Mexico City may be one of the most congested and dangerous cities to cycle in, but a group of people calling themselves 'The Bicitekas' are promoting non-motorised transport. The commuting contest shows how a bike is always faster than a car, motorbike or public transport.

ParkatmyHouse connects the owners of unused parking spaces with the drivers who desperately need them, proving the power of peer-to-peer consumption and its potential to challenge the annoyances that were previously just taken for granted.

As Millennials increasingly perceive ownership as a burden, car-sharing companies like DriveNow are changing the game. From Dusseldorf to Munich, they’re catering to an ever-growing percentage of young Germans for whom owning a car is no longer a viable or ‘cool’ thing to do.

France’s transport ministry has announced a new initiative to get people out of their cars and onto their bikes. Employers have pledged to pay their staff 25 cents for every kilometre spent commuting on two wheels. But do financial incentives actually change behaviour?