VeloCityVienna

12/12/2019

Pedal-powered placemaking in Vienna! 🤩

Candidate #4 for : Parklet2go - Pedal-powered placemaking (Austria)

PARKLET 2 GO is an urbanistic tool for testing, evaluating and discussing the transformation of specific (parking) spaces in an effective and informal way. PARKLET 2 GO is used for the temporary installation in parking lots and public spaces in general. The aim of PARKLET 2 GO is to carry out various spatial experiments and activating interventions in public space.

Organiser: Smarter Than Car

Voting ends 13.12.19, 10.00AM CET. For more information about the competition, visit: http://bit.ly/2P0zsPQ

18/12/2013

The digital version of the Velo-city 2013 Conference Magazine has been published.
English and German versions available. :-!
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http://velo-city2013.com/?page_id=6492
VeloCityVienna Fahrrad Wien European Cyclists' Federation Velo-city conference

The publication “Sound of Cycling – Urban Cycling Cultures” is the concluding product of Velo-city 2013 Vienna. It wraps-up the Special Year of Cycling in Vienna and presents a global perspective on contemporary trends in urban cycling. The magazine encompasses many important findings from Velo-city...

13/12/2013

The Velo-city 2013 Conference Magazine. Ready to roll out!
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VeloCityVienna Fahrrad Wien European Cyclists' Federation Velo-city conference

02/12/2013

The bicycles from the Embacher Collection travelled on to Design Museum Holon, Israel. A must-see for every cycling enthusiast in the region!
http://www.designboom.com/design/free-wheel-examines-bicycle-design-from-different-eras-11-21-2013/

'free wheel' pays tribute to one of the most accessible modes of transportation, and its transition from something purely functional, to a sporting and social trend indicator.

25/11/2013

Winter cycling finally started today. Lets see how VeloCityVienna handles the frosty months 2013/14!
http://velo-city2013.com/?p=2343

More and more cyclists in Vienna refuse to let the cold and wet winter weather discourage them. From 2010 to 2012, the number of cyclists at the permanent counting stations operated by the City of Vienna has been steadily on the rise. To ensure that cycling remains an attractive mobility option thro...

21/11/2013

crowdsourced some useful tips for winter cycling. What do you have to add?

BikeNYC.org's crowdsourced winter ride guide, here to keep you warm and meet cold-weather bike riding in stride!

21/10/2013

The team of BIKES vs CARS has a Kickstarter campaign running to crowdfund their film showing how society could benefit if we really used the potentials of the bicycle.
This feature-length documentary, a work-in-progress aiming for 2014 release, is meant to be used an engine for all of us that think change is needed and possible.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fredrik-gertten/bikes-vs-cars-we-are-many?ref=home_location

The bicycle, an amazing tool for change. People all over the world are moving towards a new system. Will the economic power allow it?

16/10/2013

Did you know about the successful cycling campaign of the city of Malmö?
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http://vimeo.com/15329560

No ridiculous car trips is an informational film about a campaign with the same name. Trying to get more people too choose riding their bike over their car in Malmo…

14/10/2013

So this is a more promising trend: Numbers for the third quarter of 2013 are out for the bicycle counts at Vienna's permanent bicycle counters.
Weekdays: +3.4 %
Saturdays: +21.3 %
Sundays: +7%
as compared to the third quarter of 2012.
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http://www.nast.at/verkehrsdaten/radverkehrszaehlungen

14/10/2013

Last weekend CycleCinemaClub hosted a Light Night City Ride with pedal-powered projections on various buildings in Vienna. !
Within Urbanize festival 2013. dérive – Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung

eindrücke vom light night city ride. eure wünsche an die stadt von heute und morgen wurden großflächig in der stadt verteilt. auch lasertagging hat super geklappt (bessere bilder folgen :) ) dank an alle die dabei waren und besonders an nora und simon durch deren know how und deren fertigkeiten dies erst möglich wurde

dank auch an johannes hloch für den besseren teil der bilder www.hloch.at

08/10/2013

This is going to be an interesting discussion on post-oil urban mobility. Tonight within the Urbanize Festival 2013.
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http://www.urbanize.at/2013/event/post-auto-mobil
dérive – Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung

Urbane Mobilität befindet sich an einem Scheidepunkt. Klar ist, so wie bisher kann es nicht mehr weiter gehen, wenn wir städtische Lebensqualität wollen. Welche Entwicklungen zeichnen sich ab, welche Konzepte gibt es? Welche Strategien sind notwendig, um ein Mobilitätsangebot zu schaffen, das die Be...

25/09/2013

We are so happy to read this: La Ciudad Verde's initative Bicis Por La Vida / Bikes4Life was a great success: more than 200 initatives participated all over the globe, also here in Vienna. Even The Guardian reported about it.
(La Ciudad Verde won a Cycling Visionary Award during Velo-city 2013) :)
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http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/bogota-empowering-citizens-to-cycle

La Ciudad Verde, a Colombian think tank, is seeking to end the country's love affair with the car by making cycling and walking safer and sexier