New website for digital knowledge campaign on cycle traffic
Since 2015, the platform Cycle Competence Austria aims to improve cycle traffic, to offer the best possible cycle traffic solutions made in Austria, to launch international networking activities and to transfer knowledge. From this year, we will focus even more [...]
Cycle Competence online seminar as cycling summit substitute
The Austrian Cycling summit 2021 unfortunately had to be postponed to spring 2022 because of the measures taken to limit the spread of Covid-19. As a substitute the platform Cycle Competence Austria is offering a top-level seminar series on the [...]
Cycle Competence Raumverteiler re-designs streets
The new online-tool “Raumverteiler” (ie. space distributor) serves to re-assign Austrian street space based on well-founded facts. Where is space for a cycle lane in a road cross-section? How wide does it have to be according to legal guidelines? Where [...]
COVID and mobility: Cycling brings freedom during the crisis
Over one year ago now, we saw the start of the Corona crisis. One of its most surprising results is the increase in cycle traffic and bicycle sales. No matter whether for every-day cycling trips or sportive activities – since [...]
Federal subsidy campaign brings cycle lane expansion
The successful promotion of the ministry for climate protection’s (BMK) cycling campaign will be continued this year. It means more possibilities for subsidies for municipalities, businesses and associations for measures supporting active mobility. The regional government in Vorarlberg actively took [...]
Lower Austria invests in active mobility
The provincial government of lower Austria wants to double the share of cycling and pedestrian traffic from 22% to 44%. For this, the necessary framework has to be created. In mid-March mobility provincial councillor Ludwig Schleritzko presented the “Strategy Active [...]
Bicycle parking re-imagined
Cycle Competence member Innovametall developed an innovative solution for every-day mobility. This helps to solve the increasing problem of parcel deliveries in absence: The combined Safetydock mobility and parcel station in residential areas will be first put to use by [...]
KlimaKonkret renders municipalities and cities climate-fit!
A new initiative was launched to support Austrian municipalities and cities in adjusting to climate change: KlimaKonkret wants to show – based on the example of a prototypal Austrian municipality – which actual possibilities are available for adapting to climate [...]
Subsidy campaign cycling traffic: Up to 100% funding!
For the first time this year, three major subsidy tracks by the Austrian federal government have been made available to municipalities for cycling traffic projects making it possible to combine them to achieve up to 100% funding level for cycling [...]
Vienna got its first activity park for cycling with open kids training
On the bank of the Neue Donau the city of Vienna opened a unique motor activity park for cycling covering 8,000 square kilometres. It allows children and young people to train their motor activities on bicycles. In a pilot project [...]
Vorarlbergs expansion of multimodality: VMOBIL stations opened
The combination of bicycle and public transport is to undergo a major expansion plan in the Cycle Competence member province Vorarlberg. The goal of the federal railways ÖBB, the province of Vorarlberg, municipalities and the transport association is very ambitious: [...]
From Dunav to Salzach: Cycle tourism, signposting, research results
The valleys and planes along the Danube offer outstanding potential for cycle tourism and climate-friendly local traffic on bicycles. Austria is leading a project consortium trying to realize this potential. Also along the Salzach Cycle Competence is active on multiple [...]
Eleven Cycling highways for Lower Austria
RADland Niederösterreich, an initiative by the province of Lower Austria, is taking the next step towards creating high-level cycling infrastructure for every-day cycling traffic between municipalities: Regional Mobility Secretary Ludwig Schleritzko presented eleven cycling highway routes and a new subsidy [...]
Guideline for Austrian Bicycle Funding: €40m investments
On World Bicycle Day on 3 June, federal minister Leonore Gewessler (Green Party) got a lot of attention for her announcement of a bicycle campaign promising up to €40m in federal subsidies for investments in bike infrastructure. We are taking [...]
Corona-Update: Cycling as a means of transportation out of the crisis
It can be labeled a paradigm shift when news about kilometres of new pop-up bike lanes, new speed limits for cars and other promotions of cycle traffic are coming in from hundreds of cities in Europe. The European Union has [...]
News from Lower Austria: Cycle highway and regional approach
With the slogan “Fit for future – fit into the future” (brochure in German) the province of Lower Austria is implementing extensive measures for active mobility. One key project in cycle traffic will be high-quality cycle highways. Cycle Competence member [...]
Test winner, awards and new appearances
Three Cycle Competence members made strong appearances in June: Bike Citizens from Graz received an award from climate minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) for its research activities. Austrias leading bicycle manufacturer KTM clearly won the e-bike test of the consumer lobby [...]
Results of the Cycle Competence municipalities survey
In autumn 2019, the Cycle Competence platform surveyed municipalities and communities on their cycle traffic systems. We compiled a questionnaire allowing local authorities to check the frame work for cycling with the help of a traffic light system. Here we [...]
Member News: Mountainbike trails and job bike offers
Before the standstill caused by the Corona pandemic Cycle Competence members Bike Citizens, Kaloveo, Bike Energy and Innovametall had been very active. During the shutdown FGM’s webinars for the EU project Metamorphosis are available in home offices world wide. Traffic planners verkehrplus keep up the team spirit [...]
THE CYCLING WORLD IN TIMES OF CORONA
Times of crisis are shaking society and also offer a chance for transformation. Familiar norms are being questioned, routines are changing and previously unimaginable leeways for interventions are opening up. In our current harrowing situation this is also true for [...]