City profile

The cities of the Baltic-Sea-Cycling Project started their work elaborating a “city profile”. This instrument was developed by Örebro and discussed in the first workshops. This profile contains information about the city and the general framework, as well as a questionnaire with 26 indicators about cycling. These include aspects of infrastructure, service, accessibility, regulations, status, promotion, information and cycling policy.

Each indicator has a defined scale between zero and five. Zero means nothing positive for cycling at all and five indicates the highest imaginable level of cycling support. In addition to the survey of the present situation, every partner was asked to specify the level they want to reach within the project. Both indicators were then brought together in a diagram giving a good impression about the current status and the ambitions concerning cycling.

Summarizing all indicators, the cities could find their position on a scale of seven stages of development:

-1: Minus position
0: Zero position
1: Start position
2: Accepted position
3: Established position
4: Mainstream position
5: Dominating position

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