On these pages, the key outputs of the Handshake project will be posted alongside key resources about the cities and general good practices in cycling.
Public deliverables will be created over the course of the project until 2022 and will be posted as soon as they are available. Follow our twitter channel or sign up to our Newsletter to keep up to date with new materials.
Some example resources are showcased below.
You can search the resources available by city, date or using free text. Handshake-produced resources are marked:
We are proud to present ten fact sheets that represent the main achievements and lessons learned by each of our ten Future Cycling Capitals. We hope that it provides you with the knowledge and inspiration to transform your city into a cycling capital!
Publication date: Wed 10 Aug 2022
Sanne Vanderstraeten and Fred Dotter
Language: English
This handbook provides guidelines for the installation of bicycle parking facilities at busy locations. Drawing on the experience of the City of Amsterdam in creating such infrastructure, the handbook sets out a seven-step process for doing so.
Publication date: Tue 23 Feb 2021
City of Amsterdam
Language: English
An update of the first city-wide cycling plan released in 2014, the Bicycle Action Plan 2020-2025 aims to make the Finnish capital a place in which cycling is suitable for all ages in all seasons. In addition, the city has set out to increase cycling’s modal share to at least 20 per cent by 2035.
Publication date: Mon 7 Dec 2020
City of Helsinki
Language: English
Bruges has developed a new vision for the future of its cycling network: the FR30. This summary sets out its most vital components.
Publication date: Mon 30 Nov 2020
Bart Slabbinck
Language: English
Turin's Bicycle Master Plan was drafted in 2013, and is forming the basis for the cycling infrastructure being added during the city's COVID-19 response.
Publication date: Mon 20 Jul 2020
Language: Italian
Published in May 2020, this report sets out Dublin City Council's programme of mobility measures developed in response to COVID-19. Cycling and pedestrian measures form a crucial component of the overall proposed intervention.
Publication date: Wed 24 Jun 2020
Dublin City Council
Language: English
The Cycle Highway Manual is a product of the CHIPS project (Cycle Highways Innovation for smarter People transport and Spatial planning) financed by Interreg North-West Europe. It summarises 3 years of knowledge sharing and research between partners from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, UK and Denmark. It aims to be a help for professionals that deal with cycle highway planning, design, construction, selling, maintenance, monitoring or evaluation.
Publication date: 2019
CHIPS (Cycle Highways Innovation for smarter People transport and Spatial planning)
Language: English
This updated guide presents advice on removing barriers to disabled people’s access to cycling. The Guide sets out the principles of inclusive cycling and features real-life case studies, technical recommendations and policy suggestions. In addition to outlining principles of inclusive cycling and the types of cycles used by disabled cyclists, the Guide covers four main themes. It looks at: cycle infrastructure; cycling facilities; cycle networks; and, recognition and awareness of...
In 2018, the European Commission (DG MOVE) commissioned a study to produce guidelines to help promote cycling in the EU through case studies and guidelines that will foster the implementation of cycling infrastructure (and other) measures that are appropriate to the local context of cities. The guidance based on this study was published in June 2019. Each city has different fundamental characteristics that affect the appropriate level and type of action required to promote and support...
This project has received funding from the European Union‘s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement no 769177.
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