Functional cycling
In Flanders, cycling plays an increasingly important role in daily travel. Thus, bicycles are increasingly finding their way into commuting to school or work. The Flemish government’s goal is to further increase that cycling reflex. This brings Flanders one step closer to a modal shift, the shift from the car to alternative, sustainable modes.
Ambitions
- Stap 1
Strengthen support for bicycle use
by increasing support for cycling, we want the bicycle can to become the most obvious vehicle for short and medium distances - Stap 2
Encourage safe road behaviour
every road user takes responsibility in traffic, making the road safer for everyone - Stap 3
Building safe and comfortable cycling route networks
through safe and good cycling infrastructure, we entice the people of Flanders to cycle more in a safe environment - Stap 4
Facilitate cycling in combined mobility and bicycle parking
by building Hoppin points with safe and good bike storage facilities, the bicycle becomes even more important in the first and last mile of a journey
The Flemish Cycling Ambition
Build a cycling network for daily journeys
Flanders continues to develop a broad network of cycling infrastructure for the growing number of cyclists. The focus is on improving safety and comfort, eliminating missing links in the network and achieving a better flow for cyclists. This will further shape the cycling network in Flanders, making cycling a natural thing for even more people tomorrow when commuting to school or work or going shopping.
Hoppin
The Flemish mobility vision Hoppin stimulates the modal shift, the mobility shift from high car use to increased use of sustainable modes of transport. More cycling is an essential link in this shift.
Through Hoppin, the Flemish government aims to inform, guide and inspire people so they consider sustainable modes of transport more often than the car. If the train, tram and bus can be more smoothly combined with the bicycle, car or a sharing system, people can more easily choose sustainable transport. This also requires reliable, accessible networks, transport options and nodes (i.e. Hoppin points). At these points, several modes of transport converge. You start your journey there, or switch smoothly from one mode of transport to another.
