Achievements

Achievements of the Minsk Cycling Society from its foundation to the present.

Prepared by proposals for the draft technical standards (JV "Streets of settlements")cycling infrastructure

A stationary counter of cyclists was installed on Independence Avenue

Thanks to MBO, more than 10 express stations for bicycle repair appeared in Minsk

Completed project “Urban Cycling in Belarus”

The big article on Wikipedia about cycling in Belarus

The first bicycle lane in Minsk was opened on the roadway along Horuzhei Street

A training seminar was held for designers and traffic police

The first cycling conference "PraRovar.Tourism" was held in Belarus

Cycling concepts have been developed for Slonim, Mostov, Bykhov, Krichev, Chaus

113 new members

In 2018, the number of official members of the MBO became 492 people.

4 overlapping of the main avenues of Minsk for cyclists

MVO became partners and co-organizers of four major international bike parades and bike rides on the roadway: Viva Rovar bike carnival, Bike for Women bike ride, Girls bike parade and bike rides in honor of the Car Free Day. The total number of participants in these events is over 20,000.

50 cycling activities

In total, in 2018, the Minsk Cycling Society became the organizer or co-organizer of 50 cycling events.

3 international cycling conferences

In 2018, the team of the Minsk Cycling Society represented Belarus at three international cycling conferences - in Ukraine, Russia and Italy.

kreml

Minsk has a city strategic plan for the development of cycling for 2018-2020s

This is document, in which the goals and objectives of the development of cycling are fixed and specific actions are determined to achieve them.

The traffic police signed a project for a cycle lane on the roadway along Vera Khoruzhei Street.

Experts from the Moscow Military District, with the help of BNPP, developed a project for cycling infrastructure along Vera Khoruzhei Street. The project passed several stages of approval in the traffic police , all suggestions and recommendations were taken into account and approval was obtained at all levels.

18 bike garages installed in Minsk

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

4 districts of Minsk received proposals to improve cycling infrastructure

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

Conducted a study of the benefits of cycling for the city and townspeople

Based on the research, “Method for assessing the economic and social effectiveness of cycling infrastructure projects”, With the help of which it is possible to substantiate the construction of bicycle infrastructure and propose the inclusion of these objects in the investment program of Minsk.

112 cyclists per hour!

In September 2018, we calculated the traffic intensity of cyclists at 20 points in Minsk. In 84.5 hours of counting, 7,217 cyclists were recorded. The average number of cyclists per hour is 85. The average number of cyclists is 49 per hour in the morning and 112 in the evening.

Counting pregnant women on bicycles

In 2018, we first explored the topic of cycling with babies and during pregnancy. In total, 110 women from all over Belarus took part in the study. 27.3% female respondents said they cycled during pregnancy. Most until the 5-6th month, but there are those who continued to ride until the 9th month.

Cycle parking has been installed at two metro stations

Three parking lots for bicycles appeared at the Nemiga and Borisovskiy trakt metro stations thanks to the decision of the city council for the development of cycling, which includes the Minsk Cycling Society.

10,000 cyclists at the Viva rovar cycle carnival

The Minsk Cycling Society is a co-organizer of the largest cycling festival in Belarus - the Viva Rovar bicycle carnival. Traditionally, one of the main avenues of the city is blocked for cyclists and cyclists. In 2018, there were more than 10 thousand participants from all over Belarus and neighboring countries.

200 participants at the III International Cycling Festival

VeloGomel and the Minsk Cycling Society held one of the largest cycling events in the village of Granovka (Gomel region) - the international cycling festival “Between Sozh and Dnieper”. Almost 200 participants from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine have registered for the festival.

Thanks to volunteers from the city authorities

On August 18-19, Minsk hosted the Minsk Cup and Minsk Grand Prix international road cycling races. 23 teams from 13 countries came to the competition.
Volunteers of the Minsk Cycling Society supported this event, ensuring the safety of participants and fans and received official gratitude from the city authorities for the competent and professional support of the international event.

10 Belarusian cities took part in the European Mobility Week

From 16 to 22 September, the European Mobility Week (EHM) is taking place around the world, an international campaign to raise awareness of sustainable urban mobility. Within the framework of the ENM, a whole festival of cycling events was held in Minsk, Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev and Braslav with the participation of the Moscow Military District

10 public lectures on cycling and the city

The MBO team organized 10 public lectures in 2018 on cycling infrastructure, urbanism, and urban activism. They were attended by over 1000 people, following the results of the events there were about 50 publications in the media.

40 activists took part in the II International Cycle Camp

August 10-12 passed training camp for cycling activists near Gomel. The cycling camp brought together 40 cyclists and experts from different parts of Belarus.

200 bicycle activists took part in the PraRovar forum in Brest

On November 23-25, the PraRovar-2018 forum was held in Brest, with the participation of the Za Velo-Brest institution and the Brest executive committee. 

The PraRovar Forum is a platform for exchange of experience between cycling activists from different cities, an opportunity to improve communication with city administrations and designers, improve skills in designing bicycle infrastructure, develop a bicycle culture and advocacy, synchronize actions for the development of urban cycling in Belarus.

In total, 239 applications for participation were submitted. The best were selected on a competitive basis. Almost 200 people from 35 cities and 7 countries took part in all the days of the forum.

2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action "30 days on a bike"

The "30 days of biking" promotion is a worldwide challenge of promising at least a little bike ride every April day. 

The challenge in Minsk is supervised by the team of the Minsk Cycling Society.
Belarus took 2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action.

Presentation of the route "Green Cycle Ring of Minsk" on Bicycle Day

On the World Bicycle Day in Minsk for the first time there was a presentation of the cycling route "The Green Cycling Ring of Minsk". The full route of the excursion was 70 kilometers. More than 100 cyclists have ridden over the watery green areas of Minsk in 8 hours.

