In cooperation with GIZ Sino-German Cooperation on Low Carbon Transport project (CLCT) and the GIZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP), a webinar on “Urban cycling –A smart move” is going to be organised by the TUEWAS – Working Group Transport & Environment (T&E). The virtual exchange aims at exchanging experiences and good practices among the Working Group members as well as other interested parties, and will focus on discussing the opportunities and the challenges of urban cycling.
Programme
- Welcome and introduction (10 minutes); Moderator: Mr. Sebastian Ibold (GIZ China)
- Input presentation (20 minutes) “Bikes makes cities thrive again“
Speaker: Mr. Liu Daizong (World Resources Institute WRI) – 20 minutes presentation
- Input presentation (20 minutes) “The rise of a cycling city“
Speaker: Mr. Pablo Celis (Municipality of Aarhus) – 20 minutes presentation
- Interactive discussion with the audience (30 minutes)
Registration
- If you are interested in attending the webinar, kindly block your calendar and register to the webinar via this REGISTRATION LINK.
- Notification email on how to join the webinar and other technical requirements will be sent.
- The session will be recorded and made available afterwards.
Background
In the light of ongoing urbanization and climate change, the need for sustainable and livable cities today is stronger than ever before. To tackle local air and noise pollution and urban congestion as well as to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, we need to focus on the development of sustainable transport systems, giving priority to pedestrians and cyclists and strengthening public transport. Cycling in particular is an indispensable part of the story and cities like Copenhagen or Aarhus even take a step further: Cycling is not only a sustainable means of transport but a lifestyle and can be considered as a concept built on four columns:
- Cycling for sustainable transport!
- Cycling for the environment!
- Cycling for personal health!
- Cycling for better cities!
Goal of the webinar
Present and discuss current approaches on the sustainable implementation of cycling infrastructure and related policy development for urban stakeholders and discuss the future of station based and free floating bike sharing.
Target Audience
GIZ Transport & Environment (T&E) Working Group Members and other interested “sustainable transport”, “urban” and “climate“ colleagues from GIZ, as well as collaborators and partners from the development community.
Sebastian Ibold (Sebastian.ibold@giz.de)
Julia Nagel (julia.nagel@giz.de)
Transport and Environment Working Group, TUEWAS
