Share your winter cycling

research and expertise at #WCC16!

Proposals to present at the Winter Cycling Congress 2016 are now being accepted. The Winter Cycling Congress will be held 2-4 February in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The congress is a three-day professional development event uniting a diverse and international group with a shared vision of increasing cycling and walking among people of all ages and abilities. 

This year’s congress will look at winter cycling through the lens of equity. How do we engage with a wide range of people and their communities to ensure everyone has an ownership in cycling and active transportation no matter the time of year, where they live, their age, ability or background? 

Topics & Tracks

Topics to be covered at the congress relate to policy, planning, engineering, design, maintenance, implementation, evaluation and encouragement necessary to creating a built environment and social context in which cycling is a safe, comfortable and convenient choice in July or January. There will be three tracks at the congress, including the following.

1. Build it – policy, planning, engineering and design for year-round cycling and walking. 
2. Maintain it – implementing the plan and maintaining safe, comfortable conditions.
3. Bike it –evaluating winter cycling and encouraging health, economic and social benefits.

Audience

Past congresses have featured presenters from the fields of planning, engineering, advocacy, public health, journalism, architecture, the arts and many other areas. It is a Congress for anyone who lives in a winter climate and works with or uses a bike in the winter.

More information?

Interested parties can learn more about proposal criteria and deadlines at http://wintercyclingcongress2016.org/program/. For specific questions, write to organizers: info@wintercyclingcongress2016.org.

About the congress

This is the first year the Winter Cycling Congress will be held in the United States. The 2016 congress is being organized by a coalition of volunteers representing a diverse group of individuals, organizations and businesses from Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the State of Minnesota. This coalition presents the 2016 edition of the congress in partnership with the Winter Cycling Federation. The mission of the Winter Cycling Federation is to promote winter cycling around the world.