Breakthrough campaign #collaborateoutorqvalak

In 2018, we continued our campaign to promote the right bike parking #withoutcolautorkvalak and achieved the installation of bicycle parking near some metro stations, supermarket chains Euroopt and Neighbors, some branches of Priorbank, as well as one of the buildings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Thanks to our consultations, inconvenient bicycle parking lots near the Komarovsky market and the Galereya shopping center were converted to the correct ones. 

In total, in 2018, we officially interacted with 31 organizations to install high-quality and convenient bike storage facilities.

100 organizations in the # business bike competition

In 2018, we continued the "Business Bike" campaign and identified the most bike-friendly employees and the most bike-friendly organizations. 4 cities and about 100 organizations took part in the campaign.

17 stylish cycling photo shoots #minskbikestyle

In 2018, MVO, in partnership with the IOO "Solyanka" in a new format, continued the campaign "Bicycle and Style" (#minskbikestyle) about city cycling. In 2018, the campaign included 17 photo shoots and interviews.

120 new cyclists thanks to the VeloSchool

Since 2014, MVO volunteers have been teaching adults and children to ride a bike. In 2018, we taught 120 people how to ride two-wheeled vehicles.

5 screenings of cycling short films

A team of volunteers from the Moscow Military District translated 10 bicycle films into Russian and organized film screenings as part of large-scale city events in Gomel, Mogilev and Minsk.

7 meetings with bike travelers in the MVO House

Meetings with bicycle travelers from other countries (Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Georgia, France, Germany, Holland) were regularly held in the House of the Minsk Cycling Society.

5 new cycling routes in the Minsk region

With the help of activists from the Moscow Military District, in 2018, a number of cycling routes were developed in the Minsk region. Proposals for the creation of cycling infrastructure on them were transferred for consideration to the Minsk District Executive Committee... Cycling tracks are also available for download at eurovelo.by.

Cycle garage projects published

Data projects we recommend for implementation to the city authorities as a good example of creating a bicycle infrastructure.

Support for bicycle activists in the regions

In 2018, we held seminars and working meetings with city administrations in 9 cities of Belarus: Vileika, Kobrin, Volkovysk, Gomel, Soligorsk, Mostakh, Chausy, Orsha and Slonim.

A lot of work has been done to unite all interested parties and create strategic documents in different cities of Belarus. So in Grodno, Minsk, Brest, Gomel and Vileika, working groups were created that specialize in the development of cycling. 

Plans for the development of cycling have been developed in Minsk, Grodno, Brest, Gomel, Vileika, Bykhov and Chausy. With the help of the Minsk Cycling Society, cycling schemes were created in Brest, Minsk, Grodno, Soligorsk, Orsha, Lida, Vileika and Chausy, and draft concepts for the development of cycling were created in Brest and Grodno.

2 new cycling organizations

In 2018, an informal network of cycling organizations continued to operate. Largely thanks to the advisory and informational work of the MBO team in Belarus, two bicycle initiatives (in Gomel and Novopolotsk) were officially registered.

78 new members

In 2017, the number of official members of the MBO became 379 people.

35 cycling activities

In total, in 2018, the Minsk Cycling Society became the organizer or co-organizer of 35 cycling events.

Bicycle carnival "Viva rovar" has become international

In mid-May, thousands of cyclists rode through the center of Minsk in a variety of outfits as part of the traditional Viva, rovar! Bicycle carnival. In 2017, cyclists from Belarus were joined by participants from 5 more countries.

200 bicycle activists took part in the I Forum "PraRovar"

On November 24-26, the first bicycle forum “PraRovar” took place in Belarus. 

The PraRovar Forum is a platform for exchange of experience between cycling activists from different cities, an opportunity to improve communication with city administrations and designers, improve skills in designing bicycle infrastructure, develop a bicycle culture and advocacy, synchronize actions for the development of urban cycling in Belarus.

40 activists took part in the II International Cycle Camp

A training camp for cycling activists took place on August 18-20. The cycling camp brought together more than 30 cyclists and experts from different parts of Belarus and neighboring countries.

Start of the # campaign

In 2017, a campaign to promote the correct bike parking was launched #withoutcolautorkvalak... More than 30 letters with recommendations were sent to banks and retail chains with a request to install comfortable bike parks.

#minskbikestyle

In 2017, the Bicycle and Style campaign was launched (#minskbikestyle) about city cycling. Media personalities and politicians have shown by their example that cycling is stylish and beautiful.

100 new cyclists thanks to the VeloSchool

Since 2014, MVO volunteers have been teaching adults and children to ride a bike. In 2017, we taught 100 people how to ride a two-wheeled vehicle.

Weekly meetings at the MVO Lodge

In the House of the Minsk Cycling Society, meetings were regularly held with activists, volunteers and those who were simply interested in talking about how cycling in Belarus was developing.

The first bicycle lane in Minsk was opened on the roadway along Horuzhei Street

A training seminar was held for designers and traffic police

The first cycling conference "PraRovar.Tourism" was held in Belarus

Cycling concepts have been developed for Slonim, Mostov, Bykhov, Krichev, Chaus

113 new members

In 2018, the number of official members of the MBO became 492 people.

4 overlapping of the main avenues of Minsk for cyclists

MVO became partners and co-organizers of four major international bike parades and bike rides on the roadway: Viva Rovar bike carnival, Bike for Women bike ride, Girls bike parade and bike rides in honor of the Car Free Day. The total number of participants in these events is over 20,000.

50 cycling activities

In total, in 2018, the Minsk Cycling Society became the organizer or co-organizer of 50 cycling events.

3 international cycling conferences

In 2018, the team of the Minsk Cycling Society represented Belarus at three international cycling conferences - in Ukraine, Russia and Italy.

kreml

Minsk has a city strategic plan for the development of cycling for 2018-2020s

This is document, in which the goals and objectives of the development of cycling are fixed and specific actions are determined to achieve them.

The traffic police signed a project for a cycle lane on the roadway along Vera Khoruzhei Street.

Experts from the Moscow Military District, with the help of BNPP, developed a project for cycling infrastructure along Vera Khoruzhei Street. The project passed several stages of approval in the traffic police , all suggestions and recommendations were taken into account and approval was obtained at all levels.

18 bike garages installed in Minsk

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

4 districts of Minsk received proposals to improve cycling infrastructure

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

Conducted a study of the benefits of cycling for the city and townspeople

Based on the research, “Method for assessing the economic and social effectiveness of cycling infrastructure projects”, With the help of which it is possible to substantiate the construction of bicycle infrastructure and propose the inclusion of these objects in the investment program of Minsk.

112 cyclists per hour!

In September 2018, we calculated the traffic intensity of cyclists at 20 points in Minsk. In 84.5 hours of counting, 7,217 cyclists were recorded. The average number of cyclists per hour is 85. The average number of cyclists is 49 per hour in the morning and 112 in the evening.

Counting pregnant women on bicycles

In 2018, we first explored the topic of cycling with babies and during pregnancy. In total, 110 women from all over Belarus took part in the study. 27.3% female respondents said they cycled during pregnancy. Most until the 5-6th month, but there are those who continued to ride until the 9th month.

Cycle parking has been installed at two metro stations

Three parking lots for bicycles appeared at the Nemiga and Borisovskiy trakt metro stations thanks to the decision of the city council for the development of cycling, which includes the Minsk Cycling Society.

10,000 cyclists at the Viva rovar cycle carnival

The Minsk Cycling Society is a co-organizer of the largest cycling festival in Belarus - the Viva Rovar bicycle carnival. Traditionally, one of the main avenues of the city is blocked for cyclists and cyclists. In 2018, there were more than 10 thousand participants from all over Belarus and neighboring countries.

200 participants at the III International Cycling Festival

VeloGomel and the Minsk Cycling Society held one of the largest cycling events in the village of Granovka (Gomel region) - the international cycling festival “Between Sozh and Dnieper”. Almost 200 participants from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine have registered for the festival.

Thanks to volunteers from the city authorities

On August 18-19, Minsk hosted the Minsk Cup and Minsk Grand Prix international road cycling races. 23 teams from 13 countries came to the competition.
Volunteers of the Minsk Cycling Society supported this event, ensuring the safety of participants and fans and received official gratitude from the city authorities for the competent and professional support of the international event.

10 Belarusian cities took part in the European Mobility Week

From 16 to 22 September, the European Mobility Week (EHM) is taking place around the world, an international campaign to raise awareness of sustainable urban mobility. Within the framework of the ENM, a whole festival of cycling events was held in Minsk, Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev and Braslav with the participation of the Moscow Military District

10 public lectures on cycling and the city

The MBO team organized 10 public lectures in 2018 on cycling infrastructure, urbanism, and urban activism. They were attended by over 1000 people, following the results of the events there were about 50 publications in the media.

40 activists took part in the II International Cycle Camp

August 10-12 passed training camp for cycling activists near Gomel. The cycling camp brought together 40 cyclists and experts from different parts of Belarus.

200 bicycle activists took part in the PraRovar forum in Brest

On November 23-25, the PraRovar-2018 forum was held in Brest, with the participation of the Za Velo-Brest institution and the Brest executive committee. 

The PraRovar Forum is a platform for exchange of experience between cycling activists from different cities, an opportunity to improve communication with city administrations and designers, improve skills in designing bicycle infrastructure, develop a bicycle culture and advocacy, synchronize actions for the development of urban cycling in Belarus.

In total, 239 applications for participation were submitted. The best were selected on a competitive basis. Almost 200 people from 35 cities and 7 countries took part in all the days of the forum.

2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action "30 days on a bike"

The "30 days of biking" promotion is a worldwide challenge of promising at least a little bike ride every April day. 

The challenge in Minsk is supervised by the team of the Minsk Cycling Society.
Belarus took 2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action.

Presentation of the route "Green Cycle Ring of Minsk" on Bicycle Day

On the World Bicycle Day in Minsk for the first time there was a presentation of the cycling route "The Green Cycling Ring of Minsk". The full route of the excursion was 70 kilometers. More than 100 cyclists have ridden over the watery green areas of Minsk in 8 hours.

Breakthrough campaign #collaborateoutorqvalak

In 2018, we continued our campaign to promote the right bike parking #withoutcolautorkvalak and achieved the installation of bicycle parking near some metro stations, supermarket chains Euroopt and Neighbors, some branches of Priorbank, as well as one of the buildings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Thanks to our consultations, inconvenient bicycle parking lots near the Komarovsky market and the Galereya shopping center were converted to the correct ones. 

In total, in 2018, we officially interacted with 31 organizations to install high-quality and convenient bike storage facilities.

100 organizations in the # business bike competition

In 2018, we continued the "Business Bike" campaign and identified the most bike-friendly employees and the most bike-friendly organizations. 4 cities and about 100 organizations took part in the campaign.

17 stylish cycling photo shoots #minskbikestyle

In 2018, MVO, in partnership with the IOO "Solyanka" in a new format, continued the campaign "Bicycle and Style" (#minskbikestyle) about city cycling. In 2018, the campaign included 17 photo shoots and interviews.

