From June 26 to July 16, 2023, the city of Idar-Oberstein will once again be taking part in CITY CYCLING. In the Climate Alliance campaign, local politicians and citizens are called upon to cycle as many distances as possible in a climate-friendly way during these three weeks and collect kilometers for their team, their municipality and more cycling promotion.
Last year, a total of 140 active cyclists in eleven teams took part in CITY CYCLING in Idar-Oberstein. They collected 39,465 kilometers. So far, 63 active cyclists in twelve teams have registered for the current campaign. Anyone who lives, works, belongs to a club or attends a (high) school in the city of Idar-Oberstein can take part. You can also register and cycle during the campaign period. Participants are not only doing something for the environment, but can also win something. The Idar-Oberstein town council is offering tickets for sights and cultural events as well as gift vouchers from the town marketing association to the most hard-working teams and cyclists.
With its international CITY CYCLING competition, Climate Alliance invites all citizens and members of local parliaments to pedal and set an example for increased cycling promotion. The campaign aims to sensitize citizens to cycling in everyday life and to bring the topics of bicycle use and bicycle traffic planning more strongly into the municipal parliaments. With the RADar! reporting platform and the RiDE - Cycling in Germany project, which provides participating municipalities with scientifically prepared cycling data, the campaign also includes two elements with which the cycling infrastructure can be improved in a very concrete way and with the involvement of citizens.
With the free CITY CYCLING app, participants can conveniently track the routes they have cycled via GPS and credit them directly to their team and their municipality. The completely anonymized cycling data collected in this way is scientifically evaluated by Climate Alliance and provides municipalities with information on important transport planning issues. This makes it possible to expand the cycling infrastructure in line with demand.
Information on CITY CYCLING is available on the website stadtradeln.de or from the city's climate protection manager Julia Besand on 06781/64-412, e-mail stadtverwaltung@idar-oberstein.de. You can register at stadtradeln.de/idar-oberstein.