{"id":14359,"date":"2026-06-03T11:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/03\/rising-bicycle-demand-world-bicycle-day-afghanistan-economic-challenges\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:04:23","slug":"rising-bicycle-demand-world-bicycle-day-afghanistan-economic-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/03\/rising-bicycle-demand-world-bicycle-day-afghanistan-economic-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Bicycle Demand Coincides with World Bicycle Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations designated World Bicycle Day in 2018 through a resolution proposed by Turkmenistan; a day aimed at highlighting the role of this simple vehicle in sustainable development and environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p>The UN regards the bicycle as an effective, affordable, and environmentally friendly means of transport that can contribute to reducing air pollution, improving citizens&#8217; health, and strengthening sustainable transportation methods. According to the UN&#8217;s perspective, expanding the culture of cycling is part of the strategies to achieve sustainable development in different countries.<\/p>\n<p>In Afghanistan, amid the recent economic downturn, the presence of bicycles in urban markets has increased. Some city residents, due to decreased purchasing power and rising transportation costs, are choosing bicycles as a more cost-effective option for daily commuting.<\/p>\n<p>The growth in bicycle use comes as many families, facing difficult economic conditions, seek simple and affordable solutions to manage their living expenses; a trend that has once again made bicycles one of the most commonly used vehicles in urban areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bicycle demand rises globally with World Bicycle Day as economic challenges boost cycling as a cost-effective, sustainable transport option in urban Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}