Expertise
Core topics in WCC 2024 were fe. Year-round e-bike commuting and fostering a youth cycling culture, Winter infrastructure maintenance, featuring expert insights from the famously bike-friendly city of Oulu, Finland., Case studies on expanding urban networks, such as BIXI Montréal’s winter bike-share pilot and Active school travel and building school capacity for safe student commuting.
The 2024 Winter Cycling Congress (WCC) was the first live WCC after pandemic. The theme for the conference was "A Bridge to a Healthy Future". It focused on the intersection of winter city design, climate resilience, and public health, exploring how safe, winter-maintained infrastructure can build active and sustainable communities. Edmonton saw 220 participants - a mix of international and local urban planners, traffic engineers, city staff, cycling advocates, researchers, and commercial consultants.
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- Canada
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- Tracey Coutts · Ever Active Schools, Edmonton
- Timo Perälä · President, WCF
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Resources (1)
- Finnish snow storage planning guidebook, presentation at WCC2024 · 2024 · Publisher