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CYCLING – IMPLEMENTATION BOOK

The ABC partnership published the “CYCLING – IMPLEMENTATION BOOK” as a final output. The brochure contains findings and examples from the project and further information on the following topics: Context and targets, focus and analysis, planning process, hard measures, cycling monitor, soft measures, capacity building and evaluation.

The Hanseatic City of Rostock has organized the translation of the Implementation book into German - called "FAHR RAD! PRAXISHANDBUCH".

Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/implementation-book.html

 

CAPACITY BUILDING IN AARHUS AND ROSTOCK

Within the prolongation period of the project the partners met twice together with representatives of some more cities and organizations within the Baltic Sea Region to disseminate the results of the project and to exceed the partnership for future cooperation. The first workshop took place in Aarhus, the second in Rostock.

 

Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/workshops.html

 

 

 

ADFC: STORY BOOK FOR YOUNG CYCLISTS

The ADFC Rostock elaborated a storybook for young cyclists titled “My bicycle, my city and me”. The book was printed in 2000 copies and disseminated to kindergarten, the local traffic school and the regional parents’ organization. Two videos document the “Making of” the book advertising for it.

 

Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/storybook.html

 

CYCLING CONNECTS – CONFERENCE 2014

Come to the cycling connects - conference on 22nd-23rd of May 2014 in Rostock

22nd - 23rd of May 2014 in Rostock, Germany

The Hanseatic City of Rostock and the Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and Regional Development Mecklenburg-Vorpommern jointly organized the conference "Cycling promotion in the South Baltic and beyond". 20 speakers from five countries contributed with their expertise and practical experience to the two-day program. Titled “Cycling connects”, the thematic focus was put on communication and cooperation.

Please find a documentation of the conference and all presentations here.

 

KALMAR SAYS "THANK YOU FOR CYCLING"

The working group “Kalmar Bicycle City” elaborated a “Marketing Concept and Communication Plan”. This document contains information about background, purpose, aim, vision, core values, target groups and design for communication activities around “Kalmar Bicycle City”. The communication strategy has defined the overall target that cyclists should feel appreciated. The message when approaching the public is “Thank you for cycling”. Cyclists should be encouraged to continue cycling and to be an inspiration for others to start cycling. This approach is based on the theory of peer pressure. The strategy was already tested during the development. The working group joined several events and implemented Guerilla activities to promote cycling.

For more information, please visit:  www.abcmultimodal.eu/campaign-kalmar.html

 

KALMAR: TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR CYCLING PROMOTION

Kalmar developed a training curriculum for its employees on communication and cycling campaigns. After the completion of the “Marketing Concept and Communication Plan” there was a need for a training program for employees which informs and educates how to work with the document in real life. The training consists of a half day presentation and exercises.

For more information, please visit: www.abcmultimodal.eu/training.html

 

 

ROSTOCK: TWO MORE CYCLING COUNTERS ONLINE

Rostock has installed two new cycling counters on important cycling routes in the city area. As a result there are now six counting facilities that keep track of the number of cyclists – year-round, 24 hours a day. One of the new counters is implemented at the “Hundertmännerbrücke” which is an important route connecting main sites of the University. This road has been renovated before and new cycling lanes have been marked. The second counter is situated at the “Mühlendamm” where all bicycle traffic between the city center and the Southeast part of the city passes.

Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/rostock-monitor.html

 

GDANSK: INNOVATIVE CYCLING-FRIENDLY STREET

In Gdansk a major street within the university district was completely remodeled in a cycling-friendly manner. Where it used to have two lanes cars and cyclists had to share, there is now one lane for cars and a wide bike lane for cyclists. Various other measures have been taken to transform the street into one that is more cycling-friendly, e.g. bike boxes at junctions in combination with an indirect left turn.

The planning team of the municipality was inspired by the abc-study trip to Copenhagen and Malmo in 2012.

For more information about the innovative solution, please visit: www.abcmultimodal.eu/planning-gdansk.html

 

 

GDANSK: CYCLING-FRIENDLY URBAN PLANNING

The City of Gdansk continues its efforts to transform Gdansk into a city of short distances that provides a high quality of life by implementing a new traffic organization on Lenartowicza street. The project was first presented at the abc-think tank workshop in Kalmar 2013 in order to facilitate an exchange of experience and to generate ideas how to remodel the street.

Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/gdansk-planning.html

 

 

ROSTOCK: CYCLING ROUTE TO THE NORTHWEST

three different bike routes from the northwest to the city center were considered

The Hanseatic City of Rostock wants to improve its cycling network and asked experts to analyze three different alternatives for a cycling route connecting the housing areas in the northwest to the city center. The final report includes an inventory analysis, an assessment of the variants as well as an estimation of the general feasibility of the different routes. It also contains recommendations with respect to an action plan.

For more information, please visit: www.abcmultimodal.eu/rostock_studies.html

 

 

GDANSK: 1st CYCLING MONITOR INAUGURATED

1st Cycling Monitor in Gdansk

The City of Gdansk has mounted its first cycling monitor on 15th of November, 2013. The monitor is installed at the main road "Aleja Grunwaldzkiej" and is one of the first cycling monitor in Poland.
It measures the extent of cycling and serves to visualise the constantly increasing number of cyclists. The cycling monitor will also help promote bicycles as a common means of transportation. The installation of the cycling monitor is accompanied by a promotional campaign that is carried out in extensive cooperation with the media. The first cyclists to be counted by the newly installed monitor won attractive prizes.

Further Information and pictures find here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/gdansk.html

 

KALMAR: CAMPAIGN FOR SAFE CYCLING

1st Cycling Monitor in Gdansk

This fall, Kalmar conducted a campaign for good bike lights to improve road safety. If more cyclists use bike lights this increases both their own safety and that of other cyclists. Also, increased safety will hopefully also help increase the number of cyclists.
The campaign was carried out on two consecutive evenings in cooperation with the Kalmar Police.

Read more here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/events-kalmar2.html

 

 

 

GDANSK: NEW CYCLING-FRIENDLY TRAFFIC SIGN

NEW CYCLING-FRIENDLY TRAFFIC SIGN IN GDANSK

Gdansk has created a new traffic sign which reminds motorists of the need for leaving space for cyclists and for keeping safe distance while overtaking them. 1 m between the outside edge of the exterior rear view mirror of the car and the handlebar of the bike is the minimum distance to keep when overtaking in the city. Cyclists must keep as much distance from parked cars to avoid suddenly opening car doors.

The signs have already been attached at over 100 locations. Mutual attention between car drivers and cyclists improves road safety.

Further Information and pictures find here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/events-gdansk.html

 

ROSTOCK: 2ND CAR FREE CLIMATE ACTION DAY

Cargo Bike on 2nd car free Climate Action Day 2013

After the great success of the first car-free climate action day in 2012, the event was organized once again this year.
In keeping with the motto "Free streets – Open spaces. Insights. Visions." the main road “Lange Straße” was transformed again into a colorful, car-free area on the 15th of September, 2013. The road and the parking space were closed to cars all day. Instead, the participating clubs, associations, culture and sport enthusiasts used it as a space for exhibiting their various ideas and for offering hands-on interactive activities to the public. The event attracted several hundred people and was again very positively received. The organizers wanted to raise awareness of the issues of "sustainable mobility" and "climate change".
Video and further information here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/event-rostock.html

 

STUDY TRIP TO GDANSK 2013

On 12th of September 2013, on a guided bike tour that was offered at the time of the Active Mobility Congress participants and abc- partners had the opportunity to form their own opinions of the bicycle-friendly city. They were introduced to the urban cycling system in general and to its signage in particular, as well as to the new bicycle parking facilities in the city center, the new cycling monitor, and the remodelled cycling-friendly street in the university district. Moreover, the participants were repeatedly made aware of a new traffic sign that had been specifically designed to sensitise other traffic participants to the need for being considerate of cyclists. The new sign has already been installed at over 100 locations in the city.

Read more here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/study-trips.html

 

GDANSK: 4TH CONGRESS OF ACTIVE MOBILITY

Speech by Maciej Lisicki – Mayor of the City of Gdańsk & President of the Polish Union of Active Mobility

To promote, disseminate, and exchange ideas and good experiences with maintaining a high quality of life by improving active mobility like cycling and walking, was the main idea behind the Fourth Congress of Active Mobility. The event was hosted at Gdansk's Amber Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre on September 12th and 13th.
The Congress, which has become an established event for representatives of administration, politics, initiatives, and experts in related areas attracted over three hundred participants this year.

