‼️ Safe, efficient, and attractive cycling routes are essential to encourage more people to ride But how do we overcome motorised traffic and topography? Here are a solutions from Fribourg 🇨🇭 🚲 Underpass 🚲 Junction as a shared space 🚲 Giving priority to cyclists 🚲 Cycle lane under a railway bridge

Why do teleworkers live farther from their workplace than non-teleworkers? New paper in Transportation with E Ravalet and B Motte-Baumvol doi.org/10.1007/s111...

🚶‍♀️ 2nd day of the jury for the pedestrian facilities award by Pedestrian Mobility Switzerland. We finalized the ranking among many high quality projects that encourage walking, as well as improving public spaces, green spaces, and quality of life in neighbourhoods. Press release in September!

🚲 The Grandfey Bridge connects Fribourg with Düdingen/Guin ➡️ Path under the railway for 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️ 🚴 but with steep stairs ➡️ 2 ramps for cyclists are being built as part a cycling network in the urban region of Fribourg Easy access + a safe, direct and connected route + a stunning view ✅ ✅ ✅

📣 Controversial policies: the counterfactual test by Bert van Wee Parking restrictions. Less space for cars. Big debates! The counterfactual test? Imagine the policy is already implemented. Would you really want to go back? 📅 11 June | 🕒 12.00-13.00 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/962b79...

A week of mobility contrasts: 🚲 Paris: bold and inspiring cycling transformation 🌱 Seeland: Switzerland’s agricultural heart Connecting it all: train + folding bike 🚆🚲

Short stay in Paris! 🚲 Jury for Léo Tallandier's Phd on "The diversity of cycling patterns within and between functional urban areas" Congrats! 🚲 Cycle tour with Frédéric Héran to see the projects implemented by the City of Paris: cycle lanes, traffic calming, school streets, greening Impressive!

"The Swiss canton where cars had to be pulled by horses" Graubünden voted 9 times against the authorisation of cars In 1925, in a 10th ballot, 52% lifted the ban. But many car-critical farmers were already up in the mountains with their cattle and unable to vote www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-od...

After 14 years as co-chairs of the Neuchâtel Geographical Society, Valérie Sauter and I have stepped down! 14 years? That’s a tenth of the SNG’s existence, around 90 events & the Géo-Regards journal. Plenty of memories of conferences, visits... Thank you to all who have been part of this adventure!

Interesting data from Basel🇨🇭 ➡️ cycling has increased by 75% in 15 years ➡️ stability for public transport and walking ➡️ decline for cars www.bs.ch/medienmittei...

We're looking for a Research associate on #cycling practices at OUVEMA @unil.bsky.social from August 1st (or date to be agreed upon) 🚲 Analysing a survey of 20,000 bike commuters 🚲 Papers and conferences 🚲 Participating in other cycling research projects career5.successfactors.eu/career?_s.cr...

🚲 Vernissage du livre Le tournant vélo le jeudi 4 juin à Lausanne! Venez échanger autour du vélo et découvrir les autres publications des Editions Alphil Plus d'info sur le livre: www.alphil.com/livres/1491-...

2026 Cycling Cities Award: “Cyclists deliver a harsh verdict on infrastructure deemed inadequate” Burgdorf remains number 1 2nd place: Cham, Köniz, Münsingen and Winterthur. In French-speaking part: Fribourg, Vernier and Meyrin achieved the best results (12th) www.prixvelo.ch/fr/prix-velo...

🚲 Today was a good (cycling) day! 🚲 Visit of Bern with my master's students (bike station, junctions, cycle streets, etc.). 🚲 I then cycled 60 km back home. I even reached the top 3 of the bike-to-work scheme at the University of Lausanne that started today. Won't be able to keep this pace 🥵

📣 Conférence "Le tournant vélo" le 7 mai à La Chaux-de Fonds 🚲 J'y présenterai les enjeux, tendances et conditions d'un #tournantvelo en Suisse. Ouvert à toute personne intéressée. 🙏 Merci à l'ATE section Neuchâtel pour son invitation. www.ate.ch/sections/neu... #OUVEMA

❓How Brussels implemented traffic calming measures? 📆 Join us on 30 April at 12.00 (Swiss time) for a webinar by Fanny Mertz www.unil.ch/ouvema/fr/ho... Organized by OUVEMA @unil.bsky.social

🚲 7ème jour du #CASVelo 🚲 Visite à Berne qui a lancé l'Offensive vélo et qui est passé de 11% à 19% de déplacements à vélo en 10 ans! Après une présentation de la stratégie vélo de Berne, plusieurs visites de terrains Inscriptions pour 2027 www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/formation/st...

