World Bicycle Day is a chance to celebrate the bicycle's versatility, affordability and superb environmental credentials and its role in supporting more sustainable, healthy and inclusive societies. The day is marked annually on 3 June, and this year we have an even stronger than usual Cities Changing Diabetes connection to join in the celebrations.
Recently Cities Changing Diabetes joined a partnership with
The
European Cyclists’
Federation (ECF), reflecting our shared ambition to enable
cities to promote safe cycling to improve overall public health and
foster more equitable communities. The ECF and the World Cycling
Alliance will mark this year’s World Bicycle Day 2023 with a webinar
highlighting some of the organisations and initiatives leading the way
in promoting more and better cycling worldwide.
The webinar
will take place on Friday, 2 June (mark your diary!), during which we
will launch a new report, created in partnership between Cities
Changing Diabetes and the ECF, called Cycling for healthier and more
inclusive communities.
The report presents ten global
cases that feature how cycling benefits various groups. The cases in
the report include ones that empower migrant women, boost cycling
uptake among children, and enable the inclusivity of physically
disabled cyclists – it’s an inspirational read that shows that cycling
truly can be for everyone.
The
webinar is on 2 June from 11.00 – 12.30 CEST;
all are welcome to join. During the webinar, I will represent the
Cities Changing Diabetes network and will be joined by other
enthusiastic advocates and senior leads from global organisations, as
well as speakers from initiatives and programmes that have increased
cycling in their cities. I'm looking forward to exchanges touching on
health, sustainability, and the role cycling could play in our urban
futures, and I hope you can join us. The link to
register is here.
