4th World Bicycle Forum
The World Bicycle Forum is the largest global gathering focused on cycling mobility and cycle activism. The event convenes city leaders, NGOs, businesses, and citizens to advance solutions that allow cyclists, pedestrians, and motorists to coexist safely on urban streets.
Medellín, Colombia will host the fourth annual World Bicycle Forum (Foro Mundial de la Bicicleta), which will focus on "Cities for All."
Experts from EMBARQ and the Cycling Embassy of Denmark will co-host a workshop at the event on how to make cities safer by design for cyclists on February 28, 2015. The workshop will explore how sustainable urban design solutions and better cycling infrastructure can make streets safer for all and build cycling culture in cities worldwide.
To register: Register for the event here
Follow online: Follow on social media using #FMB4
More information available at www.fmb4.org.
Publications
Related Projects
Building a cycling culture in Turkey
BikeLab projects expand cycling infrastructure and improve safety in Turkish cities
Post Event
Event Recap
Urban cycling culture is a powerful instrument for building sustainable, healthy, and equitable cities. Bikes’ utility for cities and citizens goes well beyond transport, recreation, and sport. As Pedro Bravo—author of Biciosos—says, “Bikes are a weapon of mass construction.” The fourth World Bicycle Forum showed us multiple examples of how cycling can catalyze widespread change in cities.
But the challenge is still huge. Despite a century of auto-centric urban development, we have not been able to build happy cities around cars. Instead, most car-dependent cities are segregated, gridlocked,dangerous, and polluted. Cars and car users themselves are not the enemy, but the social, environmental, and economic drawbacks of over-reliance on private cars have become overwhelmingly clear.
Read about the event here and find global lessons for building cycling culture on TheCityFix