Ride to Resilience
The Ride to Resilience workshop aimed to bring together cycling enthusiast, NGOs, consultants and supportive organisations in Bengaluru. We organised it with the partnership with WRI India. It aimed to explore ways to increase cycling adoption in the city through integrated planning, actions, infrastructure design and policy reforms. The workshop sought to build momentum forward towards cycling inclusive Bengaluru.
Outcomes
- Conducted a design charrette using the World café model, where participants discussed about developing context-specific design and policy solutions to enhance cycling infrastructure and user experience.
- Facilitated discussions on strategies to boost cycling through planning, design and policy interventions and public engagement initiatives.
- Explored the history and evolution of cycling programs in Bengaluru, identifying success, challenges, and key lessons learnt.
- Identified and listed possible pilot projects, awareness campaigns and strategies.
Impacts
- Capacity building: Empowered local actors and stakeholders with knowledge, design tools and collaborative framework to accelerate cycling initiatives.
- Actionable outcomes: identified actionable strategies to integrate cycling into Bengaluru’s urban mobility framework.
- Collaborative vision building: Strengthened partnerships among stakeholders to visualize cycling programs
