Danube Cycle Plans - Pan-European Masterplan for Cycling Promotion was presented at Velo-city 2022
15-06-2022
Danube Cycle Plans project and the Pan-European Masterplan for Cycling Promotion of THE PEP were presented during the plenary session of the largest cycling conference in the world Velo-city 2022 which is taking place in Ljubljana.
Photo: Wilfried Raimund
"Let’s Bike Europe! Promotion of cycling brings win win win win win as its good for our climate for our health for our economy for our inclusive and liveable cities - cycling is good for all of us! " Said in the keynote speech Mr. Robert Thaler, Vice Chairman of THE PEP (Transport Health Environment Pan European Program).
As he added, for achieving these actions in cities and regions as well as on national and European level in particular investments programmes in the countries and the development of a Trans European Cycling Network are needed.
Photo: Wilfried Raimund
Finding the coordinated approach to supporting the cycling transport, including strategies, infrastructure and promotion was one of the main topics of this year´s Velo-city conference. The Danube Cycle Plans project brings together all these activities, expressed by the slogan of the project "Policies, plans and promotion for more people cycling in the Danube region".
As Robert Thaler further pointed out, there is a need to have common platforms for these activities: "THE PEP Partnership for Active Mobility is the key platform for paving the way for the promotion of walking and cycling all over Europe."
Photo: Jellinek Reinhard
Robert Thaler also appreciated the promotional activities which make Pan-European Masterplan for Cycling Promotion more visible. Amongst others, it was a promotional bike ride to Velo-city 2022 in Ljubljana which started in Vienna on June 7. The kick-off event was supported by Mrs. Leonore Gewessler, Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of Austria which also hosted the Fifth High-Level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment (THE PEP) where this important document was approved.
The project partners of Danube Cycle Plans project from Slovenia, Austria, Hungary and Czechia will give a number of other presentations, panel discussions and side events, where they present the outputs of the Danube Cycle Plans project.
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