Putting Mobility Management and bicycling on the agenda by participating in national and interregional networks By senior consultant Anja Schaumburg, COGITA

COGITA Sustainable counselling within climate/local Agenda 21, mobility management, planning and health care mainly to municipalities and regions Working with Mobility Management since 1996 Key areas are strategic counselling processes of involvement and commitment amongst the stakeholders

National and Interregional Networks 2 different types of mobility management networks: Network for Sustainable Traffic and Mobility Management Interregional networks on promoting bicycling through Interreg projects Nordic Bicycle Cities Cycling Across Borders

Network for Sustainable Traffic and Mobility Management Established in national members (municipalities and regions) 3 meetings a year hosted in turn by the members Combination of presentations and workshops

Network for Sustainable Traffic and Mobility Management Objective: to create a platform for sharing knowledge and exchanging experiences on mobility management in Denmark – in order to promote Mobility Management in Denmark

Nordic bicycle cities 3 year Interreg IVA – project Running from 2009 to the end of 2011 Interregional project with 11 partners from Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Nordic bicycle cities Objective: To promote bicycle traffic Development of a joint concept for bicycle promotion – The Nordic Way

Nordic bicycle cities The Wheel of Quality Key elements in the project political commitment and public participation co-operation and sharing of experiences local campaigns and activities

Cycling across borders 3 year Interreg IVA-project from participating partners Objective: to promote bicycle traffic in order to Reduce the regions CO 2 -emissions Improve the general state of health reduce crowdedness in the regions cities

Cycling across borders Key elements in the project Co-operation and sharing of experiences Political commitment and public participation Local campaigns and activities Main target groups are Children and young ones Commuters

Conclusions of networking The networks have put mobility management and promotion of bicycling on the agenda in medium sized cities that prior to participation didn´t focus on these issues. The members of the networks have been encouraged to work more with mobility management both locally and regionally The networks have resulted in better cooperation between the members – both at the meetings but also in between Both types of networks are a platform for generating (new) ideas and projects across the regional and municipal borders