📣 Join us on Thu 24 for a webinar on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods by Jamie Furlong ➡️ 113 LTNs were implemented across Greater London, with 26 later removed ➡️ What are their impacts (road traffic injuries, active travel, air pollution, on surrounding roads) All welcome www.unil.ch/ouvema/fr/ho...

In Zurich for the jury of "Flâneur d'Or" organized by Pedestrian Mobility Switzerland ➡️ 82 entries! A lot of work 😉 But shows a growing will to design walkable environments 👍 flaneurdor.ch Picture next to Zurich station. Not an entry but a good example of a new attractive place to stay!

🔎 Les biais dans la couverture médiatique des collisions voiture–vélo Analyse de 204 articles publiés dans les médias romands entre 2020 et 2024 📌 Constat: les articles tendent à minimiser la responsabilité des automobilistes par le choix des titres et des formulations. www.rts.ch/info/societe...

🚲 6ème journée du CAS Stratégies de promotion du vélo ‼️ 97% des🇨🇭 vivent <5 km d'une gare ➡️ V Lurkin & D Moinse (UNIL): potentiel intermodalité 🚲 🚉 🚃 4 intervenant-es ➡️ M Métrailler (Pro Velo) ➡️ G Ardant (Bird) ➡️ A Deschamps (CFF) ➡️ D Reck (TPG) www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/formation/st...

🙏 Un grand merci à PRO VELO Magazine pour la belle mise en lumière du livre "Le tournant vélo. La bicyclette pour changer la ville" 🚲 Ce livre vise à ➡️ Comprendre le système actuel ➡️ Identifier les opportunités ➡️ Passer à l’action avec 10 principes de mise en œuvre www.alphil.com/livres/1491-...

Blaming cyclists, invisibilising drivers: How 🇨🇭 media report collisions 🚲 🚘 🔍 Recurring biases ➡️ Cyclists are the focus ➡️ Drivers omitted or replaced by their (autonomous?) car ➡️ Language (passive voice...) obscures responsibility or points to the cyclist @findingspress.org shorturl.at/RMXCM

Lowering speed limits to 30 km/h can transform streets making them safer, calmer, and more livable. Yet these policies spark debate. This Thursday, #OUVEMA is delighted to welcome Valentina Orioli for a webinar on the case of Bologna at 12:00 (Swiss time) 👉 Register at www.unil.ch/ouvema/fr/ho...

Lowering speed limits to 30 km/h can transform streets making them safer, calmer, and more livable. Yet these policies spark debate. This Thursday, #OUVEMA is delighted to welcome Valentina Orioli for a webinar on the case of Bologna at 12:00 (Swiss time) 👉 Register at www.unil.ch/ouvema/fr/ho...

🚲 5ème journée du CAS en Stratégies de promotion du vélo Prof Thierry Largey a analysé la Loi fédérale sur les voies cyclables Laurent Dutheil a abordé le processus de planification (outils, phases, normes, etc.) et organisé un atelier www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/formation/st...

❓ How often do Europeans use public transport? Switzerland ranks first: ➡️ 19% use it daily (vs 11% in the EU) ➡️ 25% weekly (vs 12%) ➡️ 18% monthly (vs 10%) ➡️ 23% less often (vs 17%) ➡️ 15% never (vs 51%) Not in our DNA. But reliable, efficient, convenient, simple Data: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/dat...

New study of media collision reporting from @patrickrerat.bsky.social "Cyclists are placed at the center of the narrative, while motorists are either omitted or reduced to their vehicles... Making these biases visible is essential for challenging motonormativity" findingspress.org/article/1575...

📣 "Traffic calming policies" Join us for the new #OUVEMA webinar series! We'll start this Thursday 26 March at noon (Swiss time) with Valentina Orioli on Bologna Città 30 Everyone is welcome. Please register to get the link: www.unil.ch/ouvema/fr/ho...

🚲 Documentaire "Les échappées de Kaboul" Afghanistan: une opération secrète d’exfiltration pour sauver des femmes cyclistes du régime taliban www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...

🚲 3ème journée du CAS Promotion du Vélo 🎓 1️⃣ Quelles méthodes et données pour comprendre les usages du vélo? Quelle place dans les projets? 2️⃣ Quels critères pour des itinéraires de qualité? Comment repenser la sécurité routière? www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/formation/st...

"Proposed bike lane cancelled after failing to get approval from every living and deceased resident within 25 km."

🚲 Soyez les acteurs et actrices du tournant vélo avec le CAS en Stratégies de promotion du vélo à @unil.bsky.social ➡️ Changer le regard sur la mobilité ➡️ Rendre les territoires cyclables ➡️ Dépasser les obstacles et résistances ✍ Inscriptions www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/formation/st...