Video and more information here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/conferences.html

 

STUDY TRIP: CYCLING AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN FREIBURG AND BASEL

Cycle routing in Basel - study trip 2013

In September 2013 a group of 22 experts from Rostock, Gdansk, Kalmar and Karlskrona took part in a two day study trip to Freiburg (Germany) and Basel (Switzerland). Both cities are very ambitious to promote cycling as a part of their multimodal transport system. The participants could experience the spirit of sustainable urban development during their walk and guided cycling tour in Freiburg.

In Basel many innovative measures to improve bicycle traffic were presented. Read more about the study trip to Freiburg and Basel here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/study-trips.html

 

 

CYCLING CAMPAIGN: I BIKE KALMAR

Kalmar City is looking for new ways to encourage cycling and make cycling more attractive. Their newest idea is ”I bike KLR”.
They use their unique bicycle icon in a well-known phrase “I love ...” and just substitute the bicycle icon for the heart. This phrase was first used in Copenhagen. A city whose tradition of successfully incorporating cycling as an important means of public transportation keeps inspiring many cycling friendly cities and towns around Europe.

Read more about cycling campaign in Kalmar here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/campaign-kalmar.html

 

SOUTH BALTIC EDUTAINMENT DAY – INSPIRATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY

South Baltic Edutainment Day 2013 in Gdansk

Over 400 school students from Denmark, Lithuania and Poland got inspired during the South Baltic Edutainment Day 2013 on 18th September 2013 in Gdansk. Several South Baltic projects came up with innovative ideas following the main theme of the maritime cross-border co-operation in keeping with the tagline “Catch the South Baltic winds in your sails, explore, discover, get inspired!”. The abc.multimodal team presented folded bicycles, used on daily basis by the City of Gdansk officials, as an example how to integrate bikes into the multimodal transport system.

Read more here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/training.html

 

CAMPAIGNS FOR CYCLING AND MULTIMODALITY

The ABC-project presents good practice examples for PR campaigns to promote cycling and multimodal mobility. The examples “Cycling City Munich” (Radlhauptstadt München) and “Brains on: Engines off” (Kopf an: Motor aus) from Germany are online now. Another 8 good practices from Sweden, Poland and Germany will follow soon. Please find the examples here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/good_practice_campaigns.html

 

KALMAR: NEW BRIDGE FOR CYCLISTS TO IKEA AREA

Kalmar has closed a gap in the cycling network of the city. A new bridge for cyclists across the motorway E22 is now connecting the Hansa shopping area around IKEA in the north of the city with residential areas and the old town in the south. The bridge was inaugurated in May with a big event. On a busy shopping Saturday, the municipality and business owners organized activities on both sides of the bridge. A combination of music, raffles and gifts for cyclists attracted a lot of inhabitants especially the competition “Pimp your bike” drew a lot of attention.

 

KALMAR: 1ST CYCLING MONITOR INAUGURATED

On 20th of June 2013 the municipality of Kalmar inaugurated the first cycling monitor of the city. The cycling monitor is situated at the new cycling bridge to the Hansa shopping area. City councilor Bertil Dahl representing bike issues unveiled the cycling monitor which shows the number of cyclists per day and per year on a display. He gave flowers to the first person passing the counter. During the event the municipality offered free bike checks to passing cyclists and handed out the new cycling map.

Have a look at the analysis: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/cycling-monitor-kalmar.html

 

ROSTOCK: 2ND CYCLING MONITOR AT EUROVELO7

The Hanseatic City of Rostock has installed the second cycling monitor at the long distance cycle route Berlin-Copenhagen / EuroVelo 7 which is also an important route for commuters at this place. The cycling monitor is situated close to touristic highlights in the old town, the city harbor and the busiest road in the region. The new cycling monitor indicates the number of cyclists per day and per year on a big display and additionally temperature and time. The inauguration ceremony on 20th of June attracted a lot of press media as well as project partners and interested inhabitants. Senator for construction and environment Holger Matthäus unveiled the cycling monitor together with Magdalena Struwe who is one of three winners of the photo competition “face of the cycling region Rostock” in the frame of the first climate action day "Straße frei" 16th of September 2012.

Further information and analysis here: http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/rostock-monitor.html

 

CYCLING – INSPIRATIONS FOR EVERYONE ONLINE

The ABC project has launched www.cyclinginspiration.eu. Here you find the contents of the “Cycling inspiration book” with inspirations on how to promote cycling in different contexts: Cycling to school / to work, leisure cycling, cycle routes, parking, public transport, signposting, information, cycling map, analysis, cooperation, study trips, promotion, policy and strategy. Additionally each chapter contains links to best practice examples. If you want to share your experiences and link your project or good practice example to the website please contact us.