120 new cyclists thanks to the VeloSchool

Since 2014, MVO volunteers have been teaching adults and children to ride a bike. In 2018, we taught 120 people how to ride two-wheeled vehicles.

5 screenings of cycling short films

A team of volunteers from the Moscow Military District translated 10 bicycle films into Russian and organized film screenings as part of large-scale city events in Gomel, Mogilev and Minsk.

7 meetings with bike travelers in the MVO House

Meetings with bicycle travelers from other countries (Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Georgia, France, Germany, Holland) were regularly held in the House of the Minsk Cycling Society.

5 new cycling routes in the Minsk region

With the help of activists from the Moscow Military District, in 2018, a number of cycling routes were developed in the Minsk region. Proposals for the creation of cycling infrastructure on them were transferred for consideration to the Minsk District Executive Committee... Cycling tracks are also available for download at eurovelo.by.

Cycle garage projects published

Data projects we recommend for implementation to the city authorities as a good example of creating a bicycle infrastructure.

Support for bicycle activists in the regions

In 2018, we held seminars and working meetings with city administrations in 9 cities of Belarus: Vileika, Kobrin, Volkovysk, Gomel, Soligorsk, Mostakh, Chausy, Orsha and Slonim.

A lot of work has been done to unite all interested parties and create strategic documents in different cities of Belarus. So in Grodno, Minsk, Brest, Gomel and Vileika, working groups were created that specialize in the development of cycling. 

Plans for the development of cycling have been developed in Minsk, Grodno, Brest, Gomel, Vileika, Bykhov and Chausy. With the help of the Minsk Cycling Society, cycling schemes were created in Brest, Minsk, Grodno, Soligorsk, Orsha, Lida, Vileika and Chausy, and draft concepts for the development of cycling were created in Brest and Grodno.

2 new cycling organizations

In 2018, an informal network of cycling organizations continued to operate. Largely thanks to the advisory and informational work of the MBO team in Belarus, two bicycle initiatives (in Gomel and Novopolotsk) were officially registered.

78 new members

In 2017, the number of official members of the MBO became 379 people.

35 cycling activities

In total, in 2018, the Minsk Cycling Society became the organizer or co-organizer of 35 cycling events.

Bicycle carnival "Viva rovar" has become international

In mid-May, thousands of cyclists rode through the center of Minsk in a variety of outfits as part of the traditional Viva, rovar! Bicycle carnival. In 2017, cyclists from Belarus were joined by participants from 5 more countries.

200 bicycle activists took part in the I Forum "PraRovar"

On November 24-26, the first bicycle forum “PraRovar” took place in Belarus. 

The PraRovar Forum is a platform for exchange of experience between cycling activists from different cities, an opportunity to improve communication with city administrations and designers, improve skills in designing bicycle infrastructure, develop a bicycle culture and advocacy, synchronize actions for the development of urban cycling in Belarus.

40 activists took part in the II International Cycle Camp

A training camp for cycling activists took place on August 18-20. The cycling camp brought together more than 30 cyclists and experts from different parts of Belarus and neighboring countries.

Start of the # campaign

In 2017, a campaign to promote the correct bike parking was launched #withoutcolautorkvalak... More than 30 letters with recommendations were sent to banks and retail chains with a request to install comfortable bike parks.

#minskbikestyle

In 2017, the Bicycle and Style campaign was launched (#minskbikestyle) about city cycling. Media personalities and politicians have shown by their example that cycling is stylish and beautiful.

100 new cyclists thanks to the VeloSchool

Since 2014, MVO volunteers have been teaching adults and children to ride a bike. In 2017, we taught 100 people how to ride a two-wheeled vehicle.

Weekly meetings at the MVO Lodge

In the House of the Minsk Cycling Society, meetings were regularly held with activists, volunteers and those who were simply interested in talking about how cycling in Belarus was developing.

113 new members

In 2018, the number of official members of the MBO became 492 people.

4 overlapping of the main avenues of Minsk for cyclists

MVO became partners and co-organizers of four major international bike parades and bike rides on the roadway: Viva Rovar bike carnival, Bike for Women bike ride, Girls bike parade and bike rides in honor of the Car Free Day. The total number of participants in these events is over 20,000.

50 cycling activities

In total, in 2018, the Minsk Cycling Society became the organizer or co-organizer of 50 cycling events.

3 international cycling conferences

In 2018, the team of the Minsk Cycling Society represented Belarus at three international cycling conferences - in Ukraine, Russia and Italy.

kreml

Minsk has a city strategic plan for the development of cycling for 2018-2020s

This is document, in which the goals and objectives of the development of cycling are fixed and specific actions are determined to achieve them.

The traffic police signed a project for a cycle lane on the roadway along Vera Khoruzhei Street.

Experts from the Moscow Military District, with the help of BNPP, developed a project for cycling infrastructure along Vera Khoruzhei Street. The project passed several stages of approval in the traffic police , all suggestions and recommendations were taken into account and approval was obtained at all levels.

18 bike garages installed in Minsk

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

4 districts of Minsk received proposals to improve cycling infrastructure

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

Conducted a study of the benefits of cycling for the city and townspeople

Based on the research, “Method for assessing the economic and social effectiveness of cycling infrastructure projects”, With the help of which it is possible to substantiate the construction of bicycle infrastructure and propose the inclusion of these objects in the investment program of Minsk.

112 cyclists per hour!

In September 2018, we calculated the traffic intensity of cyclists at 20 points in Minsk. In 84.5 hours of counting, 7,217 cyclists were recorded. The average number of cyclists per hour is 85. The average number of cyclists is 49 per hour in the morning and 112 in the evening.

