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Cycling strategy city of Salzburg 2025+
The city of Salzburg already is one of the leading cycling cities of Austria with a 20% share of cycle traffic. Now it has presented its new cycling traffic strategy “Radstrategie Salzburg 2025+”. Cycling traffic in Salzburg is to be given a strong impulse and is set to be increased to at least 24% by 2025. With additional reducing measures [...]
Study on the risks of dooring alongside parking vehicles
Cycle Competence member Rosinak & Partner has just finished a comprehensive study on cycling alongside parking vehicles and the risks associated with it. The study was commissioned by the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV). All over Austria ten locations were researched via video analysis. Further, cyclists and car drivers were interviewed. The results show the risk potential for cyclists: [...]
Two new members with a lot of energy
The number of companies, institutions and organisations making up and enriching the network of Cycle Competence Austria has grown by two to reach 26. We are welcoming the leading producer of outdoor charging stations for e-bikes, bike energy from Salzburg, as well as the mobility agency of the city of Vienna as new members of the platform. […]
In Bicycle Heaven: Velo-city Conference Review
At the world’s biggest cycling summit „Velo-city 2017“which took place mid-June in Arnhem-Nijmegen in the Dutch province of Gelderland, Cycle Competence Austria had the great opportunity to present cycling knowledge “Made in Austria” to a broad audience. The conference itself and the cycling nation number one convinced the attending 1.500 experts. […]
Fresh Facts: Cars as safety hazard, bicycles as casualties
Traffic accidents involving cyclists analysed following Radlobby-inquiry to BMVIT and KfV. In April 2017, a list of questions compiled by Cycle Competence member Radlobby Austria sent to the Austrian traffic ministry BMVIT revealed new facts on cycle traffic and hazardous situations: The safety hazard for cyclists definitely is the car, as shown by the statistics supplied by Statistics Austria and [...]
The transport revolution: Cargo bikes on the advance
The use of bicycles for goods transport has made it onto the traffic agenda in many European cities. This also showed at the CycleLogistics conference in Vienna in March and the cargo bike subsidy introduced by the city. Projects like CycleLogistics and EMILIA demonstrate the scope of the potential for transport by bicycle. They also point out how transport processes [...]
Partnership on Cycling: Transnational cycling traffic strategy in Belgrade
Based on a joint initiative from France, Austria and the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) “THE PEP Partnership on Cycling” was set up in 2014 within the framework of the Transport, Health, Environment Pan-European Programme by UNECE/WHO. Cycle Competence members BMLFUW and Verracon are actively contributing to the transnational process as representatives for Austria and as partnership managers respectively. [...]
Four new members with cycle competence: Province of Vorarlberg, RADland Niederösterreich, Verracon and MCS Maderna
Four new members are strengthening the platform “Cycle Competence Austria” since the start of 2017: The Energy and Environment Agency of Lower Austria (eNu), the province of Vorarlberg, the traffic planning company Verracon GmbH and the bicycle developer and cargo bike specialist MCS Maderna. This means the platform has grown to 24 members in its third year. […]
Landmark court decision for more cycling safety
A welcome court decision increases cycling safety: A cyclist’s health can be a matter of the correct distance to parking cars in case of abruptly opening car doors. Nevertheless keeping a safe distance is seen by car drivers and in some cases even the police as being against the rules. Now CycleCompetence member, lawyer Dr. Johannes Pepelnik, has clarified the [...]
