BICY Project Cities and Regions of Bicycles

1. BICY Project Cities and Regions of Bicycles Cross fertilisation workshop – Priority 2 - Accessibility Prague, 24 November 2010 Claudia Ziosi Province of Ferrara European Policies Dept. - Territorial Cooperation Unit --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. Project partners 1. Province of Ferrara (LP, IT) 2. Province of Ravenna (IT) 3. Distart-Univ.of Bologna (IT) 4. Kosice Self-governing region (SK) 5. Local Government Budaros (HU) 6. Regional Devel. Centre of Koper (SI) 7. FGM-AMOR Graz (AT) 8. BICYCLE-Devel.project bicycle club (AT) 9. Municipality of Velenje (SI) 10.European Devel. Agency– Prague (CZ) 11.Europa Programme Centre – Erfurt(DE)

3. Our Landscape

4. Basic assumptions • The achievement of a higher sustainability in transport • New pan-European rail corridors, new motorways, inter-modal platforms are useful to improve the transport of people and goods on the long distances, not to solve the problems affecting internally the congested areas, especially urban • Approximately 80% of all urban trips are for distance by less than 5 kilometers • A wide and extensive use of bicycles would give a relevant contribution to reduce traffic congestion, pollution and hence the emission of CO2, with great positive effects on save of time whilst circulating (and parking), improvement of health population and struggle against the climate change • The CE area wouldn’t clearly be marked by a good level of cohesion and equal implementation of strategic EU policies, if the cycling mobility level was assumed as an indicator of cohesion • Cities with a high cycling share rate need less space for transport, whereas infrastructure gains more space for other utilisation and a better use for public areas

5. Main objectives • Develop a coherent and integrated urban-regional bike planning, as a strategic component of the entire urban-territorial planning • Promote cycling as a key component of public transport • Raise awareness of local decision makers and citizens on bicycles as an equivalent means of urban transportation and a valid replacement of the car for shorter trips • Promote the bicycle as a modern, ecological and safer means of transportation – especially in the NMS where cycling is often associated with poverty • Strengthen the front runners experience, also with new and innovative technologies – and, at the same time – enable policy makers and relevant stakeholders of lagging behind areas to learn from the first • Implement concrete actions, conceived at trans-national level that are then customized locally and thus able to achieve tangible outputs related to new mobility strategies • Develop local/national cycling strategies based on mutual transnational learning

6. Workpackages Horizontal Activities WP 1 – Project Management and Co-ordination – Province of Ferrara WP 2 – Communication, knowledge management and dissemination - FGM-Amor/Graz Thematic Activities WP 3 – Trans-national harmonisation of experiences in cycling - University of Bologna - DISTART WP 4 – Implementation actions & mutual learning - Municipality of Velenje Runtime: February 2010 – Janaury 2013 (36 months)

7. WP 3- Trans-national harmonization of experiences in cycling WP 3 strategic focus: Joint achievement of the best standards in cycling mobility Key word: data indicators knowledge monitoring EU harmonization prove the positive impact of bike circulation with objective numbers

8. WP 3- Trans-national harmonization of experiences in cycling Output reached so far

9. Bologna Survey & Questionnaire The Cycle Balance of Veenendaal Cost summary for the survey

10. 1st Training seminar: main topics • planning of cycling routes • cycling mobility & environmental certification • a sustainable territory for tourists and citizens • bikers associations • multimodal accessibility • policies & actions for a bike friendly city • cycling: theory and technique • economic crisis and alternative solutions • tourism promotion of cycling lanes

12. WP 3 - Trans-national harmonization of experiences in cycling Output to be reached for the next semester

13. WP 4 - Implementation actions & mutual learning WP 4 strategic focus: to achieve mutually concrete results Key word: mutual trans-national exchange bicycle strategy needs: network, actions, education, facilities, services

14. WP 4 – Implementation actions & mutual learning Output to be reached for the next semester

15. Local pilot actions – Overview • Planning + technical documentation + preparation of tenders to build new bicycle routes - Kosice, Koper, Prague, Budaörs • Information activities by signposting - Prague, Kosice, Graz • Manuals on good parking solutions & implementation of bicycle racks with camera control system – Budaörs, Graz • Mapping itineraries Bike-Train, Bike-Bus, Bike-Boat-Ferrara, Ravenna • Innovative bike services - Ferrara,Graz,Velenje • Installations of counter-bikers to monitor the number of cycling paths users – Ferrara • Bicycle campaigns to raise the image for cycling - Prague, Kosice, Erfurt - or for a certain target group as commuters, Graz • Educational activities targeted to children- Budaörs, Graz

16. Most relevant meetings and events in the next semester

17. Grazie! Claudia Ziosi European Policies Dept. - Territorial Cooperation Unit claudia.ziosi@provincia.fe.it +39 0532 299275 Emma Barboni Tourism Department emma.barboni@provincia.fe.it +39 0532 299626 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------