AG117V Bike more

15 higher education credits in urban and regional planning, transport science or environmental science

The course focuses on planning for cycling and how preconditions for cycling can be promoted through different efforts connected to e.g. planning, better coordination or strengthened incentives.

On basis of knowledge from theory and practice, the potential for an increased role of cycling in travelling are discussed as well as the promotion of cycling among underrepresented target groups.

The first session in the course consists of lectures, literature seminars and practical examples, and takes place in June. In this session, the course participants prepare a plan for the project work that is carried out during the summer and be presented in the second half of August.

Occasions for supervision of the project work are offered at designated occasions during the summer semester.

After passing the course, the participant should be able to:

• Discuss cycling from a mobility perspective and reflect on how gender, socio-cultural, economic factors influence individuals' and social groups' preconditions to use the bike to meet mobility needs.
• Analyse the transport system and its infrastructure, and discuss based on the analysis how the planning of the built environment can be adjusted to create better conditions for cycling.
• Analyse decision-making at different levels that applies to cycling and discuss the potential to improve cooperation between different actors and functions in order to promotecycling among different social groups and in different places.
• Develop a plan to promote the role of cycling in local and regional travels that takes into consideration local preconditions and different target groups' needs and premises.