“KinderRadSpaß” 2016: Cycle competence and fun for 1,500 children
The “KinderRadSpaß” (literally “ChildrenCycleFun”) workshops organised by Cycle Competence member Radlobby support children’s love for activity and convey safe conduct in traffic, competence in riding a bike and cycling techniques. In Vienna, year-to-date already over 1,500 children have taken part in the “KinderRadSpaß” program. […]
Cycle Summit in Burgenland with a CycleCompetence concentrate
The 9th Austrian Cycle Summit will be taking place in Burgenland’s capital Eisenstadt on 23 and 24 June 2016. The Cycle Summit aims to give new impulses for cycle traffic in the sector child and youth mobility. It also wants to point out possibilities how to transform the bicycle from tourism traffic to every-day traffic. […]
Innovative reward system for cycling
Cycling should be rewarded, CycleCompetence members Bike Citizens and FGM are convinced and therefore they started the Bike Benefit Program. It is being tested as part of a feasibility study of the European Space Agency (ESA). The first test phase runs from 23 May to 10 July 2016 in Vienna, Graz and Bremen. As additional incentive to take the bicycle [...]
Study commuting to work: motivation to cycle
Many initiatives around the world are campaigning for an uptake of utilitarian cycling. One of them is the Austrian initiative Radelt zur Arbeit – English: “Bike to Work”. An evaluation study of the Cycle Competence Member AIT – Austrian Institute of Technologies sheds light on the impact of this campaign and provides insights on how a motivating social setting can [...]
Super cycling: Moving fast over long distances
High-level cycling infrastructure currently is in the international spotlight. In all of Europe fast lanes for cyclists with high-quality requirements, claiming a significant share of traffic budgets, are designed. The Viennese planning criteria for long-distance cycling routes have been published. This shows that high quality needs just as high requirements on future use of space over land as well as [...]
Visit Berlin: VELOBerlin, Plebiscite, Bicycle industry
Cycle traffic is omnipresent in the German capital. But the potentials and the needs are just as apparent. The city authorities want to tackle the problem of bicycle parking facilities. First interim results of their bicycle parking strategy were presented at the bicycle fair VELOBerlin in mid-April. More attention was created by the bicycle-plebiscite “ Volksentscheid Fahrrad” which aims to [...]
Vademecum for Winter cycling
Cycle Competence Member FGM has compiled a vademecum and guidebook commissioned by the transport ministry (bmvit) – because there is a lot of potential for winter cycling in Austria. […]
News from the Cycling Competence Members
The platform CycleCompetence Austria has 17 member companies and institutions. Here is a brief overview of news from some of the members: The BMLFUW has published a new master plan cycling, AIT presented the CycleTripMap at the research festival in Vienna, HERRY Consult informs about the projects “ACTIV8!” and “e-park&drive”, the e-bike-rental concept by KALOVEO gets more and more popular [...]
Trend topic cargo bike: Conference of the European Cycle Logistics Federation (ECLF)
How cargo bikes can pave the way for more liveable cities. This will be presented at the third conference of the European Cycle Logistics Federation in Donostia- San Sebastián from 15 to 17 October. Experts and entrepreneurs from all over Europea will show how cycle logistics fits last-mile deliveries and urban logistics. The conference is accompanied by an exhibition of [...]
Cycle Competence: Selection Of The Best And Most Innovative
When the megacity Moscow is now considering bicycles as means of transport, Viennese know-how is behind the master plan on which the new mindset is based. Consumer tests in the US ranked an Austrian children’s bike brand number one. Cyclists in Berlin are navigating the city with an app from Graz on their smartphones. Not only is Austria among the [...]
1st of June 2015: Press RElease Start Cycle Competence
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MInister of Environment welcomes “Cycle Competence Austria” at bicycle summit
Tne new platform „Radkompetenz Österreich“ (Cycle Competence Austria) was welcomed by minister Rupprechter at the Austrian cycle summit. The goal is to improve cycling infrastructure and traffic. Cycle traffic numbers are going up in Austria, more and more kilometres are covered by bicycle paths. The country is among the top 7 cycle nations in Europe. The new platform “Cycle Competence [...]
Mobility Institutions
Societal transformation needs political guidance, financial support from public funding and committed nongovernmental initiatives. The increase in cycle traffic is both the herald of a change in mobility as well as its most important component. This megatrend is also supported by the Cycle Competence Austria members from the fields of public administration and NGO. […]