 

ABC AT VELO-CITY CONFERENCE 2013 IN VIENNA

In a lightning talk Steffen Nozon and Thomas Möller presented the ABC-project and its approach to launch marketing concepts and campaigns to promote cycling. Velo-city conference in Vienna was the world's biggest cycling policy conference with 1,400 participants.

You can find the presentation here.

 

 

GDANSK: JOURNALISTS AND THEIR TRAVELS

The City of Gdansk has chosen journalists as target group for their project activities. The city wants to learn about communication habits of this group and their perception of the city’s mobility culture and infrastructure. Over a hundred of Gdansk’s journalists were surveyed within the process of a target group analysis. The self-administered questionnaires were handed out to media staff at their workplaces. The project’s team managed to collect responses in radio and TV stations, daily newspapers and web information site editorial office between December 2012 and January 2013. Read more here:

www.abcmultimodal.eu/target-group-analysis-gdansk.html

 

 

PARTICIPATION IN GDANSK: DEVELOPING THE 1ST CYCLING STREET IN POLAND

Within the project abc.multimodal the City of Gdansk is developing the new traffic organization at Wita Stwosza and Wojska Polskiego streets. Already known as the first cycling street in Poland, the 3,5 km long road will have cycle-friendly infrastructure including: cycling lanes in both directions, next to the car lanes and bike-boxes with traffic lights at intersections that give priority for cyclists. On 20th of March 2013 the city officials met with local residents to answer their questions regarding the project. Read more here:

www.abcmultimodal.eu/regional-workshop-gdansk-cycling-street.html

 

PUMA: PROMOTING 30 KM/H - STREETS FOR LIVING

PUMA published a booklet promoting the activities undertaken within the framework of the ABC Multimodal project. The booklet includes also the European Civic Initiative campaign entitled „30 km/h – streets for living” for good reasons: Local self-governments and residents of towns and cities where cycling plays a very small part in daily mobility very often have difficulties in recognising, that a cyclist is a legitimate user of the road. Read more here:

www.abcmultimodal.eu/booklet-puma.html

 

 

EDUCATIONAL - PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR KINDERGARTENS: „MY FIRST TWO WHEELS”

On the initiative of the Polish Union of Active Mobility (PUMA), an edutainment campaign “My First Two Wheels” was carried in January and February 2013. The project was intended to introduce the youngest children to the joy of cycling by providing them with an opportunity to ride simple ‘running’ bikes. 120 children had the opportunity to ride those bikes for a week within the framework of a pilot project implemented in four kindergartens of the Nowy Staw, Cedry Wielkie, Starogard Gdański and Smołdzino communes. Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/training.html

 

ROSTOCK: THE FACE OF THE CYCLING REGION

Who looks best on the bicycle? About 50 portraits originate from a professional photo shooting during the car free day in Rostock 2012. Until the end of January 2013 everybody had the opportunity to vote for the “face of the cycling region” on the website www.radregion-rostock.de. The team received more than 16 000 votes. The picture with most votes will be published on a postcard (citycard). You can see all pictures, comments of the participants and votes here:

www.radregion-rostock.de/aktionen/fotovoting

 

 

BICYCLE CLIMATE TEST: ROSTOCK AMONG TOP 10

Rostock has reached position 8 concerning a bicycle friendly climate among Germany’s 38 cities with more than 200 000 inhabitants. Rostock’s average rating for 27 aspects is 3.64 on a scale from 1 (very good) to 6 (poor). The ADFC organized the Bicycle Climate Test in Germany in autumn 2012 and published the results in January 2013. About 80 000 people filled in the questionnaire and this resulted in qualified assessments for 332 cities. Read more (in German language) here: www.adfc.de/fahrradklima-test

 

CONFERENCE IN ROSTOCK WITH ABC-PROJECT

The ADFC Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's Ministry of Economics invited to the 5th cycling conference under the headline "Cycling friendliness and life quality as a locational advantage". The conference took place on the 18th of January 2013 with more than 100 participants. The Lead Beneficiary got the opportunity to present the cycling city Rostock and the ABC approach. You can find a report about the conference (in German language) and the presentation of Ms Dr. Dagmar Koziolek from Rostock here:

http://adfc-mv.de/aktionen-veranstaltungen/konferenzen-und-tagungen

 

BICY FINAL CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE

The Lead Beneficiary has been invited to participate at the BICY-final conference that took place in Prague on the 17th of January 2013. It was a very fruitful and inspiring conference with about 80 participants. Besides the presentations and statements regarding the BICY-project (www.bicy.it) the afternoon session gave the opportunity to Steffen Nozon from Rostock to disseminate the abc-approach and discuss with representatives of the latest EU-projects on cycling and sustainable mobility from all over Europe (for example: CHAMP, CycleLogistic, Bambini, CARMA, Interregiorail etc.).

