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Seville to host Velo-City 2011
Spanish city to host international cycling planning conference series in 2011
Seville has been named by the European Cyclist Federation (ECF) as the host of its Velo-City international cycling planning conference in 2011.
Velo-City 2011 will take place March 23-25. The conferences serves as a global communications and information platform to help improve the planning and provision of infrastructure for the daily use of the bicycle in an urban environment.
ECF said Seville, which is Spain’s fourth largest city, has created a fully segregated cycle tracks system of more than 120 km, ten folding the daily cycle usage, from 6,000 to 60,000 trips a day. This means that almost seven per cent of all journeys with a vehicle are made by bicycle, with 30 per cent of these ‘new’ cyclists switching from their cars.
ECF added that many use one of the 2,500 SEVicirental hire bikes available in Seville, ranking it as the city with the highest use of a rental bike fleet, topping 63 other city locations that currently offer a rental bike system.
Bernhard Ensink, Velo-City series director and secretary general of ECF, said: “The four theme areas for Velo-City 2011 will be centering on the overall goal on how the bicycle can be introduced as a means of transport in cities, making them healthier to live in and improving general quality of life.
“Many examples will be shared on how to change mobility habits and increase the use of bicycles. And how public investment can contribute to sustainable mobility, and how greater use of the bicycle can therefore contribute to the economy and social wellbeing; in short enhancing quality of life in cities.”
