1. Cycling advocacy around the world
    Internationally  Europe  Bicycle embassies  Copenhagenization  North America  Latin America 

2. List of cycling advocacy groups and individuals

3. See also
    Bicycle advocacy groups, movements and regional examples  Films and other media  Bicycle advocacy in the developing world  Similar urban design concepts 

4. References

5. External links

There are many organisations worldwide whose primary mission is to advocate these goals. Most are non-profit organisations supported by donations, membership dues, and volunteers.^[2][3]

Cycling advocacy around the world

Internationally

In 2018 the United Nations General Assembly designated 3 June as World Bicycle Day, after it had been proposed by World Cycling Alliance.

Europe

Bicycle embassies

In Europe, Bicycle embassies have been set up to communicate established bodies of knowledge concerning cycling infrastructure, bicycle promotion and cycling advocacy techniques to other national, state and municipal governments.

Established bicycle embassies include, the Dutch Cycling Embassy, the Cycling Embassy of Denmark and the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain.

Copenhagenization

The term was popularised by Danish urban design consultant Jan Gehl,^[6] who has been instrumental in the promotion and implementation of the policy in Copenhagen.

For more than 40 years, Mr. Gehl has systematically studied public spaces to see how they really work, using Strøget and Copenhagen as a laboratory for his research. He has advised cities around the world, including Melbourne, London and New York, on how to improve the quality of urban life -- in his words, how to "Copenhagenize" their cities.^[7]

Independently of Gehl, Danish urban design consultant Mikael Colville-Andersen coined and popularized the phrase the term in this meaning to a broader audience, starting in 2007 with the Copenhagenize.com blog,^[8] that highlights how the bicycle can be an important tool in the creation of liveable cities. The term has since spread to Britain, to Europe, and elsewhere internationally. The Copenhagenize.com blog has inspired the creation of other blogs with the same focus for cities such as Amsterdam, Portland, Lisbon, Hamburg and Munich.^{[9][10][11][12]}

North America

In North America the term Bicycle Ambassador arose to describe cycling advocates tasked with promoting bicycling in a community. Such advocates can be employed by the national, provincial or city government and their tasks include networking extensively with other municipal offices whose activities effect cycling.

Early Bicycle Ambassador programs began in Toronto in the late 1990s. Other cities picked it up over the following decade, Chicago being the largest. Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, California, Seattle, Washington, Arlington, Virginia also have programs. Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and New York City began programs most recently. Some programs are entirely youth focused, while others become a de facto part of the city Department of Transportation or other government agency.

Latin America

The World Bike Forum was organized in 2012 after the Critical Mass events in Porto Alegre in which an automobile driver deliberately collided and injured around 20 cyclists.^[13] During the Forum bicycle-based urban mobility is discussed and strategies to spread the use of bicycles in the hosting city are promoted.

The Forum has taken place in the Southern Brazil cities of Porto Alegre (2012 and 2013), Curitiba (2014), as well as Medellín, Colombia (2015)^[14][15] and Mexico City in 2017.^[16]

List of cycling advocacy groups and individuals

Among the world's best known cycling advocates are:

• Richard Ballantine
• David Byrne
• Mikael Colville-Andersen
• John Forester
• Jan Gehl

Major cycle advocacy groups include:

• European Cyclists' Federation, ECF, where most of the European national cyclists' federations and many worldwide are member
• Cycling Embassy of Denmark
• London Cycling Campaign, based in London (12,000 memberships, 2015^[17])
• Bicycle Network, located in Australia and one of the largest cycling membership organisations in the world (45,000 members, 2015^[18]).

See list of United States bicycle advocacy organizations

See also

• Bicycle culture
• Bicycle-friendly
• Bicycle law
• Bicycle transportation engineering
• Bicycle touring
• Community bicycle program
• Outline of cycling

Bicycle advocacy groups, movements and regional examples

• Active Transportation Alliance
• Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
• Bike Delaware
• Bike Ottawa (Citizens for Safe Cycling), Ontario, Canada
• Critical Mass
• Cycling in Copenhagen
• Time's Up!
• Fietsersbond Dutch Cyclist Union

Films and other media

• Pedaling to Freedom
• With My Own Two Wheels
• Bikes vs Cars

Bicycle advocacy in the developing world

• World Bicycle Relief
• World Cycling Alliance

Similar urban design concepts

• New Pedestrianism
• Walkability

References

External links

• Copenhagenization in the Danish capital from CNN's 'Future Cities' series
• Jan Gehl's talk (in 4 parts plus introduction) on sustainable Urban Planning – part of the Royal Institute of British Architects' International Dialogues, Architecture and Climate Change series

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