Day 2 of Velo-city 2018 started with a stimulating discussion about Technology. In a nutshell, the plenary explored how new technologies could revolutionize mobility in the next few years, as well as the relevance of 200-year old technology...
Sweden, 1997. The Swedish Parliament approves the ‘Vision Zero’ and makes it official government policy. Essentially, Vision Zero aims at achieving a highway system with no fatalities or serious injuries involving road traffic. A core...
The liveability and attractiveness of a city can be improved by smarter transport choices. A change from car-dependent lifestyles towards less polluting transporting modes, such as cycling, is needed, and cycle highways can be part of the solution...
The second day of Velo-city 2018 brought another inspiring session on bike sharing. No operators this time, only activists and city officials, discussing the potential for social inclusion that lies within bike sharing systems. Daniel Valença...
Four top notch speakers were on stage today, talking about the gap in cycling between men and women, which is still too wide. Anvita Arora, Program Director of the Transport and Urban Infrastructures vertical of KAPSARC and strong advocate for women...
The session ‘’Access to life’’ tackled the topic of using cycling as a tool for accessing economic and social life. Ana Beatriz Maciel kicked off the session with an interesting presentation about women and cycling. Her research has demonstrated...
Day 1 of Velo-city 2018 concluded with a stimulating discussion about Megacities. In a nutshell, the plenary explored the mega-challenges which Megacities are facing, focusing on intermodality, congestion, planning, capacity, and governance. During...
In the first infrastructural session on Velo-city 2018 we discussed the challenges related to the design of cycling infrastructure in cities and metropolises of developing countries. How design impacts cycling levels, real and perceived safety...
Topics: Socio-economic and environmental impact of traffic congestion in major cities. Impacts on cities, pollution, time and quality of life; cycling as one of the solutions. Speakers: Raquel Rolnik, Parvesh Kumar, David Uniman and Carolien Ruebens...
For more or less 10 years, bike sharing systems have been facilitating first- and last-mile connections in our cities; and this session at Velo-city proved once again the beneficial impact they have on mobility and local economies. D V Manohar,...
The first day of Velo-city was also the kick-off of the academic stream of the conference, organised by the Laboratory for Sustainable Mobility at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in cooperation with ECF’s network Scientists for Cycling. The...
Velo-city 2018 kicked off with a dynamic and inspirational plenary about “City for all”. In a nutshell, the plenary discussed sustainable urban development and how it results in the inclusion of all people in a city; children, elderly, women, and...
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