During the course of the project, we will produce several outputs, including a knowledge review providing an overview of the status of cycling in the Nordic Region, and a final Nordic Cycle Agenda package, including a policy brief and final event synthesising the key takeaways from the network.

2025

TBA: Launch of the Nordic Cycle Agenda policy brief, January 2025

2024

The Nordic Cycle Power Network was invited to share preliminary results and network insights at the Nordic Green Transport Forum, 7 May 2024

Becoming the most integrated and sustainable region by 2030 demands that the Nordic countries reframe mobility narratives from focusing on speed, efficiency, and utility to reimagining the purpose of the city. Nordregio researcher Lisa Rohrer made this argument at the Nordic Green Transport Forum in May 2024, presenting insights from the Nordic Cycle Power Network. 

Drawing on discussions from the Nordic Cycle Power Network’s workshop series for municipal and regional cycling planners, Lisa emphasised how the bicycle is a smart mobility option because it effectively responds to the needs and interests of individuals as well as of our collective society. She provided several recommendations for addressing the major challenges planners face when implementing cycling in their cities, such as methods for anchoring funding, examples of success for collecting high-quality cycling data, and numerous approaches for providing residents with easy on-ramps to begin cycling.

Two main takeaways stand out from the presentation: Firstly, Lisa challenged the conference audience to think of green transportation beyond electrification:

“At the end of the day, making our cities more sustainable is going to require rethinking public space. We have to transform our built environments as a whole.” 

Secondly, Lisa challenged how we perceive the purpose of our cities: 

“When we consider the language we use around transport, we often hear language about efficiency, speed, and utility. And the bicycle can often deliver on these. But our cities are more than just mobility solutions. Cities are also places of sensory experiences, social and cultural diversity, and democratic exercise and participation. And the way we move around the city can help or hinder these experiences.” 

Stay tuned for the upcoming policy brief launching in January 2025. Hear Lisa talk about the network in a video produced by Filmkonsulentene for Nordic Energy Research, organisers of the Nordic Green Transport Forum:

2023