling-friendly with most everything needed located nearby. If someone owns a car, they park it conveniently on the outside perimeter of the city. Children and animals are safer without motor vehicles. Without the need to drive to work, people use less energy, save money and have less stress. Drive Less. Live More.

John Naisbitt, in Megatrends, wrote about a "high tech/high touch" future - as we are inundated with more and more technology, we will embrace the "high touch" aspects of life to create a balance. For Bicycle City, this means embracing the AND - the best, clean, safe and sustainable technologies AND the softer side of life: organic farming, sense of community, holistic, family, beauty, music, art, etc.

The Need

There is a niche of people in the world who want to live somewhere better. Somewhere that isn't an asphalt jungle. Somewhere their kids are safe and won't get hit by a car. Somewhere with clean air, beauty and a good job. They want less stress. They want a new design for a city - a place that is designed and built now for this century not endless patchwork on top of designs from 100-200 years ago.

Bicycle City Highlights

• Walkable, Mixed-Use Community
• Vibrant Local Economy
• Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Design
• Organic Farming
• Human Powered Transportation
• Friendly, Diverse Community
• Active, Healthy Lifestyle
• Solar, Wind and other Alternative Energies
• Animal-Friendly

Imagine living and working in a place with little or no:

• Local Pollution
• Traffic Jams
• Parking Lots
• National Franchises
• Strip Malls
• Chemicals
• "Cookie Cutter" Design

According to Master Plan of Free Trade – Free Port Area of Batam, 34 Percent area of Batam Island planned as green area. This is huge amount of land conservation. Bigger than jakarta (<15%) and other major city in indonesia.

What is advantage and disanvantage for bicycle rider?

One of the big advantage is the number of bicycles rute over there. One that can figure here is “Jalur Drak 2” or “Drak 2 Route”.

here is some video showing how fun and interesting this route :

Want to join bicycle adventure in batam island? join to one biggest cycling community, Bifza CC. (Batam Indonesia Free Zone Authority Cycling Community) at their official website : Bifzacycling

Batam Island is paradise for Bike To Work user. The beautifull scenic, fresh air, green lanscape, and the friendly land contour is daily view when you bike to office and back home.

Is it the reality? ha ha ha. Wake up people. Back to earth. Look what is actualy there.

If we ride our bike for bike to work in batam you must compete with motorcycles, car, or event walker and Five Leg Trader (well, this nomenclatur seems just familiar in indonesia). Can you imagine how crowded is the road?