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Velo-city is a series of cycle planning conferences that started in 1980 in Bremen. The name Velo-city is a small play on word using the French for bicycle – vélo, and Velo-city can also be read as velocity or speed. European Cyclists’ Federation owns the series name, and the ECF Board is the decision-making body for Velo-city. At the beginning, the conference guests and speakers were mainly bicycle advocates, but today Velo-city is known for gathering people who are involved in the policy, promotion and provision for cyclists. This mixture of people, professions, skills and experience is a valuable component of the events' success. Velo-city is a forum, with people such as stakeholders from local, regional and national authorities, politicians, academics, consultants, industrials, and bicycle users. Velo-city is an occasion for a city to show continuous and lasting efforts to improve cycling in its city. For instance Paris, inspired by the Velo-city 2003 conference, launched Velib in 2007, thereby creating world-wide attention. Objectives The objectives of the Velo-city series are: Spread high quality knowledge, good new information about cycling, and transport planning at the international level. Cities with good cycling policies showcase the benefits they provide to their citizens, businesses and others through the conference generated publicity. Encourage the recognition of cycling as an efficient, healthy, environmentally-friendly mode of transport, and to promote its greater use. Integration of cycle planning into transport, land-use planning and other relevant policy sectors where cycling plays an important role. Seek involvement from all relevant stakeholders. Hosting the conference The conference is hosted by a different city each year. Before the pandemic, it was held with odd-numbered years held in Europe and even-numbered years held outside of Europe. Cities bid to host the conference and are selected by the ECF Board. Conferences have been held in these locations with the following themes: 1980 – Bremen, Germany 1984 – London, United Kingdom 1987 – Groningen, Netherlands "Planning for the urban cyclist" 1989 – Copenhagen, Denmark, "How to make people use the bicycle" 1991 – Milano, Italy, "The bicycle: improving mobility and the environment in our cities" 1992 – Montreal, Canada 1993 – Nottingham, United Kingdom 1995 – Basel, Switzerland "The bicycle, symbol of sustainable transport" 1996 – Fremantle, Australia 1997 – Barcelona, Spain 1999 – Graz, Austria and Maribor, Slovenia 2000 – Amsterdam, Netherlands 2001 – Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland "Partnership for Change" 2003 – Paris, France "The bicycle as an essential tool for winning the city back" 2005 – Dublin, Ireland "Delivering the vision" 2007 – Munich, Germany "From vision to reality" 2009 – Brussels, Belgium "Re-cycling cities" 2010 – Copenhagen, Denmark "Different Gears Same Destinations" 2011 – Seville, Spain "The Cycle of Life" 2012 – Vancouver, Canada "Cities in Motion" 2013 – Vienna, Austria “The Sound of Cycling – Urban Cycling Cultures“ 2014 – Adelaide, Australia “Celebration of Cycling“ 2015 – Nantes, France “Cycling: Future Maker“ 2016 – Taipei City, Taiwan “Evolution of Cycling“ 2017 – Arnhem and Nijmegen, Netherlands "Freedom of Cycling" 2018 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil "Access to Life" 2019 – Dublin, Ireland "Cycling for the Ages" 2021 – Lisboa, Portugal "Cycle Diversity" 2022 – Ljubljana, Slovenia "Cycling the Change" 2023 – Leipzig, Germany "Leading the Transition" Next conferences: 2024 – Ghent, Belgium "Connecting through Cycling" 2025 – Gdańsk, Poland "Energising Solidarity" 2026 – Rimini, Italy Velo-city 2017 Velo-city returns to the Netherlands with Velo-city 2017 in Arnhem-Nijmegen region. With the theme "Freedom of Cycling", this edition of Velo-city will focus on 5 subthemes: Infrastructure: Learn, experience, and put it into practice People: Different people, different ideas, different choices Bikenomics: Cycling saves and generates money Urban planning: Cycling in a digitalizing world Governance: How do they do it? Important dates Velo-city Global 2016 Taipei, Taiwan Velo-city Global 2016 makes its first visit to Asia, in the Bicycle Kingdom – Taiwan. Themes Evolution of Cycling Velo-city Global 2014 Adelaide Velo-city Global 2014 celebrated what is great about bike riding. This was explored by conference delegates through three key themes and greater depth was achieved by looking at these themes through four key lenses. Themes Setting the stage – places and spaces Tales worth celebrating – people, communities and journeys, and Celebrations to come – cultural change. Lenses Lens 1 – The Facts Lens 2 – Leadership Lens 3 – Policy, strategy, planning and partnerships Lens 4 – Creativity and Innovation Conference venue Opened in June 1987, the Adelaide Convention Centre was the first purpose-built convention centre in Australia. The last day of the conference was held at the Adelaide Town Hall. Program The full conference program for Velo-city Global Adelaide 2014 had a mix of key note speakers, concurrent session topics involving more than 170 presenters, social activities, tours and workshops. Keynote and plenary speakers included: Bojun Bjorkman-Chiswell, Ethan Kent, Florian Lennert, Glen Koorey, Jan Garrard, Janette Sadik-Khan, Jennifer Bonham, Lawrence Frank, Manfred Neun, Maria Vassilakou, Mikael Colville-Andersen, Niels Hoé, Per Ankersjö, Peter Eich, Steven Fleming, Timothy Papandreou, Tim Blumenthal. Fellow bike enthusiast, comedian, radio host, mathematician and author Adam Spencer was the master of ceremonies at the Velo-city Global conference. Key dates Velo-city 2013 More than 1400 delegates gathered from all continents for the largest cycling-themed conference, the Velo-city 2013, held in Vienna, Austria from 11 to 14 June. Building on established Velo-city discourse topics such as mobility, ecology and climate, health, the economy, resources, time and space, and social policy, the motto of the Velo-city 2013 conference, which took place in the Rathaus, was framed as “The Sound of Cycling – Urban Cycling Cultures“ with three main themes: cycling cultures, cycling cities, and cycling benefits. Aims Vienna is a growing cycling city that aims to raise the bicycle's modal share from the current 6% (2011) to 10% by 2015. Hosting the premier international cycling planning conference, Velo-city was therefore considered to be of great importance to reach this goal. In addition, the City Government of Vienna has declared 2013 the Year of Cycling in order to improve public opinion on cycling, to make urban cycling more attractive, and to convince more people in Vienna of the advantages of cycling as everyday mode of transport. Moreover, the Vienna Cycling Week took place in the week of the conference, offering various side events not only for Velo-city participants but also for the wider public. Program Amongst the subsessions such as lectures, podium d.... Discover the Francesco Tonucci popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Francesco Tonucci books.