ResearchReport
A Framework for Understanding Winter Cycling Culture: Case Study from Finland
Isabel Louisa Scherer · 2023
Summary
A qualitative study exploring how winter cycling becomes an established part of everyday mobility culture, using Oulu, Finland, as its primary case study. Based on expert interviews and a stakeholder workshop, the research introduces the Winter Cycling Culture Framework, connecting physical infrastructure and maintenance, municipal planning practices, and the social meanings of cycling to explain how cities can systematically support year-round cycling.
- Topics
- Planning & DesignBehaviour & Mobility ManagementCommunication & EngagementPolicy, Strategy & Governance
- Target audience
- PoliticiansPolicy makers
- Mode
- Cycling
- Conditions
- Year-roundWinter
- Population group
- All
- Trip purpose
- All
- Countries
- Finland
- Language
- English
- Access
- Open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Organisations
- Aalto University · Publisher
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