World Bicycle Day 2024
From theory to practice: planning for human-scale mobility
The Swedish Cycling Research Centre at VTI hosts a webinar together with Ghent University
Länk till annan webbplats. and the Urban Cycling Institute Länk till annan webbplats. on World Bicycle Day 2024. This year, we turn the spotlight to the concept of the 15-minute city. A concept to create a human-friendly, sustainable and inclusive city.
We are delighted to welcome Professor Carlos Moreno from the IAE Paris-Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Professor Moreno will present the 15-minute city concept, a new global, urban pathway towards a sustainable, liveable, and inclusive city. In addition, Professor Moreno will present the research behind it as well as practical examples from the implementation of the concept.
We also welcome Sílvia Casorrán Martos, General Secretary of Cycling Cities Network in Spain, who will give first-hand insights into how the City of Barcelona promotes sustainable and accessible mobility through their Bicycle Strategy.
Further, we will get inspirational insights into the progress of the city of Milan, Italy, by Deputy Mayor of Milan Arianna Censi.
The presentations will be followed by an engaging discussion led by Dr Meredith Glaser - Professor of Cycling at Ghent University and Chief executive officer at the Urban Cycling Institute in Amsterdam - on the mechanisms for change. She will be joined by Dr Luca Bertolini, Professor of Urban Planning, at the University of Amsterdam and Dr Enrica Papa, Senior lecturer of Architecture and Cities at Westminster University in London.
We are delighted to have a lineup of this dignity on the webinar! Please, do not hesitate to join us in our celebration of World Bicycle Day! The webinar is free of charge.
DON'T MISS! Those who attend the webinar will have a chance to win Carlos Moreno's new book The 15-minute City - a solution to saving our time and our planet Länk till annan webbplats..
DATE: 3rd June, 2024
TIME: 13:00-15:30 (CEST)
PLACE: Teams (a link will be sent the morning before the webinar, to those who register)
PLEASE REGISTER HERE Länk till annan webbplats.. The deadline for registration is 30th May.
PLEASE NOTE: The webinar will be in English, it will be recorded and the recording will be published on the Cykelcentrum website afterwards.
AGENDA
- Introduction by Cykelcentrum VTI, Ghent University and Urban Cycling Institute
- The 15-minute city – From theory to practice - a transformation with active mobility - Dr Carlos Moreno, Professor at IAE Paris-Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Scientific Director of the research lab “Entrepreneurship Territory Innovation”.
- Short break
- Challenges for Barcelona to become a 100% cycling city - Sílvia Casorrán Martos - General Secretary Cycling Cities network in Spain.
- First-hand insights in the ambition and progress of Milan - Arianna Censi - Deputy Mayor of Milan and Member of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions. Further, she is Vice-chair of the commission for Territorial cohesion policy, and member of the Commission for Energy, Climate change and environment.
- Mechanisms of change - A panel discussion
Dr Meredith Glaser - Professor of Cycling at Ghent University and Chief executive officer at the Urban Cycling Institute in Amsterdam.
Dr Luca Bertolini, Professor of Urban Planning, at the University of Amsterdam and Dr Enrica Papa, Senior lecturer of Architecture and Cities at Westminster University in London.
Did you miss last year's webinar, with eye-opening research by Marco te Brömmelstroet at the University of Amsterdam and inspiring examples from the city of Ghent by Deputy Mayor of Ghent, Filip Watteeuw? If so, you find a link to the recording below.