{"id":139,"date":"2018-11-09T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boost.up.pt\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2021-08-12T18:33:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T18:33:10","slug":"sobre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/boost.up.pt\/en\/sobre\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

In the last years, there has been a growing importance of cycling in the political arena. Pushed by the agenda for sustainable mobility and healthier behaviours, cycling has slowly but steadily become a priority. At the same time, research on cycling has also increased significantly, building know-how on bringing about modal shift. Research has so far focuses on \u2018champion cities\u2019 (holding cycling modal shares above 20%) and as such on most successful examples. On the opposite scale, \u2018starter cities\u2019 seem to be in a particularly disadvantaged situation, having no cycling tradition nor technical know-how, with little research specifically focused on the problems and solutions for these cities. This project seeks to contribute to bridge this gap. Within this context, project “BooST – Boosting Starter Cycling Cities”<\/strong> focuses on starter cities and aims to provide specific technical know-how to allow them to reach the next level of bicycle use.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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With this in mind, the project developed a Starter City Roadmap<\/strong> providing a toolkit, which includes the assessment framework of the Gross Potential for Cycling (GPC), the assessment framework of the Economic Value for Cycling (EVC), and the framework of the\u00a0Cycling Measures Selector (CMS) best suited for starter cities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The\u00a0Starter City Roadmap\u00a0and its toolkit will be made available in the form of a manual and of an interactive website\u00a0and through several local workshops involving local authorities and other stakeholders. Together with a ranking of\u00a0national starter cities (regarding their gross potential) the project will empower local policy with technical know-how and\u00a0arguments against the general skeptical attitudes towards cycling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The project brings together several experts and builds on prior research on Mobility Management at the\u00a0Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment (CITTA)<\/a>, the\u00a0promotion of cycling at\u00a0University of Aveiro(UA)<\/a>, with several ongoing projects and research activities in the field, and the broad expertise of the\u00a0European Cyclists\u2019 Federation (ECF)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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