Nowon-gu 'Bicycle Culture Center' Opening and 'Bicycle-Friendly City' Declaration... International Symposium Held

At the Bicycle-Friendly City Proclamation Ceremony, 10 Major Visions Including 'Bicycle 10-Minute City Nowon' Presented
International Symposium Held to Discuss Bicycle Policies with Experts from the Netherlands and France
October 31, 3 PM, Nowon District Office 6th Floor Small Auditorium... Open to Anyone Interested in Bicycles

Bird's-eye view of Nowon-gu Bicycle Culture Center

Nowon-gu, Seoul (Mayor Oh Seung-rok) will hold an international symposium with experts from the Netherlands and France, along with a proclamation ceremony declaring the district as a bicycle-friendly city through measures such as increasing the bicycle transportation mode share by 10% and opening the Nowon-gu Bicycle Culture Center.

The district is promoting various policies to participate in and practice the demands of the era of carbon neutrality as a local government leading carbon neutrality. In particular, as a measure to practice carbon neutrality in the transportation sector, the district has made the creation of a bicycle-friendly city a core administrative task and is establishing the "Nowon-gu Bicycle-Friendly City Comprehensive Plan" to achieve this.

This "Bicycle-Friendly City Proclamation Ceremony" and "International Symposium" will set the direction, discussing various measures to improve the environment for promoting bicycle use and encouraging active participation from residents.

The event will begin with the Bicycle-Friendly City Proclamation Ceremony. During the ceremony, the district will introduce ten major visions for advancing as a bicycle-friendly city and present directions for realization.

The ten major visions include ▲Nowon, a bicycle city within 10 minutes ▲Increasing the bicycle transportation mode share by 10% ▲Opening the Nowon-gu Bicycle Culture Center ▲Constructing large-scale bicycle parking lots at transfer stations ▲Providing bicycle and personal mobility safety education tailored to life stages ▲Hosting bicycle cultural festivals, among others.

The subsequent international symposium will be divided into two parts to discuss international trends and cases of bicycle policies in depth. In Part 1, Chris Bruntlett, an international cooperation officer of the Dutch Bicycle Friendship Association and a world-renowned bicycle expert, will present the Netherlands' bicycle policies. Additionally, Han Seung-hoon, a researcher from the Carlos Moreno research team who devised the "Paris 15-minute city" concept, will introduce France's policies.

In Part 2, Professor Yoon Je-yong of Seoul National University will chair the session and discuss ways to create a bicycle-friendly city in Nowon-gu based on domestic and international cases. Panelists include Kim Jin-tae, director of the Bicycle Culture Social Cooperative; Jung Hyun-mi, policy chairperson of the Forest and Sharing Bicycle Citizens Forum; and Park Yong-shin, head of the Nowon-gu Carbon Neutrality Promotion Team. Afterwards, there will be a time for residents to freely share their opinions.

The event will take place on October 31 at 3 p.m. in the small auditorium on the 6th floor of Nowon-gu Office. Any resident interested in bicycles can participate without prior registration.

The district is currently constructing Seoul's first Bicycle Culture Center, aiming to start construction in March next year and complete it by April 2026. The building will be a four-story pilotis structure with ▲the 2nd floor housing a miniature bicycle exhibition caf? ▲the 3rd floor featuring a VR bicycle experience center ▲the 4th floor serving as a multipurpose education hall ▲and the rooftop designed as a garden to create a healing space overlooking Danghyeoncheon Stream.

Oh Seung-rok, mayor of Nowon-gu, stated, "Bicycles are a key means to practice carbon neutrality in the transportation sector," adding, "We will do our best to activate bicycle use and prepare realistic alternatives to achieve carbon neutrality by leveraging the proclamation ceremony and forum as stepping stones."

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