Dhaka, Jan. 20 -- After collecting feedback from bicyclists and other stakeholders across four cities in Bangladesh, India and Ghana, a new study shows policymakers devising ways to cut emissions in their countries must meet people where they are and not rely on the same policies that have worked in richer countries.

In many high-income countries, bicycling on city streets is becoming more common- being promoted and invested in both for its health benefits and its benefits to our environment and climate.

The new study published in Nature Cities shows that policies that address the needs of bicyclists are far less common in low- and middle-income countries.

This, despite the fact that 49 of the top 50 countries with the most polluted ai...