🎉 Parution du livre "Le tournant vélo" co-écrit avec Ursula Wyss, Michael Liebi et Christine Lehmann 🚲 Un tournant vélo implique de porter un regard différent sur la ville et les rues, de questionner le système automobile, d’envisager les leviers de promotion du vélo www.alphil.com/livres/1491-...

🎉 Parution du livre "Le tournant vélo" co-écrit avec Ursula Wyss, Michael Liebi et Christine Lehmann 🚲 Un tournant vélo implique de porter un regard différent sur la ville et les rues, de questionner le système automobile, d’envisager les leviers de promotion du vélo www.alphil.com/livres/1491-...

Best carnival outfit! A wanna-be-tramway truck 😄 spotted in Bern

3ème jour du CAS en Stratégies de promotion du vélo à l'Union Cycliste Internationale 🚲 Activités de l'UCI 🚲 Championnats du monde VTT 🚲 Réseau Suisse Mobile 🚲 Synergies entre vélo utilitaire, sportif, loisir 🚲 Initiation au vélo de piste www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/formation/st...

🚲 Zero accidents for cyclists 📆 This webinar will show how to improve cycling safety, from the systemic level to the design of street I am honored to be invited to speak about safe system and the need for a new vision of safety 17 March, 12 pm VIA ZOOM 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧 www.velokonferenz.ch/fr/actualite...

📣 3rd UCI Cycling for All & Sustainability Awards. I am honored to be part of the jury! Candidates have until 17 March 2026 to apply for one of the 2026 awards: 🚲 UCI Cycling for All award 🚲 UCI Climate Action award 🚲 UCI Bike City award 🚲 UCI Rainbow award www.uci.org/uci-cycling-...

💧 Appel à contributions « Territoires de l’eau en tension. Usages de l’eau, foncier et recompositions territoriales » pour la revue Géo-Regards Numéro coordonné par Imane Messaoudi-Mattei et Christian Bréthaut Appel: s-n-g.ch/spip.php?art... Revue Géo-Regards: libreo.ch/revues/geo-r...

📣The call for abstracts for the Swiss Mobility Conference 2026 is open! Deadline: March 15th Papers may address any form of spatial mobility (everyday, residential, migration, tourism...) Join us in Lausanne on Sep 10th & 11th www.epfl.ch/labs/lasur/i...

Looking forward to this event

📣 Joins us for the (Anti)motormativity days in Lausanne With @ianwalker.bsky.social @criscaim8.bsky.social, @giuliomattioli.bsky.social, R Braun, R Randell, L Drozda, T Dubois, @dklopfenstein.bsky.social Org: Suzy Blondin @unil.bsky.social / OUVEMA Info: www.unil.ch/news/1769503...

🚲 C'est parti pour le CAS en Stratégies de promotion du vélo @unil.bsky.social! ➡️ Enjeux et leviers d'une mobilité durable ➡️ Histoire du vélo ➡️ Changer de regard sur la mobilité 2 conférences montrant que le changement est possible avec Charlotte Guth (Paris) et Chris Bruntlett @dutchcycling.nl

Bicycle shops are crucial for the development of cycling Up to 2 weeks' wait to repair a bike in Yverdon 🇨🇭 The closure of 2 shops in the town centre is exacerbating the situation, as winter is no longer a quiet period. More and more cycle all year round www.24heures.ch/yverdon-les-...

The End of the Horse by Pierre Giffard (1899) "We are on the threshold of a century that will see man separate from the horse. It will be the end of a collaboration that has lasted for thousands of years. [...] The bicycle, then the car […] are ready to dispossess him of its dominant role"

La rencontre nationale Mobilités durables du CNRS est l’occasion de présenter un premier bilan des politiques du CNRS en faveur des mobilités durables 🚲 et de son implication dans les dispositifs du Plan vélo de l’État. 📅 Jeudi 18 décembre 2025, 12h30 - 17h30, Paris 👉 velocnrs.sciencesconf.org

🚲 Retrouvez les conférences des 5 ans de l'OUVEMA ➡️ Frédéric Héran sur les conditions du retour du vélo ➡️ Kay Axhausen sur un projet de réserver la moitié de la voirie au vélo en ville de Zurich ➡️ Ursula Wyss sur les leviers du tournant vélo www.unil.ch/ouvema/fr/ho...

In the 1980s “cycling accounted for almost half” of all passenger traffic in Douala. Though cycling has declined since then, it has been making a comeback – guided by experience. Learn more in “From Commute to Competition,” by Salifou NDAM and Pareick Rérat (@patrickrerat.bsky.social).

I am old enough to remember that smoking was permitted on Swiss trains. Twenty years ago, smoking compartments were abolished. Once a bold decision. Now an incomprehensible situation. www.rts.ch/info/suisse/...