Portland's support of cycling pays off
View from Jonathan Maus' bike in Portland traffic

According to Bicycling Magazine, Portland, Ore., has the highest number of bike commuters in the country. Ethan Lindsey reports on the industry that's grown up around all those riders.

JCDecaux's Cyclocity was awarded the 2006 Janus de l'Industrie label from the French Design Industry. This accolade, judged by experts in design and manufacture, is awarded to products that provide real benefit to users.

Cyclocity case studies

* Lyon

A row of bicycles for hire

France's second largest city adopted the system in May 2005. It has been a huge success, with people combining cycles and other modes of transport to reach work or leisure destinations.

* 2,000 bicycles and 175 pick up/drop off ranks installed
* Up to 16,000 rentals per day
* Each bicycle used by up to 15 people each day
* Average journey time is 17 minutes and 1.7 miles in distance
* In 10 months users cycled 2.5 million miles - the same as travelling from the Earth to the Moon ten times.