Counting pregnant women on bicycles

In 2018, we first explored the topic of cycling with babies and during pregnancy. In total, 110 women from all over Belarus took part in the study. 27.3% female respondents said they cycled during pregnancy. Most until the 5-6th month, but there are those who continued to ride until the 9th month.

Cycle parking has been installed at two metro stations

Three parking lots for bicycles appeared at the Nemiga and Borisovskiy trakt metro stations thanks to the decision of the city council for the development of cycling, which includes the Minsk Cycling Society.

10,000 cyclists at the Viva rovar cycle carnival

The Minsk Cycling Society is a co-organizer of the largest cycling festival in Belarus - the Viva Rovar bicycle carnival. Traditionally, one of the main avenues of the city is blocked for cyclists and cyclists. In 2018, there were more than 10 thousand participants from all over Belarus and neighboring countries.

200 participants at the III International Cycling Festival

VeloGomel and the Minsk Cycling Society held one of the largest cycling events in the village of Granovka (Gomel region) - the international cycling festival “Between Sozh and Dnieper”. Almost 200 participants from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine have registered for the festival.

Thanks to volunteers from the city authorities

On August 18-19, Minsk hosted the Minsk Cup and Minsk Grand Prix international road cycling races. 23 teams from 13 countries came to the competition.
Volunteers of the Minsk Cycling Society supported this event, ensuring the safety of participants and fans and received official gratitude from the city authorities for the competent and professional support of the international event.

10 Belarusian cities took part in the European Mobility Week

From 16 to 22 September, the European Mobility Week (EHM) is taking place around the world, an international campaign to raise awareness of sustainable urban mobility. Within the framework of the ENM, a whole festival of cycling events was held in Minsk, Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev and Braslav with the participation of the Moscow Military District

10 public lectures on cycling and the city

The MBO team organized 10 public lectures in 2018 on cycling infrastructure, urbanism, and urban activism. They were attended by over 1000 people, following the results of the events there were about 50 publications in the media.

40 activists took part in the II International Cycle Camp

August 10-12 passed training camp for cycling activists near Gomel. The cycling camp brought together 40 cyclists and experts from different parts of Belarus.

200 bicycle activists took part in the PraRovar forum in Brest

On November 23-25, the PraRovar-2018 forum was held in Brest, with the participation of the Za Velo-Brest institution and the Brest executive committee. 

The PraRovar Forum is a platform for exchange of experience between cycling activists from different cities, an opportunity to improve communication with city administrations and designers, improve skills in designing bicycle infrastructure, develop a bicycle culture and advocacy, synchronize actions for the development of urban cycling in Belarus.

In total, 239 applications for participation were submitted. The best were selected on a competitive basis. Almost 200 people from 35 cities and 7 countries took part in all the days of the forum.

2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action "30 days on a bike"

The "30 days of biking" promotion is a worldwide challenge of promising at least a little bike ride every April day. 

The challenge in Minsk is supervised by the team of the Minsk Cycling Society.
Belarus took 2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action.

Presentation of the route "Green Cycle Ring of Minsk" on Bicycle Day

On the World Bicycle Day in Minsk for the first time there was a presentation of the cycling route "The Green Cycling Ring of Minsk". The full route of the excursion was 70 kilometers. More than 100 cyclists have ridden over the watery green areas of Minsk in 8 hours.

Breakthrough campaign #collaborateoutorqvalak

In 2018, we continued our campaign to promote the right bike parking #withoutcolautorkvalak and achieved the installation of bicycle parking near some metro stations, supermarket chains Euroopt and Neighbors, some branches of Priorbank, as well as one of the buildings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Thanks to our consultations, inconvenient bicycle parking lots near the Komarovsky market and the Galereya shopping center were converted to the correct ones. 

In total, in 2018, we officially interacted with 31 organizations to install high-quality and convenient bike storage facilities.

100 organizations in the # business bike competition

In 2018, we continued the "Business Bike" campaign and identified the most bike-friendly employees and the most bike-friendly organizations. 4 cities and about 100 organizations took part in the campaign.

17 stylish cycling photo shoots #minskbikestyle

In 2018, MVO, in partnership with the IOO "Solyanka" in a new format, continued the campaign "Bicycle and Style" (#minskbikestyle) about city cycling. In 2018, the campaign included 17 photo shoots and interviews.

120 new cyclists thanks to the VeloSchool

Since 2014, MVO volunteers have been teaching adults and children to ride a bike. In 2018, we taught 120 people how to ride two-wheeled vehicles.

5 screenings of cycling short films

A team of volunteers from the Moscow Military District translated 10 bicycle films into Russian and organized film screenings as part of large-scale city events in Gomel, Mogilev and Minsk.

7 meetings with bike travelers in the MVO House

Meetings with bicycle travelers from other countries (Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Georgia, France, Germany, Holland) were regularly held in the House of the Minsk Cycling Society.

5 new cycling routes in the Minsk region

With the help of activists from the Moscow Military District, in 2018, a number of cycling routes were developed in the Minsk region. Proposals for the creation of cycling infrastructure on them were transferred for consideration to the Minsk District Executive Committee... Cycling tracks are also available for download at eurovelo.by.

Cycle garage projects published

Data projects we recommend for implementation to the city authorities as a good example of creating a bicycle infrastructure.

Support for bicycle activists in the regions

In 2018, we held seminars and working meetings with city administrations in 9 cities of Belarus: Vileika, Kobrin, Volkovysk, Gomel, Soligorsk, Mostakh, Chausy, Orsha and Slonim.

A lot of work has been done to unite all interested parties and create strategic documents in different cities of Belarus. So in Grodno, Minsk, Brest, Gomel and Vileika, working groups were created that specialize in the development of cycling. 

