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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 kilometres of these cycle streets in the federal states. Our Cycle Competence members Mobility Centre Burgenland and Radlobby provide an [...]
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 of Dresden and the company EBP Schweiz AG, dealt with this issue. The most important finding of the study: nothing [...]
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 planning. On behalf of the Ministry of Climate Protection, cycling competence members con.sens mobilitätsdesign and the Department of Geoinformatics at [...]
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 pose major challenges for the capacity of cycling infrastructure. We summarize an in-depth Ö1 radio debate that revolved around the [...]
The new cycle-path construction program in Vienna
Since 2021, the City of Vienna has been stepping up the expansion of cycling infrastructure with increased funding from the klimaaktiv mobil program of the Ministry of Climate Protection. The new construction program was published at the end of March 2024. Important cycling axes and gaps in the main cycling network are being tackled and flagship projects such as [...]
City comparison: How satisfied are Austria’s cyclists?
How safe do Austria’s cyclists feel in traffic? How do they rate the quality of bike paths? These are the questions that Radlobby Austria, member of Cycle Competence, asked in its bicycle climate test, the results of which have just been published. Salzburg and Graz received the best marks, but are still not entirely satisfactory. Vienna and Linz are at [...]