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Towards Safer and More Secure Road Cycling Passed

Wednesday August 26, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 Café Opera

Lecturers: Henk Swarttouw, Katja Kircher, Martin Vingren, Michael Koucky

This session highlights the importance of road cycling and explores how research and data can contribute to safer overtaking and improved transport planning. It also examines how national ambitions for recreational cycling can be strengthened and further developed.


Cyclists’ Conditions on Rural Roads
Katja Kircher, VTI 

Road Cycling – An Important but Overlooked Form of Cycling
Martin Vingren och Michael Koucky, Koucky & Partners

The potential of recreational cykling, national ambitions 
Henk Swarttouw, European Cyclists’ Federation



Lecturers

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Henk Swarttouw Lecturer

Styrelse ordförance

Katja Kircher Lecturer

Forskningsledare

Research leader at VTI with main research interests in sustainable transport and cycling (mostly rural areas) and road user attention.

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Martin Vingren Lecturer

Konsult hållbart resande

Michael Koucky Lecturer

VD