Plans for the development of cycling have been developed in Minsk, Grodno, Brest, Gomel, Vileika, Bykhov and Chausy. With the help of the Minsk Cycling Society, cycling schemes were created in Brest, Minsk, Grodno, Soligorsk, Orsha, Lida, Vileika and Chausy, and draft concepts for the development of cycling were created in Brest and Grodno.

2 new cycling organizations

In 2018, an informal network of cycling organizations continued to operate. Largely thanks to the advisory and informational work of the MBO team in Belarus, two bicycle initiatives (in Gomel and Novopolotsk) were officially registered.

The first bicycle parade "VivaRovar"

Cycle picnic at the Lebyazhy water park

Challenge #30daysofbiking

113 new members

In 2018, the number of official members of the MBO became 492 people.

4 overlapping of the main avenues of Minsk for cyclists

MVO became partners and co-organizers of four major international bike parades and bike rides on the roadway: Viva Rovar bike carnival, Bike for Women bike ride, Girls bike parade and bike rides in honor of the Car Free Day. The total number of participants in these events is over 20,000.

50 cycling activities

In total, in 2018, the Minsk Cycling Society became the organizer or co-organizer of 50 cycling events.

3 international cycling conferences

In 2018, the team of the Minsk Cycling Society represented Belarus at three international cycling conferences - in Ukraine, Russia and Italy.

kreml

Minsk has a city strategic plan for the development of cycling for 2018-2020s

This is document, in which the goals and objectives of the development of cycling are fixed and specific actions are determined to achieve them.

The traffic police signed a project for a cycle lane on the roadway along Vera Khoruzhei Street.

Experts from the Moscow Military District, with the help of BNPP, developed a project for cycling infrastructure along Vera Khoruzhei Street. The project passed several stages of approval in the traffic police , all suggestions and recommendations were taken into account and approval was obtained at all levels.

18 bike garages installed in Minsk

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

4 districts of Minsk received proposals to improve cycling infrastructure

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

Conducted a study of the benefits of cycling for the city and townspeople

Based on the research, “Method for assessing the economic and social effectiveness of cycling infrastructure projects”, With the help of which it is possible to substantiate the construction of bicycle infrastructure and propose the inclusion of these objects in the investment program of Minsk.

112 cyclists per hour!

In September 2018, we calculated the traffic intensity of cyclists at 20 points in Minsk. In 84.5 hours of counting, 7,217 cyclists were recorded. The average number of cyclists per hour is 85. The average number of cyclists is 49 per hour in the morning and 112 in the evening.

Counting pregnant women on bicycles

In 2018, we first explored the topic of cycling with babies and during pregnancy. In total, 110 women from all over Belarus took part in the study. 27.3% female respondents said they cycled during pregnancy. Most until the 5-6th month, but there are those who continued to ride until the 9th month.

Cycle parking has been installed at two metro stations

Three parking lots for bicycles appeared at the Nemiga and Borisovskiy trakt metro stations thanks to the decision of the city council for the development of cycling, which includes the Minsk Cycling Society.

10,000 cyclists at the Viva rovar cycle carnival

The Minsk Cycling Society is a co-organizer of the largest cycling festival in Belarus - the Viva Rovar bicycle carnival. Traditionally, one of the main avenues of the city is blocked for cyclists and cyclists. In 2018, there were more than 10 thousand participants from all over Belarus and neighboring countries.

200 participants at the III International Cycling Festival

VeloGomel and the Minsk Cycling Society held one of the largest cycling events in the village of Granovka (Gomel region) - the international cycling festival “Between Sozh and Dnieper”. Almost 200 participants from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine have registered for the festival.

Thanks to volunteers from the city authorities

On August 18-19, Minsk hosted the Minsk Cup and Minsk Grand Prix international road cycling races. 23 teams from 13 countries came to the competition.
Volunteers of the Minsk Cycling Society supported this event, ensuring the safety of participants and fans and received official gratitude from the city authorities for the competent and professional support of the international event.

10 Belarusian cities took part in the European Mobility Week

From 16 to 22 September, the European Mobility Week (EHM) is taking place around the world, an international campaign to raise awareness of sustainable urban mobility. Within the framework of the ENM, a whole festival of cycling events was held in Minsk, Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev and Braslav with the participation of the Moscow Military District

10 public lectures on cycling and the city

The MBO team organized 10 public lectures in 2018 on cycling infrastructure, urbanism, and urban activism. They were attended by over 1000 people, following the results of the events there were about 50 publications in the media.

40 activists took part in the II International Cycle Camp

August 10-12 passed training camp for cycling activists near Gomel. The cycling camp brought together 40 cyclists and experts from different parts of Belarus.

200 bicycle activists took part in the PraRovar forum in Brest

On November 23-25, the PraRovar-2018 forum was held in Brest, with the participation of the Za Velo-Brest institution and the Brest executive committee. 

The PraRovar Forum is a platform for exchange of experience between cycling activists from different cities, an opportunity to improve communication with city administrations and designers, improve skills in designing bicycle infrastructure, develop a bicycle culture and advocacy, synchronize actions for the development of urban cycling in Belarus.

In total, 239 applications for participation were submitted. The best were selected on a competitive basis. Almost 200 people from 35 cities and 7 countries took part in all the days of the forum.

2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action "30 days on a bike"

The "30 days of biking" promotion is a worldwide challenge of promising at least a little bike ride every April day. 

The challenge in Minsk is supervised by the team of the Minsk Cycling Society.
Belarus took 2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action.

Presentation of the route "Green Cycle Ring of Minsk" on Bicycle Day

On the World Bicycle Day in Minsk for the first time there was a presentation of the cycling route "The Green Cycling Ring of Minsk". The full route of the excursion was 70 kilometers. More than 100 cyclists have ridden over the watery green areas of Minsk in 8 hours.