 

PUMA: CONFERENCE „CYCLING EUROPE – CYCLING POLAND" AND LIFECYCLE+ WORKSHOP

In December 2012 the Polish Union of Active Mobility (PUMA) organized the Conference „Cycling Europe – Cycling Poland – Instruments of sustainable, integral development of the region” and the LifeCycle+ project knowledge transfer workshop. The two meetings were attended together by over 70 representatives of local self-governments and local working groups from the świętokrzyskie and poznańskie voivodships. Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/conferences.html

 

EVALUATION: GDANSK REMAINS CYCLING CAPITAL

Gdansk defended its position as the bicycle friendliest city in Poland. The rating was organized for the second time by the „Rowetour”, a monthly magazine focusing on a cycling life style. 2012 the questionnaires were distributed among 41 cities with population over 100 thousand. The survey focused on cycling infrastructure, special facilities for cyclists and promotion of everyday bicycle usage. “The Bicycle in the City 2012 Report” together with bicycle friendly cities rating were published in the November edition of the „Rowertour”. Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/evaluation-cycling-cities-Gdansk.html

 

EVENT IN KALMAR: CYCLE SAFELY TO SCHOOL

Kalmar municipality, together with the NGO NTF had a „cycle safely“ activity outside the Funkabo school to acknowledge the newly built cycling lane and to encourage more children to cycle. The event focused on what equipment you should use: lights, reflexes and helmets, and how to behave in traffic to be safe. Read more here:

http://www.abcmultimodal.eu/regional-workshop-gdansk-cycling-street.html

 

LOCAL WORKSHOP IN KALMAR: HOW DO WE GET MORE CYCLING CONSUMERS

On the 7th of November 2012, a group of traffic planners, politicians and representatives from the commercial sector met during a workshop held by HUI Research, organized by Kalmar municipality. The main focus of the workshop was to examine different ways to stimulate more consumers to choose the bicycle instead of the car. A brainstorming session resulted in a long list of proposed measures: ranging from facilities, to funding measures and campaigns. Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/kalmar-regional-workshop.html

 

TARGET GROUP ANALYSIS: CYCLING COMMUTERS IN ROSTOCK EXPECT BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE

The Hanseatic City of Rostock decided to concentrate on cycling oriented commuters within the project. The business research institute WIMES from Rostock presented their “Survey of mobility patterns of cycling oriented commuters”. The study delivers a highly representative picture of this target group, about their behavior, attitudes and expectations. One finding was that improvements of the infrastructure such as the construction of new bicycle paths or cycle lanes were considered as most important. Read more here:

www.abcmultimodal.eu/target_group_analysis_rostock.html

 

ROSTOCK: 4 CYCLING COUNTER ONLINE

In September 2012 Rostock has installed 4 cycling counters, one with a display as the first Cycling Monitor in the city. Now the data of all counters are available on the project’s website: number of cyclists from the last day and from the beginning of counting, updated once a day. The website also provides links to detailed statistics for each counter. From these statistics you can see how many cyclists are counted in the last 30 days, daily, weekly, monthly and you can see key numbers like average and maximum numbers. You might also realize when the winter ended in Rostock. See more information here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/rostock-monitor.html

 

TARGET GROUP ANALYSIS: CYCLISTS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR IN KALMAR

During spring Kalmar has conducted a survey to find out what impact cycling consumers have on the commercial sector and what could make more consumers cycle to the areas of commerce. The analysis shows that 59 % use sustainable forms of transport (cycling, walk, bus, train) to reach the city centre. 38 % of the consumption in the city centre is generated by cyclists and pedestrians, 28 % in the city as a whole. Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/target_group_analysis.html

A local workshop with all stakeholders will follow during autumn. The aim of the workshop is to improve conditions for cycling consumers and to stimulate more consumers to choose the bike instead of the car when possible.

