Organization
ARGUS (www.argus.or.at ) has a small central office in Vienna. The office manages the memberships and central services such as insurance and the production of the ARGUS magazine Drahtesel. There are regional groups in other parts of the country. ARGUS Steiermark (www.graz.radln.net), based in Graz, and Initiative Fahr Rad Oberösterreich (www.ifahrrad.at), based in Linz, and ARGUS Tirol (www.fahr.info), based in Innsbruck, are active as regional sections. Some of them are registered as associations in their own right and some are not. Other partial cooperations exist with DinaMo in Wiener Neustadt and IG Fahrrad in Vienna. Regional lobbying and activities are carried out at present on a fully voluntary basis. |
Short Summary
ARGUS is the largest group campaigning for better conditions for everyday cycling in Austria. ARGUS lobbies politicians at local, regional and national levels, does PR and press work, provides services for its members and organizes projects and events.
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Example activities
Lobbying:
- in regular discussion meetings with city officials on local traffic planning processes
- in consultation with regional governments and the national Environment Ministry on general promotion of cycling
- in committees of the national Transport Ministry on possible changes to the rules of the road
- representations to the committees of the FSV, the umbrella organization of traffic planning engineers, on the technical guidelines for cycling facilities.  |  | Mike Smith in the Vienna Air King competition at the ARGUS Bike Festival 2010
| ARGUS Bike Festival, Vienna: an annual bike fair in April in front of Vienna Town Hall.
Magazine DRAHTESEL, issued 5 or 6 times per year.
Wer Radelt, Gewinnt (werradeltgewinnt.at): a bike to work project in Styria, in cooperation with Forschungsgesellschaft Mobilität, FGM
Projects on promotion of better cycle lighting: ARGUS Tirol "Radfahren mit Licht", ARGUS Steiermark "Aktion Licht und Technik" (in cooperation with local bike workshops and police). |  | Protest ride against a too narrow bike lane in Linz
|  | | Police and ARGUS working to improve cycle lighting
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