Welcome to Our Resources

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.

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You can search the resources available by city, date or using free text. Handshake-produced resources are marked:

Made in Handshake

Facts and lessons from the transferred solutions

Made in Handshake

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!

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Publication date: Wed 10 Aug 2022

Author: Sanne Vanderstraeten and Fred Dotter

Language: English

Towards a more active mobility system in Turin

Made in Handshake Presentation

This document shows new interventions to promote active mobility that have been specifically designed to deal with COVID-19 and to improve walkability in Turin.

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Publication date: Tue 16 Mar 2021

Author: Marina Fochi, Maria Teresa Massa

Language: English

Best practices – Inner-city bicycle parking

Made in Handshake Report

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.  

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Publication date: Tue 23 Feb 2021

Author: City of Amsterdam

Language: English

Marking 50 years of mobility policy in Bruges - EN version

Made in Handshake Publication

This publication takes readers through 50 years of Bruges’ mobility planning history, whilst also covering cycling policy and the concept of ‘city-friendly mobility’. This version is written in English. A Dutch-language version is available to read here.

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Publication date: Fri 15 Jan 2021

Author: Bart Slabbinck

Language: English

Helsinki Bicycle Action Plan - 2020-2025

Report

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.

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Publication date: Mon 7 Dec 2020

Author: City of Helsinki

Language: English

Bruges - FR30 vision

Made in Handshake Publication

Bruges has developed a new vision for the future of its cycling network: the FR30. This summary sets out its most vital components.

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Publication date: Mon 30 Nov 2020

Author: Bart Slabbinck

Language: English

Enabling the City to Return to Work Interim Mobility - Intervention Programme for Dublin City

Report

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.

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Publication date: Wed 24 Jun 2020

Author: Dublin City Council

Language: English

Learning from Strasbourg - Bruges Symposium Presentation

Presentation

As part of the CIVITAS Handshake immersive symposium in Bruges (Belgium), Clotilde Imbert from the Copenhagenize Design Co. gave a presentation on lessons to learn from Strasbourg (France). The French city is well-known as a leading cycling city.

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Publication date: Wed 18 Mar 2020

Author: Clotilde Imbert

Language: English

Learning from Amsterdam - Bruges Symposium Presentation

Presentation

As part of the CIVITAS Handshake immersive symposium in Bruges (Belgium), Ria Hilhorst from the City of Amsterdam gave a presentation on the lessons to learn from Copenhagen. The Dutch capital is one of Handshake's three "Cycling Capitals".  

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Publication date: Mon 10 Feb 2020

Author: Ria Hilhorst

Language: English

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