Danube Cycle Plans Policies, plans and promotion for more people cycling in the Danube region

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Workshop on Green Urban Transport: September 17, 2021, Geneva
    - 31-08-2021
    Workshop on Green Urban Transport: September 17, 2021, Geneva

    UNECE Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics (WP.5) has the pleasure to invite you to participate in and contribute to  the    “Workshop on Green Urban Transport”  which will be held in conjunction with the WP.5 thirty-fourth...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - How to double the share of cycling? Interview with Lukasz Wyrowski, United Nations
    - 22-08-2021
    How to double the share of cycling? Interview with Lukasz Wyrowski, United Nations

    The first-ever Pan-European Master Plan for Cycling Promotion was adopted at the Fifth High-Level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment (THE PEP) in May 2021. The key document, which is to become the basic guide for the development of...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Covid has had a positive effect on travel behaviour
    - 26-06-2021
    Covid has had a positive effect on travel behaviour

    The last 18 months brought great changes in mobility. More people on wheels means greater need of safe roads not only for cyclists, but also for other sustainable travel modes. Slovenia is therefore preparing for an assessment and categorization...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Danube Cycling Ambassadors are introducing themselves.
    - 18-06-2021
    Danube Cycling Ambassadors are introducing themselves.

    "Without a strong ambassador, strategy is just a piece of paper." Marketing Strategy created as part of the Danube Cycle Plans project defines, what is the key to the success of any strategy. It is the good involvement of key players. A...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - pan-European Master Plan for Cycling Promotion adopted! Implementation has already started
    - 24-05-2021
    pan-European Master Plan for Cycling Promotion adopted! Implementation has already started

    The so-called Vienna Declaration was signed in Vienna on 18 May 2021, which included the pan-European Master Plan for Cycling Promotion. The document was adopted at the Fifth High-level Ministerial Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment in...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Klimaaktiv: Promote cycling with a system
    - 01-05-2021
    Klimaaktiv: Promote cycling with a system

    To ensure that even more people ride a bike, companies, associations, cities and municipalities in Austria receive free advice and financial support for the implementation of cycling projects from klimaaktiv mobil. The action program...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - THE PEP - webinar: Collaboration towards seamless and safe cycling in the pan-European region
    - 30-04-2021
    THE PEP - webinar: Collaboration towards seamless and safe cycling in the pan-European region

    Collaboration towards seamless and safe cycling in the pan-European region – the role of the pan-European cycling network Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 10:30 am-11:45 am REGISTRATION FORM The purpose of the webinar is: To present...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - THE PEP - webinar: National Cycle Plans and Strategies
    - 30-04-2021
    THE PEP - webinar: National Cycle Plans and Strategies

    National Cycle Plans/Strategies - a corner stone for the implementation of the Pan-European Masterplan for Cycling Promotion. Tuesday, May 11, 2021 from 9:00am-10:15am REGISTRATION FORM You would like to learn more about the...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Czech Republic: 137 million EUR from European funds for bicycle transport are planned
    - 29-04-2021
    Czech Republic: 137 million EUR from European funds for bicycle transport are planned

    Prague, Czech Republic. In the past period 2014-2020, cities and regions across Czechia built cycle paths and other infrastructure for cyclists in the total amount of at least 126 million EUR. Projects that have used funding from the regional and...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - 120 mio. EUR to promote cycling in Romania from EU funds
    - 23-04-2021
    120 mio. EUR to promote cycling in Romania from EU funds

    On April 7, 2021 Romania published the final version of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan which was sent to Brussels. „Now we are waiting for an answer from the European Commission, but until then - we were glad to see that in the Pillar...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Guidelines for cycling plans and infrastructure were finished
    - 22-04-2021
    Guidelines for cycling plans and infrastructure were finished

    Two key methodologies for the development of cycling transport were developed under the Danube Cycle Plans project (DCP). Guidelines to define National Cycle Plans and Guidelines to define a National Cycle Route Network were completed in March...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - THE PEP Vienna 2021: Registration was opened
    - 21-04-2021
    THE PEP Vienna 2021: Registration was opened

    BUILDING FORWARD BETTER BY TRANSFORMING TO NEW, CLEAN, SAFE, HEALTHY AND INCLUSIVE MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT Main Event: 17-18 May Side Events: 10-12 May Virtual Exhibition: 10-21 May   The 5th High-level Ministerial...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - New road signs increase visibility of cyclists in Romania
    - 06-03-2021
    New road signs increase visibility of cyclists in Romania

    From March 1, 2021, four new types of road markings can be legally applied to increase road safety on public roads in Romania.   In Romania, the possibility of creating the simplest and cheapest infrastructure for bicycles opens with a...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Slovakia is planning massive investments in bicycle transport; European subsidies will help.
    - 17-02-2021
    Slovakia is planning massive investments in bicycle transport; European subsidies will help.

    Slovak Minister of Transport Andrej Dolezal announced that the Slovak National Recovery Plan envisages 600 million euros for the modernization of railway infrastructure, 100 million euros for the support of bicycle transport and 50 million euros...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Steps towards new 1400 km regional cycle route network in Hungary
    - 15-02-2021
    Steps towards new 1400 km regional cycle route network in Hungary

    In the autumn of 2020, the Hungarian Government devoted 4 billion HUF (more than 11 million EUR) to planning cycle routes through the country. The coordination is assigned to the government commissioner for ‘Active Hungary’, who is responsible...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Vienna: Bicycle traffic increased by 12% in 2020
    - 09-02-2021
    Vienna: Bicycle traffic increased by 12% in 2020

    Cycling in Vienna increases resilience in times of crisis. Despite lockdown, distance learning, and working from home, Viennese have relied on their pedals more often than ever in the past year. In 2020, bicycle counters recorded more than 9...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Newsletter No. 1 is now available
    - 08-01-2021
    Newsletter No. 1 is now available

    In this newsletter, you will find several results that were successfully finalized in this period. Although we had limited travel opportunities, we took full advantage of the opportunity to meet through many online conferences and discuss issues...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - PF 2021
    - 21-12-2020
    PF 2021

    Partners of the Danube Cycle Plans wish you a Happy New Year! May the New Year bring you an abundance of endurance and inspiration in the difficult road of success!   “A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - How to define cycle route networks?
    - 21-12-2020
    How to define cycle route networks?

    35 participants from 9 countries joined the 1st thematic workshop of the Danube Cycle Plans project to discuss the draft guidelines about the definition of national cycle route networks as parts of a harmonized Danube cycle route network. The...

  • Danube Cycle Plans - Call to Action: Include cycling in recovery plans and multiannual programmes for 2021–2027
    - 07-12-2020
    Call to Action: Include cycling in recovery plans and multiannual programmes for 2021–2027

    There is no doubt that cycling has already become key element of mobility. The consortium of partners from nine European countries cooperating in the Danube Cycle Plans project calls you to action. Use this unique opportunity and include...

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