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Investing in Bicycle Friendliness

Cycling as a daily mode of transport is widely recognized to alleviate problems and improve quality of life. There’s an urgent need to provide a suitable infrastructure to the growing use of bicycles.

Velo Mondial aims to bring all international stakeholders together to create a higher-level synergy of expert knowledge to support the position of cycling planning on the agenda of local and national governments.

Velo Mondial provides opportunities for cities to improve their support for cycling planning in order to achieve the benefits that cycling can offer. 

We ask participating cities to engage in Spicycles and perform three activities, in return for which:

• They will receive a Velo.Info Status Award in Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum for their cycling policy. 
• They will receive their City’s Characteristics Report which will be publicized on the Spicycles Interactive Map fon Cycling Planning 
• Participating Cities will be able to online produce a report comparing their cycling policy with other participating city’s policy on cycling planning.
• They will be invited to discuss the results of their contribution in meetings and seminars.
• They will receive Electronic Newsletterswith results of the Actions.

I: Sign the charter for Bicycle Friendly Communities in:

• English
• Espanol
• Français
• Chinese
• Turkish

II: Velo.Info Benchmarking

Benchmark your city/community with the Velo.Info tool; 19 multiple choice boxes to tick on:

• Preparing the policy
• Planning the policy
• Implementation of the policy
• Monitoring & Evaluation of the policy

& Be granted a bronze, silver, gold or platinum status

 III: Fill in the ’City Characteristics Questionnaire’ with questions on:

• General characteristics
• Transport characteristics
• Bicycle routes and infrastructure
• Bicycle safety
• Bicycle security
• Bicycle policy
• Bicycle promotion
• Bicycle projects

 This information provided will form the bases for your City Characteristics Report as well as for your City Characteristics Comparison Report and for the: Interactive Map of Europe on Cycling Planning.

Velo Mondial gets third prize in the Energy Globe 2005, Category Air

The Energy Globe Awards are yearly presented to the best-implemented projects from around the world, which contribute to the protection of the four basic elements of life, thereby providing valuable assistance in the preservation of our planet.

This "World Award for Sustainability" is presented in the categories earth, fire (energy), water and air as well as in the special category youth. Anyone from anywhere can participate in this unique competition with an initiative or project that concerns itself with the sustainable and efficient use of the four elements or -in the field of education - has stirred and strengthened environmental awareness on a broad level. About 700 projects competed.

Velo Mondial won the award with its Bicycle Friendly Community Program - a program executed in cooperation with the League of American Bicyclists and Velo.Info.

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http://www.ecf.com/ for news from Europe

http://www.bikeleague.org/index.cfm for news from the USA

http://www.bfa.asn.au/ for news from Australia

http://www.benbikes.org.za/ for news from (South) Africa

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/channel.html for news from Asia

http://www.sustranlac.org/ for news from South America

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Velo Mondial 2006 Cape Town 

Please find the conference proceedings on this site: www.velomondial2006.com

VELO MONDIAL 2006 CAPE TOWN DECLARATION

TOWARDS PROSPERITY

Noting that:

o         Safe cycling is a basic human right

o         Cycling plays a critical role in solving global challenges such as economic inequality; obesity and other direct results of physical inactivity; energy consumption; air quality; and road and social safety

o         The earths environment is deteriorating due to carbon emissions

It was further noted that Cape Town and the Western Cape have committed themselves to a course of action to address Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) planning, and have achieved notable success in implementing the bicycle master plan and establishing an NMT Council. These communities are to be congratulated for facing these challenges by promoting NMT initiatives.

The 350 delegates from 41 countries attending the third Velo Mondial conference, in Cape Town, South Africa, March 5th 10th 2006, agreed that all spheres of government, civil society organizations, and the business sector be urged to work together to promote and deliver safe and increased levels of cycle use. To that end, delegates demand that the best practice that already exists must be harnessed at a now greater speed and urgency to achieve a better future by:

o         Reclaiming public space so as to improve quality of life

o         Improving the integration of cycling with other sectors such as: health, public transport,

o         environment, and economic generation

o         Facilitating greater access to high-quality technical expertise on cycling

o         Ensuring political commitment for an increased role for NMT in economic and community

o         Development Planning to retain and encourage the small scale and mixed function of community districts and make these as accessible as possible to the bicycle

o         Building the capacity of community-based organizations and supporting NGOs in order to

o         promote NMT

o         Engaging the business community in providing healthy workplaces

o         Urging Velo Mondial to develop strategies and work with all agencies to ensure that cycling is promoted in international programs, and to report back to the next Velo Mondial conference

o         Finally, the conference calls on all communities to set a ceiling target for private motorized transport usage by investing in NMT.

LETS GET MOVING

10th March 2006