Dr Piotr KuropatwińskiUniversity of Gdańsk
Pomeranian Association Common Europe European Cyclists’ Federation
THE CONTRIBUTION OF CYCLING
TO PEACE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
5th VELOFORUM CONFERENCE, LVIV, UKRAINE
10TH-11TH OCTOBER 2014
Life’s like riding a bicycle – if youwant to keepbalance, you needto move on
• Senior lecturer of economic policy issues at the University of Gdańsk
• Author of the „Concept of development of the cycling system in Pomeranian Voivodship – Green Paper
• Initiator of the Gdańsk Charter of Active Mobility
• Took part in 11 Velo-city Conferences and a number of EU sponsored cycling promotion projects
• Author of a series of feuilletons on urban cycling issues in a popular Polish daily newspaper
Speaker as such
Source:
Gdańsk
Lviv
Donetsk
www.ecf.com
Road traffic safety records
No. of fatalities resulting from road traffic accidents per 1 M inhabitantsin EU-27 in 2011
Source: http://rowery.trojmiasto.pl/Szosowy-wyscig-rowerowy-w-Gdyni-n72026.html
Source: Alex Sully, BYPAD project presentation. Tczew 2008
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world
Source:
Do not ask what the country can do for you, rather ask what can you do for your country
Lord will empower his people.
Lord will give his people the blessingof peace
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