 

FEASIBILITY STUDY: BICYCLE STATION IN ROSTOCK

Rostock's inhabitants take the bicycle for more than 20 % of all trips. Many of them use the bicycle also in combination with busses, trams and trains. The Hanseatic City of Rostock wants to improve the conditions for bicycle commuters. 2011 the municipality began its project work with a vision for an optimized combination of cycling and public transport: A bicycle station at the Central Station.

Read more here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/planning_measures.html

 

WORKSHOP IN GDANSK: COMMUNICATION TO PROMOTE CYCLING

Twice every year the abc.multimodal partnership group meets to discuss the progress of the project so far and what is next on the „to do-list“. In February the partners met in Gdansk. They invited Thomas Krag from Copenhagen as expert for cycling and communication. He introduced into the topic of communication to promote cycling.

The presentation is available here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/workshops.html

 

CYCLING MONITOR: NEW PROTOTYPE IN ROSTOCK

Rostock has built up the first Cycling Monitor in the city. It is situated in the “Lange Straße” close to the pedestrian zone in the inner city. The Cycling Monitor shows the number of passing cyclist per day and per year on a display. The cyclists are counted by a loop in the cycle lane.
The investment was prepared by the engineering office LOGOS from Rostock. The display is the product "iSight" from the British company Traffic Technology Ltd, the counting technology is developed by the company Eco-Counter from France. The Cycling Monitor was opened and presented in a ceremony during the car free Climate Action Day.

 

 

 

CYCLING EVENT: CAR FREE DAY IN ROSTOCK

On 16th of September 2012 the Hanseatic City of Rostock organized together with the Agenda21 group "mobility and climate protection" the first car free Climate Action Day. Important partner were ADFC Rostock, the RSAG (Rostocker Straßenbahn AG) and the DB (Deutsche Bahn). The event took place in the "Lange Straße", a busy street in the city centre with many shops, tramway lines and (usually) car traffic. During this day the street was closed for car traffic and people could walk, cycle or skate on a stretch of about 600 meters.

The municipality invited everybody to redesign a parking spot and called it the first PARK(ing) Day in Rostock. Many initiatives and inhabitants created small parks, galleries, resting places or presented climate friendly transport facilities. Find more information, many pictures and promotion material here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/event-rostock.html

 

KALMAR: CYCLE TO THE CITY FEST

Every year there is a City fest in Kalmar with regional, national and international famous musicians. The event is visited by approximately 100.000 visitors each year and in a city with an historic centre, car parking can be an issue. This year Kalmar Municipality tried to motivate more visitors to cycle to the event. All cyclists that passed through “Norra Långgatan”, the passage from the main stage to some of the smaller stages, was offered to get their tires pumped and their chain oiled. At the cycling station you would also get city cycling maps, cycling excursion maps and information about ongoing projects like abc.multimodal.

The cycling station was very popular, especially to hide from the rain as the weather was appalling! This meant long and interesting conversations with cycling lovers of Kalmar!

 

GDANSK: 3RD CONGRESS OF ACTIVE MOBILITY

Over three hundred participants took part in the Third Congress of Active Mobility in Gdansk’s AmberExpo Exhibition and Convention Centre on 6-7th September. This year’s edition of the Congress, organised by the City of Gdansk and the Polish Union of Active Mobility (PUMA), was partially financed from the Central MeetBike project implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE program, co-financed by ERDF. Find more information about the congress here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/conferences.html. It is planned to part finance the next year’s edition of the Congress within the ABC project and combine it with a project workshop. The Polish Union of Active Mobility (PUMA) has replaced the Pomeranian Association Common Europe (PSWE) as partner in the ABC project in September 2012.

 

STUDY TRIP: CYCLING IN COPENHAGEN AND MALMÖ

In August 2012 a group of 25 people from Rostock, Kalmar, Gdansk and Gdynia visited two of the most interesting cycling cities in the world: Copenhagen and Malmö. They took the time to meet experts and see the infrastructure and bicycle culture during a guided cycling tour. You can find photos from Copenhagen and Malmö here: www.abcmultimodal.eu/study-trips.html

 

 

PARTNERSHIP MEETING IN KALMAR IN OCTOBER

On 15th to 17th of October the next ABC workshop will be held for the first time in the Hanseatic City of Kalmar, Sweden. „It will be an honor to host the ABC Multimodal meeting“ says Kerstin Björklund, head of Department for Development, Kalmar Municipality. „We look forward to a fruit full meeting and to show the other partners our lovely city“.