Breakthrough campaign #collaborateoutorqvalak

In 2018, we continued our campaign to promote the right bike parking #withoutcolautorkvalak and achieved the installation of bicycle parking near some metro stations, supermarket chains Euroopt and Neighbors, some branches of Priorbank, as well as one of the buildings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Thanks to our consultations, inconvenient bicycle parking lots near the Komarovsky market and the Galereya shopping center were converted to the correct ones. 

In total, in 2018, we officially interacted with 31 organizations to install high-quality and convenient bike storage facilities.

100 organizations in the # business bike competition

In 2018, we continued the "Business Bike" campaign and identified the most bike-friendly employees and the most bike-friendly organizations. 4 cities and about 100 organizations took part in the campaign.

17 stylish cycling photo shoots #minskbikestyle

In 2018, MVO, in partnership with the IOO "Solyanka" in a new format, continued the campaign "Bicycle and Style" (#minskbikestyle) about city cycling. In 2018, the campaign included 17 photo shoots and interviews.

120 new cyclists thanks to the VeloSchool

Since 2014, MVO volunteers have been teaching adults and children to ride a bike. In 2018, we taught 120 people how to ride two-wheeled vehicles.

5 screenings of cycling short films

A team of volunteers from the Moscow Military District translated 10 bicycle films into Russian and organized film screenings as part of large-scale city events in Gomel, Mogilev and Minsk.

7 meetings with bike travelers in the MVO House

Meetings with bicycle travelers from other countries (Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Georgia, France, Germany, Holland) were regularly held in the House of the Minsk Cycling Society.

5 new cycling routes in the Minsk region

With the help of activists from the Moscow Military District, in 2018, a number of cycling routes were developed in the Minsk region. Proposals for the creation of cycling infrastructure on them were transferred for consideration to the Minsk District Executive Committee... Cycling tracks are also available for download at eurovelo.by.

Cycle garage projects published

Data projects we recommend for implementation to the city authorities as a good example of creating a bicycle infrastructure.

Support for bicycle activists in the regions

In 2018, we held seminars and working meetings with city administrations in 9 cities of Belarus: Vileika, Kobrin, Volkovysk, Gomel, Soligorsk, Mostakh, Chausy, Orsha and Slonim.

A lot of work has been done to unite all interested parties and create strategic documents in different cities of Belarus. So in Grodno, Minsk, Brest, Gomel and Vileika, working groups were created that specialize in the development of cycling. 

Plans for the development of cycling have been developed in Minsk, Grodno, Brest, Gomel, Vileika, Bykhov and Chausy. With the help of the Minsk Cycling Society, cycling schemes were created in Brest, Minsk, Grodno, Soligorsk, Orsha, Lida, Vileika and Chausy, and draft concepts for the development of cycling were created in Brest and Grodno.

2 new cycling organizations

In 2018, an informal network of cycling organizations continued to operate. Largely thanks to the advisory and informational work of the MBO team in Belarus, two bicycle initiatives (in Gomel and Novopolotsk) were officially registered.

113 new members

In 2018, the number of official members of the MBO became 492 people.

4 overlapping of the main avenues of Minsk for cyclists

MVO became partners and co-organizers of four major international bike parades and bike rides on the roadway: Viva Rovar bike carnival, Bike for Women bike ride, Girls bike parade and bike rides in honor of the Car Free Day. The total number of participants in these events is over 20,000.

50 cycling activities

In total, in 2018, the Minsk Cycling Society became the organizer or co-organizer of 50 cycling events.

3 international cycling conferences

In 2018, the team of the Minsk Cycling Society represented Belarus at three international cycling conferences - in Ukraine, Russia and Italy.

kreml

Minsk has a city strategic plan for the development of cycling for 2018-2020s

This is document, in which the goals and objectives of the development of cycling are fixed and specific actions are determined to achieve them.

The traffic police signed a project for a cycle lane on the roadway along Vera Khoruzhei Street.

Experts from the Moscow Military District, with the help of BNPP, developed a project for cycling infrastructure along Vera Khoruzhei Street. The project passed several stages of approval in the traffic police , all suggestions and recommendations were taken into account and approval was obtained at all levels.

18 bike garages installed in Minsk

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

4 districts of Minsk received proposals to improve cycling infrastructure

Thanks to the work of the MVO team in the Zavodskoy district, 8 bicycle garages and bicycle storage areas have appeared in parking lots. About 10 more bike garages were organized in other parts of the city.

Conducted a study of the benefits of cycling for the city and townspeople

Based on the research, “Method for assessing the economic and social effectiveness of cycling infrastructure projects”, With the help of which it is possible to substantiate the construction of bicycle infrastructure and propose the inclusion of these objects in the investment program of Minsk.

112 cyclists per hour!

In September 2018, we calculated the traffic intensity of cyclists at 20 points in Minsk. In 84.5 hours of counting, 7,217 cyclists were recorded. The average number of cyclists per hour is 85. The average number of cyclists is 49 per hour in the morning and 112 in the evening.

Counting pregnant women on bicycles

In 2018, we first explored the topic of cycling with babies and during pregnancy. In total, 110 women from all over Belarus took part in the study. 27.3% female respondents said they cycled during pregnancy. Most until the 5-6th month, but there are those who continued to ride until the 9th month.

Cycle parking has been installed at two metro stations

Three parking lots for bicycles appeared at the Nemiga and Borisovskiy trakt metro stations thanks to the decision of the city council for the development of cycling, which includes the Minsk Cycling Society.

