Coming up in May: Bikeable City Masterclass in Copenhagen!

05 Jan, 2018
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The Danish Cyclists’ Federation is organizing another Bikeable City Masterclass in collaboration with several other members of the Cycling Embassy of Denmark on May 14-18, 2018. The masterclass targets urban planners, NGO’s and decision makers in cities from all over the world.

There is hardly a better place to get insights about cycling infrastructure and city planning than Copenhagen. The 2017 Annual Bicycle Report confirms that cycling is still the preferred mode of transport for the inhabitants of Copenhagen, with a total of 1.4 million km cycled in the city on an average weekday, which is an increase of 22% since 2006. In the same period, cyclists’ feeling of safety has increased by 43% while the relative risk of having a serious bicycle accident has been reduced by 23%. You can see more facts and figures in a hand-out available on the website of the Cycling Embassy of Denmark following  this link. In order to help cities around the world implement successful practices, CED provides the opportunity to learn from the best at their Bikeable City Masterclasses.

Participants of this masterclass will have a chance to experience Danish cycle solutions firsthand and meet with a list of Danish bicycle experts. They will also learn about integrating cycling in sustainable mobility policies and climate goals, cycle infrastructure design, road safety, multi-modal transport, and city logistics as well as cycle education and promotion. Leading experts will also work with participants to directly apply and translate this inspiration to solutions that suit the context of their cities.
 
The masterclass program includes topics such as:
  • Introduction to city development and Danish cycling planning
  • The political process 
  • Bicycle Strategy and Bicycle Account as tools for cycle promotion
  • Cycle infrastructure design
  • Traffic safety for cyclists, accidents and systematic accident reduction
  • People First Design 

​​The masterclass is now open for registration! 

You are invited to register and get  more information by following the link here or contact Lotte Bech, Course Leader and Member of S4C at  lotte@lotte-bech.dk

About the Cycling Embassy of Denmark:

The Cycling Embassy of Denmark was founded in 2009 to make it easy for poli­ticians, planners, engineers, architects, journalists, NGO etc. all over the world to access the know-how and help cities around the globe make cycling an important part of their urban transporta­tion. CED currently has over 45 members together with the Danish Road Directorate that serves as an observator. The members of the Cycling Embassy of Denmark represent the latest knowledge of all areas related to cy­cling. Their competencies include planning bicy­cle and people-friendly cities, creating synergy between cycling and public transport, building safe infrastructure for cyclists like cycle tracks and bicycle bridges, developing successful cam­paigns and municipal policies that motivate people of all age groups to cycle, designing urban furniture like bicycle pumps, bike counters, and bicycle parking facilities, and much more.

 

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