With poor public transport and jammed roads, cars are a status symbol in Brazil – and the more powerful, the better. And with 46 million cars, there's nearly one for every four people. But why do people dream of buying a SUV if they'll only drive it to the shop round the corner?

Whether its a hipster on their fixie, a banker on their Brompton or MAMIL (middle-aged man in lycra) on their road bike, city streets and country lanes in the UK are packed with cyclists. Around two million Brits now cycle at least once a week. What is making travelling by two wheels so popular?

Zooming through narrow city streets, cruising along the picturesque coastline and parking up anywhere you like for a bona fide Brazilian coffee. The freedom of two wheels is thrilling, and new service CYCLIN RIO makes it even safer for ambitious cyclists to see even more of Rio from the bike seat.

Bus stops that don’t indicate where buses actually stop may sound as useful as a chocolate teapot, but in Brazil thousands of bus stops lack this vital signage. The answer to the problem wasn't solved by the government, but by a project that started with a pack of stickers.