Bicycle-friendly community
The bicycle-friendly municipality award is given by individual federal states. The term bicycle-friendly city was introduced in the early 1980s by Konrad Otto-Zimmermann , then an employee at the Federal Environment Agency . North Rhine-Westphalia was the first federal state in which a working group of bicycle-friendly cities was founded in 1993 .
North Rhine-Westphalia
In North Rhine-Westphalia, membership in the working group for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, municipalities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia (AGFS) entitles them to bear the title “Bicycle -friendly City”. Admission is for seven years, after which a new examination takes place.
One of the admission criteria is the municipal policy objective of increasing the proportion of local mobility to 60% of the total traffic volume.
There are currently 75 member municipalities in NRW.
Baden-Württemberg
In Baden-Württemberg, the state awards the “Bicycle-friendly municipality”. The prerequisite for an award is a. membership in the working group for bicycle-friendly municipalities in Baden-Württemberg (AGFK-BW). The state working group was founded at the beginning of 2010 and in 2011 the first municipalities in Baden-Württemberg were awarded. The award must be renewed after five years.
75 municipalities and districts are members of AGFK-BW. The cities and districts that have received awards so far are described in the article Bicycle-friendly municipality in Baden-Württemberg .
Bavaria
The working group for bicycle-friendly municipalities in Bavaria (AGFK Bayern) was founded in early 2012. Admission to the AG is initially for four years. During this time, a decision will be made about the award of the “Bicycle-friendly municipality in Bavaria” award. The award itself takes place at the proposal of the working group by the State Ministry of the Interior. Seven years after the award there is a new examination.
At the end of 2017 there were 61 member municipalities.
Lower Saxony / Bremen
Since 2015 there has been an opportunity in Lower Saxony to be certified as a “Bicycle-friendly municipality of Lower Saxony”. Before that there was a competition called “State Prize for Bicycle-Friendly Commune”, which was awarded to 12 communes and districts from 2002 to 2015.
The working group for bicycle-friendly municipalities in Lower Saxony / Bremen (AGFK Lower Saxony / Bremen) is made up of 50 municipalities, including all of Lower Saxony's major cities except Salzgitter and Bremen , which, according to their own information, comprise 69% of the population.
Thuringia
The working group for bicycle-friendly municipalities in Thuringia (AGFK-TH) was founded at the end of 2013 and at the beginning of 2017 consisted of nine municipalities and four districts.
Brandenburg
In May 2015, the working group for bicycle-friendly municipalities in Brandenburg (AGFK BB) was founded. The founding members were nine cities and four counties.
Saxony-Anhalt
In November 2019, the working group bicycle-friendly municipality of Saxony-Anhalt was founded. The founding members include 36 municipalities.
Web links
- Model project “Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly City” , by Juliane Krause and Edzard Hildebrandt, Ed .: Federal Environment Agency, January 2006
- Cities promote cycling , in Fairkehr 5/2017, with an overview of AGFKs and their work
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ A Freiburg man moves cities , Regiontrends.de, undated
- ↑ Working group bicycle-friendly cities, municipalities and districts in NRW e. V. ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Radroutenplaner.nrw.de
- ^ City of Kleve becomes a member of AGFS , NRW Landesportal, November 13, 2015
- ↑ Admission criteria for new members of the working group for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, municipalities and districts in NRW eV (AGFS) , AGFS NRW, 3/2015
- ^ Members , AGFS, accessed on March 23, 2016
- ↑ State award "Bicycle-friendly municipality" ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Fahrradland_BW.de
- ↑ This is the AGFK-BW , AGFK Baden-Württemberg
- ↑ Bike-friendly, if everyone participates ( memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Fahrradland_BW.de
- ^ Heidelberg is a "bicycle-friendly municipality" , Heidelberg.de
- ^ Members , AGFK BW, accessed December 30, 2018
- ↑ Mission statement ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , AGFK Bavaria
- ↑ a b c d Become a member ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , AGFK Bayern, accessed on March 23, 2016
- ↑ Certification ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , AGFK Lower Saxony
- ^ Competition "State Prize for Bicycle-Friendly Commune" , Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Labor and Transport
- ^ Competition "State Prize for Bicycle-Friendly Commune" , Niedersachsen.de
- ^ Members , AGFK Lower Saxony
- ↑ The members introduce themselves , Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture
- ↑ Working group for bicycle-friendly municipalities in Thuringia (AGFK-TH) , Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and Farmers
- ↑ a b Fahrradland Brandenburg founds AG , Land Brandenburg
- ↑ Working group bike-friendly municipality founded , Ministry for State Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt
