The event was conceived in 2007 by Prof. Sergey Nikitin, a Moscow-based architectural historian, and brought to the world's cities by the non-profit Bureau de Velonotte/Moskultprog in partnership with leading architects, cultural commentators and local authorities (who helped organize the logistics). Velonotte events have occured in Rome (2010), New York and St Petersburg (2011). The most recent such event in Moscow in 2011 attracted more than 7,000 people.
