What does Austria’s government programme promise for cycling?
The new federal government's work programme contains important elements of Austria's cycling strategy. The government wants to increase the cycling mode share to 14 per cent and has named some important measures to achieve this, the implementation of which [...]
Lower Austria’s cycling capitals in figures
The ‘Cycling Capital Certification’ was launched by Cycle Competence member Radland back in 2022 in order to systematically record the cycling-promoting activities of Lower Austria's cities. The second evaluation round took place in 2024 with 37 cities. Here, for [...]
Cycle streets in Burgenland as an opportunity for rural areas
In addition to the previously dominant use of bicycle streets in an urban context, completely new fields of application are opening up in rural areas to create attractive cycling networks. At the beginning of 2024, there were around 80 [...]
VERA research project: Which measures increase cycling?
Assessing the impact of cycling measures is a key challenge in transport planning. The VERA research project, which was carried out as a co-operation between the Cycle Competence members University of Salzburg and Herry Consult with the Technical University [...]
Cycle Competence news with bike leasing, smart hire garages and Salzburg S-Bike
Spring brings lots of news from the Cycle Competence members: Bikeleasing-Service strengthens our company bike sector, five smart hire garages from radverteiler have been installed in Mödling and WINTERSTEIGER SPORTS has upgraded its automatic car wash to make it [...]
RADBEST research project: Cycling in confined road conditions
In traffic planning practice, the routing of bicycle traffic in confined spaces poses a particular challenge. The RADBEST research project, in which Cycle Competence members Salzburg Research, the Department of Geoinformatics at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg and [...]
Study: Austria-wide cycling network Vision covers 25,000 kilometers
What can a cycling network for the whole of Austria look like that guarantees connections to all settlement areas? The study “Austria-wide cycling network Vision” provides an answer to this question and also provides a data-based argumentation for future [...]
Cycle Competence webinars in our online academy
More than 20 webinars under our motto “This is cycling!” have been held by our platform members since the beginning of the webinar series in 2021. To make this wealth of knowledge more accessible, we have compiled the individual webinar [...]
Research discussion on cycling and mobility transition in Salzburg
This year, our annual cycling competence fireside talk was dedicated to the exciting topic of cycling research. Leading researchers from Vienna, Graz and Salzburg discussed current developments and challenges in cycling and mobility research. The discussion was moderated by Cycle [...]
The Austrian Bicycle Regulation in international comparison
The Austrian Bicycle Regulation (FVO) supplements the StVO with detailed provisions on child transport, trailers and equipment. It is already 23 years old and requires modernization, as, among other things, the common carriage of two children on longtail transport [...]
Debate about e-scooter, cycle paths and suitable infrastructure
It is no longer just traditional bicycles that can be found on urban cycle paths. Instead, we are increasingly seeing a variety of transport bikes, pedelecs and e-scooters. These varieties of micromobility are legally considered bicycles in Austria and [...]
FamilienFlitzer: First smart garages for transport bike sharing
Spittal an der Drau is home to the FamilienFlitzer, Austria's first transport bike sharing project with a focus on tourism. Thanks to the innovative bike garages with a smart locking system, developed by Radkompetenz member radverteiler, the transport bikes [...]
Automatic bike wash in Vienna
The new fully automatic bicycle washing system Velobrush, developed by Radkompetenz member Wintersteiger Sports, has been available for testing at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien since this summer. The first version of the system was tested there [...]
This was the Velo-city conference 2024 in Ghent
For 44 years, the Velo-city conference of the European Cyclists Federation has brought together the leading experts in cycling and has thus achieved the status of the world's most important specialist conference. The largest edition to date took place [...]
New mobility strategies for St. Pölten and Styria
The new mobility strategy Styria 2024+ and the guiding concept for active mobility in St. Pölten were recently published. Both strategies aim to significantly increase cycling in the coming decades. Cycle competence members Rosinak & Partner in Styria and [...]
Transformation with cycling expertise: pilot project in Deutschkreutz around the train station
The major research project "Trans|formator:in" aims to accelerate the transformation of streets and squares towards more space for pedestrians and cyclists, greenery and quality of life by means of seven pilot projects throughout Austria. The aim is to motivate [...]
New framework agreement for bicycle boxes at train stations enables aquisition
How does the train station in your municipality get modern bike boxes with a locking system and booking portal? Through a framework agreement of the Verkehrsverbund Tirol, which is based on the experience of Radkompetenz member Land Vorarlberg. This [...]
Mobility Observatory Austria: Better data enables sustainable cycling promotion
The KOMOA concept study for a Mobility Observatory Austria shows how systemic approaches using a variety of data can help with the current challenges of transportation planning. How can it meet mobility needs while minimizing the negative ecological, social [...]
Cycling summit with 10th anniversary of Cycle Competence
The Cycle Competence Austria platform is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year! Founded in 2014 by a group of innovative players in the cycling sector, our platform now has around 30 member companies and supporting members. Knowledge transfer and [...]
Bike sales figures 2023: Boom in folding bikes, transport bikes, e-bikes
The 2023 bike sales figures are available and confirm known trends and the effectiveness of targeted bike purchase promotions and company bike models: More than a 50% share of e-bikes for the first time, doubling of folding bike sales, [...]