10,000 cyclists at the Viva rovar cycle carnival

The Minsk Cycling Society is a co-organizer of the largest cycling festival in Belarus - the Viva Rovar bicycle carnival. Traditionally, one of the main avenues of the city is blocked for cyclists and cyclists. In 2018, there were more than 10 thousand participants from all over Belarus and neighboring countries.

200 participants at the III International Cycling Festival

VeloGomel and the Minsk Cycling Society held one of the largest cycling events in the village of Granovka (Gomel region) - the international cycling festival “Between Sozh and Dnieper”. Almost 200 participants from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine have registered for the festival.

Thanks to volunteers from the city authorities

On August 18-19, Minsk hosted the Minsk Cup and Minsk Grand Prix international road cycling races. 23 teams from 13 countries came to the competition.
Volunteers of the Minsk Cycling Society supported this event, ensuring the safety of participants and fans and received official gratitude from the city authorities for the competent and professional support of the international event.

10 Belarusian cities took part in the European Mobility Week

From 16 to 22 September, the European Mobility Week (EHM) is taking place around the world, an international campaign to raise awareness of sustainable urban mobility. Within the framework of the ENM, a whole festival of cycling events was held in Minsk, Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev and Braslav with the participation of the Moscow Military District

10 public lectures on cycling and the city

The MBO team organized 10 public lectures in 2018 on cycling infrastructure, urbanism, and urban activism. They were attended by over 1000 people, following the results of the events there were about 50 publications in the media.

40 activists took part in the II International Cycle Camp

August 10-12 passed training camp for cycling activists near Gomel. The cycling camp brought together 40 cyclists and experts from different parts of Belarus.

200 bicycle activists took part in the PraRovar forum in Brest

On November 23-25, the PraRovar-2018 forum was held in Brest, with the participation of the Za Velo-Brest institution and the Brest executive committee. 

The PraRovar Forum is a platform for exchange of experience between cycling activists from different cities, an opportunity to improve communication with city administrations and designers, improve skills in designing bicycle infrastructure, develop a bicycle culture and advocacy, synchronize actions for the development of urban cycling in Belarus.

In total, 239 applications for participation were submitted. The best were selected on a competitive basis. Almost 200 people from 35 cities and 7 countries took part in all the days of the forum.

2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action "30 days on a bike"

The "30 days of biking" promotion is a worldwide challenge of promising at least a little bike ride every April day. 

The challenge in Minsk is supervised by the team of the Minsk Cycling Society.
Belarus took 2nd place in the world in terms of the number of participants in the action.

Presentation of the route "Green Cycle Ring of Minsk" on Bicycle Day

On the World Bicycle Day in Minsk for the first time there was a presentation of the cycling route "The Green Cycling Ring of Minsk". The full route of the excursion was 70 kilometers. More than 100 cyclists have ridden over the watery green areas of Minsk in 8 hours.

Breakthrough campaign #collaborateoutorqvalak

In 2018, we continued our campaign to promote the right bike parking #withoutcolautorkvalak and achieved the installation of bicycle parking near some metro stations, supermarket chains Euroopt and Neighbors, some branches of Priorbank, as well as one of the buildings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Thanks to our consultations, inconvenient bicycle parking lots near the Komarovsky market and the Galereya shopping center were converted to the correct ones. 

In total, in 2018, we officially interacted with 31 organizations to install high-quality and convenient bike storage facilities.

100 organizations in the # business bike competition

In 2018, we continued the "Business Bike" campaign and identified the most bike-friendly employees and the most bike-friendly organizations. 4 cities and about 100 organizations took part in the campaign.

17 stylish cycling photo shoots #minskbikestyle

In 2018, MVO, in partnership with the IOO "Solyanka" in a new format, continued the campaign "Bicycle and Style" (#minskbikestyle) about city cycling. In 2018, the campaign included 17 photo shoots and interviews.

120 new cyclists thanks to the VeloSchool

Since 2014, MVO volunteers have been teaching adults and children to ride a bike. In 2018, we taught 120 people how to ride two-wheeled vehicles.

5 screenings of cycling short films

A team of volunteers from the Moscow Military District translated 10 bicycle films into Russian and organized film screenings as part of large-scale city events in Gomel, Mogilev and Minsk.

7 meetings with bike travelers in the MVO House

Meetings with bicycle travelers from other countries (Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Georgia, France, Germany, Holland) were regularly held in the House of the Minsk Cycling Society.

5 new cycling routes in the Minsk region

With the help of activists from the Moscow Military District, in 2018, a number of cycling routes were developed in the Minsk region. Proposals for the creation of cycling infrastructure on them were transferred for consideration to the Minsk District Executive Committee... Cycling tracks are also available for download at eurovelo.by.

Cycle garage projects published

Data projects we recommend for implementation to the city authorities as a good example of creating a bicycle infrastructure.

Support for bicycle activists in the regions

In 2018, we held seminars and working meetings with city administrations in 9 cities of Belarus: Vileika, Kobrin, Volkovysk, Gomel, Soligorsk, Mostakh, Chausy, Orsha and Slonim.

A lot of work has been done to unite all interested parties and create strategic documents in different cities of Belarus. So in Grodno, Minsk, Brest, Gomel and Vileika, working groups were created that specialize in the development of cycling. 

Plans for the development of cycling have been developed in Minsk, Grodno, Brest, Gomel, Vileika, Bykhov and Chausy. With the help of the Minsk Cycling Society, cycling schemes were created in Brest, Minsk, Grodno, Soligorsk, Orsha, Lida, Vileika and Chausy, and draft concepts for the development of cycling were created in Brest and Grodno.

2 new cycling organizations

In 2018, an informal network of cycling organizations continued to operate. Largely thanks to the advisory and informational work of the MBO team in Belarus, two bicycle initiatives (in Gomel and Novopolotsk) were officially registered.

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