Once, parked cars hid Castel Sismondo's beauty. But today, Piazza Malatesta has been reborn as a square that connects history, culture, and daily life. 🌿🏰🎭 Know a project like Piazza Malatesta? Submit an abstract under the #VC26 subtheme "Built to Inspire: Designing Beautiful Urban Environments." ✨

Velo-city 2026 call for abstracts is OPEN! 🚲 Present your work on cycling & sustainable urban development to the global cycling community at #VC26 Rimini. 📅 16–19 June 2026 Theme: Delivering the Urban Dream ✨ 🔗 Submit by 31 Oct: www.velo-city-conference.com/en/programme...

Meet our host city #Rimini, where history, culture, and coastal life meet! 🏛🎬🌊 Once car-centric, the city has reimagined itself through urban regeneration and now boasts nearly 200 km of cycling infrastructure. 🚲 Discover its transformation and must-see spots 🤩👉 bit.ly/4mq2zsu

Theme reveal: Delivering the Urban Dream! ✨✅ It takes courage to imagine better cities—and even more to make them real! At #VC26, we’ll learn from #Rimini and other global examples how to transform mobility systems and deliver the urban dream. 🚲🙌 The call for abstracts opens next week! 👀

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 As Federico Fellini cycles through his beloved birthplace, we see #Rimini not as it was, but as it dreams to be: a city of imagination, #sustainability and #movement. 🚲💭 📽: youtu.be/6JSx_eZkJcA?... 📅 Save the date for #VC26 in Rimini: 16-19 June 2026

Let's #ThrowbackThursday to this powerful session on #motonormativity at #VC25 💥 Our panellists challenged the cultural and legal norms that prioritise cars over people, pushing us to rethink how we design, regulate, and talk about our streets. 🚲💬

The latest episode of The War on Cars podcast takes you back to #Gdansk ⚡🎧 🚲 Tune in for inspiring conversations recorded on-site at Velo-city and explore how the humble bike can be a powerful tool for building solidarity in our streets, our societies, and our planet’s future: tinyurl.com/42fxee5x

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 & 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 🎞🚲 📸 Captured through the lens of Hans Stoops at #VC25. It feels like we’re flipping through an old family album with timeless scenes and familiar smiles. #EnergizingSolidarity 🤍🖤 Hard to believe this was just a month ago. Can we rewind the clock, please?

🚴‍♂️🏙️ Just 3 minutes was all it took to win over the Velo-citizens — but E-Bike City’s tool has a much bigger story to tell. They are helping cities redesign their streets for better accessibility, cycling infrastructure, and public spaces 🌳🚲 📖👉 Find out more in this interview: tinyurl.com/yfmecc65

At #VC25, Arcadis, our proud Silver Partner, explored how building great cycling infrastructure is not just about roads and bridges — it's about designing for happiness, community, and freedom 🚲💚 💡 Explore the full highlights from Arcadis on the Velo-city blog: tinyurl.com/4bh7cury

Whether you joined us in #Gdansk or followed from afar, take a moment to scroll through our Best Of photo selection 📸 Dive into the highlights of #VC25 to relive the best moments of the conference or discover the energy, passion and connections that make Velo-city unique 💫🚲 👉 tinyurl.com/5xkcs47w

Congratulations once again to Catherine Elliot and ETH Zurich! 👏 👩‍🏫 During last week's hard-fought Smart Pedal Pitch final, the Velo-citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of their E-Bike City project, which promotes multimodal road space reallocation through a powerful new planning tool 🏆🚲

Get ready for the #VC25 side events, organised by our active community alongside the official programme: tinyurl.com/39bmuzy7. A huge thank you to all Velo-citizens for helping make our conference so unique. Velo-city wouldn’t be the same without you — and the side events are living proof of that ❤🚲

Urban Sharing is the invisible force behind some of the world’s most efficient micromobility networks 🚲🔢 Their success stories show what’s possible when data-driven tech meets thoughtful urban planning. 💻 Read more about our Amber Partner: tinyurl.com/3mzu988h 📍 See them in action: booth B.08.

As we gear up for #VC25, we’re thrilled to celebrate the success of the Cycling May Campaign, born in #Gdansk in 2014. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 20,147 classes 🏫 from 1,514 schools 📍 in 32 municipalities took part in 2025. A total of 283,831 participants make it Poland’s largest campaign promoting cycling to school! 🚲🛴🛹

The Pomeranian Voivodeship, with #Gdansk at its 💚, will take center stage in the conversation on sustainable urban transport at #VC25 👉 More info about the #EuroVelo network in the region and Pomerania's investments in bike-sharing and cycling infrastructure for daily commuting: tinyurl.com/bdnjkkx7

Lyft Urban Solutions' work proves shared mobility can drive social change 👩‍🔧 From bicycle mechanics training programs for women in Barcelona to free weekly rides in NY, they show that bikeshare is not just transportation: it's a tool for equity, connection, and climate action 🚲 🔎 tinyurl.com/3rks8jza

🚴‍♂️ Meet the semi-finalists of the Smart Pedal Pitch Competition at Velo-city ⚙   Congratulations to: UTO Technologies ETH Zurich Lane Patrol BellBoy Pin Bike See.Sense Vianova Love to Ride   These forward-thinking teams will present their game-changing cycling innovations in session 4.6 on 11 June 👨‍🏫

🚴‍♂️ We’re excited to announce Gil Penalosa as a keynote speaker at #Vc25! 🌍 A world-renowned urbanist & academic, Gil has advised 350+ cities & helped transform Bogotá’s Ciclovía into a world-renowned people-first initiative. Don't miss out on his insight & passion for building cities for everyone!

🚴‍♂️🌍 Hello, Bluesky! The annual flagship event of @ecf.com has arrived! But we’re more than just a conference — we’re a global community of passionate people ready to take action & make a difference for cycling & sustainable mobility. Excited to be here & connect with you all 💬🚲