page_title: Velo-city
section_title: Velo-city 2013
hierarchical_section_title: Velo-city / Velo-city 2013
caption_attribution_description: English: The traditional Velo-city bicycle parade in Vienna with 4200 participants.
context_page_description: Velo-city is a series of cycle planning conferences that started in 1980 in Bremen. The Velo-city 1980 also inspired the founding of the European Cyclists' Federation in 1983. The conferences are one of the world's primary forums for the exchange of bicycling expertise.
  The name Velo-city is a small play on word using the French for bicycle – vélo, and Velo-city can also be read as velocity or speed. European Cyclists’ Federation owns the series name, and the ECF Board is the decision-making body for Velo-city.
  At the beginning, the conference guests and speakers were mainly bicycle advocates, but today Velo-city is well known for gathering all those who are involved in the policy, promotion and provision for cyclists. This mixture of people, professions, skills and experience is a valuable component of the events' success. Velo-city is a forum, the place to be for stakeholders from local, regional and national authorities, politicians, academics, consultants, industrials, and bicycle users.
  Velo-city is an occasion for a city to show continuous and lasting efforts to improve cycling in its city.
context_section_description: More than 1400 delegates gathered from all continents for the largest cycling-themed conference, the Velo-city 2013, held in Vienna, Austria from 11 to 14 June. Building on established Velo-city discourse topics such as mobility, ecology and climate, health, the economy, resources, time and space, and social policy, the motto of the Velo-city 2013 conference, which took place in the Rathaus, was framed as “The Sound of Cycling – Urban Cycling Cultures“ with three main themes: cycling cultures, cycling cities, and cycling benefits.
caption: The traditional Velo-city bicycle parade in Vienna with 4200 participants.
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