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:
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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
Discover the cost-benefit analysis and economic impact assessment of a redesign of the major thoroughfare of Hämeentie, carried out for the City of Helsinki.
Publication date: May 2021
Lilian Tilburgs
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
Communications concepts and explanations of elements of Helsinki's cycling system. Includes links to information on Baana routes
Publication date: 2019
Our infographic provides all you need to know about Handshake in 250 words!
This press release was disseminated to announce CIVITAS Handshake.
Publication date: Tue 29 Jan 2019
Richard Adams
This press release was disseminated to announce CIVITAS Handshake.
Publication date: Tue 29 Jan 2019
Richard Adams
Used by Helsinki to help assess the potential for cycling flows, taking into account variables that affect cycling through a computer model.
Helsinki Bicycle Account 2017 presents the development of cycling, citizens' opinions, cycle path projects and cycling services
Publication date: Sun 1 Jan 2017
City of Helsinki
Language: Finnish
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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