EU's projects for cycling

PRESTO's funding programme: Intelligent Energy-Europe

PRESTO is one of STEER Efficient Energy in Transport projects within the Intelligent Energy-Europe Programme, managed by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) of the European Commission. Link: www.ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/

EU's projects about cycling

ExtraEnergy aims to raise end costumer's awareness of electric mobility, including pedelecs. Link: www.extraenergy.org

Go Pedelec! aims to raise awareness of pedelecs among citizens as well as municipal decision makers. Link: www.gopedelec.eu

Life Cycle is a project of the EU's Public Health Programme. The aim is to integrate cycling as the natural mean of transport in daily life. Link: www.lifecycle.cc

Trendy Travel aims to make sustainable travel more emotionally appealing, so as to affect a modal shift from car to healthier, more eco-friendly transport modes. Link: www.trendy-travel.eu

BICY. This EU project aims to achieve a widespread modal shift towards cycling and walking to improve the quality of life and reduce pollution by designing and implementing trans-national, cross-border and national strategies. Link: www.bicy.it

OBIS aims to improve the role and the opportunities of bike sharing as a valuable instr ument to foster clean and energy efficient sustainable modes of mobility in urban areas. Link: www.obisproject.com

BYPAD (Bicycle Policy Audit) is a tool to assess the quality of cycling policies in towns, cities or regions. Link: www.bypad.org

EU's projects about mobility and e-learning platform

e-TREAM (e-learning for TRaining Energy Agencies in Mobility Management) aims to develop and implement a e-learning tool for energy agencies across Europe, plus other organizations involved in mobility management, to improve their knowledge and skills through the inexpensive and convenient medium of e-learning. Link: http://etream.team-red.net/