Workshop: Planning for Year Round Active Mobility

Cities across the Baltic Sea Region are increasingly looking for ways to make walking and cycling attractive, safe, and reliable throughout the year. Year-Round Active Mobility is a mindset change to ensure cycling and walking is taken into account as a means of transport throughout all four seasons, both by users and city planners. This interactive workshop invites cities to explore how year-round active mobility can be integrated into sustainable urban mobility planning in a practical and realistic way.

The workshop will provide hands-on guidance and concrete tools to support long-term planning for cycling and walking in changing weather conditions. It requires both supplying technical features and managing citizen mobility behaviors. Through real-life case examples from BSR cities and joint discussion on the challenges such as cross-departmental cooperation, infrastructure maintenance for year-round use, and the need to build stable political support for active mobility, the workshop will show how year-round active mobility can be embedded into SUMP strategies and everyday planning processes. The session is especially relevant for city planners, mobility experts, and decision-makers who want to strengthen active modes as a core part of their mobility system.

Join us to exchange experiences, learn from peers, and identify concrete next steps for making year-round active mobility a reality in your city.