The project aims to activate a knowledge network between municipal and regional planners who work to improve the conditions for cycling. The network identifies initiatives that can be implemented in the Nordics to increase bicycle journeys that replace car journeys and thereby reduce CO2 emissions from land-based transport.
Globally, more and more people are opening their eyes to the role of the bicycle in the fight for a green and healthy future. A new UN resolution has proclaimed the bicycle as an important tool to combat the climate crisis. Knowledge sharing across the Nordic countries is an essential element in using the bicycle to strengthen the green transition for the transport sector. Planners across the Nordic region have begun to share knowledge in informal networks, which currently rely on personal relationships and voluntary resources.
Project results
Explore the six areas of priority for future Nordic cross-sectoral collaboration for a green transition of the transport sector. The recommendations are based on input from experts on green transport and mobility, who gathered to share innovative results and solutions at the Nordic Green Transport Forum in 2024.
Six Recommendations for Nordic
Cross-sectoral Transport Cooperation
Publication
The paper “Nordic cycling policy” reviews how Nordic countries are working to improve cycling via policy and planning. It takes a national-level approach to review cycling objectives in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, analyses a range of mechanisms to achieve these objectives, and identifies the key actors responsible for carrying out the work.
Nordic cycling policy
Watch the video interview about the project
With Lisa Rohrer, Project Manager and Research Fellow at Nordregio.
