On 4 February 2021, the Policy Learning Platform of the Interreg Europe Programme hosted the third webinar of the Cycling Cities series, aimed at putting the spotlight on solutions to get more people to cycle.
224 participants from across Europe attended this event and showed great interest in learning how to stimulate the urban population to get on the bike saddle.
Alberto Palomo from the Regional Government of Cataluña, partner of School Chance project, participated as a speaker in the webinar to show the results of project implementation in partner countries.
The presentation was about School Chance’s efforts in increasing sustainable mobility by acting on cycling-related behavioural change in schoolchildren. Inducing behavioral change towards cycling in schoolchildren today means investing in active and healthy citizens of tomorrow. The results that Alberto Palomo reported on the School Chance project suggested how to make this happen:
- Schools should appoint mobility coordinators
- Integrate notions and tests on traffic and cycling into education programs
- Create conditions favorable to cycling in proximity of school complexes
- Create safe and recognizable school environments
- Conduct awareness campaigns
- Conduct campaigns to dismantle false myths around cycling
The complete webinar is available here: www.youtube.com/watch
