"Most opposition is coming from a place of emotion, not logic."
Sasha Funk shares her key takeaways from our transformative course in Amsterdam
Join us next year for the course's 2027 Edition
🗓️ 12–16 April
📍 Amsterdam
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Watch this #brave kid tell off city councillors and fiercely demand #safe streets, all with grace, #humility, and respect.
When was the last time you did something like this?
More power to #children holding adults #accountable!
Inspired by Tom Flood
Credits: @huisinglab.bsky.social
From championing an inclusive transition through #WomeninCycling networks to a town hall debate on #fatbike safety and regulation, all the way to the age-old question: cycling #infrastructure vs. cycling #culture, which comes first?
Join @cyclingprofessor.bsky.social at Velo-City for 3 sessions!
CEO, Meredith Glaser of @urbancyclinginstitute.org features in BBC, 'The Inquiry' to talk about how cycling was adopted in the #Netherlands and how it is changing- for the better and worse.
So how can we design more resilient neighbourhoods and nations in the face of uncertainty?
Did you know that Ghent ranks #3 among the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world?
Come to CRBAM to go beyond the #conference room and deeply understand how Ghent is actively #shaping the #future of urban #mobility.
#Register today at pretix.eu/CRBAM/2026/
🚨 Our new #course, "Unravelling the Cycling City: Actionable Steps Towards Better Mobility Futures", starts in #two weeks.
Last-minute #registration is still possible until Friday, 29 May 2026, so act fast!
🗓️ Course Dates: 8-12 June, 2026
📍 Amsterdam
First impression takeaway from the course on Advocating for Safer Streets at @urbancyclinginstitute.org in Amsterdam.
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"There is no such thing as 'the safest type of bicycle."
The #fatbike debate is heating up. CEO, @urbancyclinginstitute @cyclingprofessor.bsky.social says instead of asking 'How do fatbike riders stay safe?' we should ask, 'How do motorists ensure cyclists can #participate #safely?'
They carried bikes up 55 stairs for 40+ years.
Then Sydney built a 170m ramp.
Result in 10 weeks:
📈 +42% daily cyclists
🚴♀️ +76% women riders
👴 +8% older adults
⚡ +5% e-bikes
Infrastructure shapes who shows up! Read the full story here!
🚲 Deadline extended! Submit your abstract for CRBAM by 29 March (23:59 CET)! 🗓️
🧠 NOT your typical conference! Active participation, liberating structures, real dialogue.
🌿 Theme: Place, People, Politics & the Reimagination of Space
📍 Ghent, Belgium | 16-18 Sept 2026
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Engaging Communities for Changing Streets alumna, Sasha Funk, shares her key takeaways from the course
Unraveling the Cycling City is a 1 week summer course in Amsterdam by Urban Cycling Institute to experience how history, policy, and infrastructure come together to create an extensive cycling culture...
I just came back from a course in Amsterdam, focused on advocating for safer streets in the context of people not believing research. It was offered by the Urban Cycling Institute, and put together by...
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Dikke banden, gashendel, geen helm en scheuren maar. Is de fatbike nou wel zo veilig? Volgens hoogleraar Meredith Glaser ligt die verantwoordelijkheid niet alleen bij de fietser.
