Urban, animating bike playgrounds

Urban areas often lack the appropriate infrastructure to motivate society across generations to cycle.

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In urban areas, the appropriate infrastructure to motivate society across all generations to cycle is often lacking. Bicycle playgrounds close to home are ideal for getting kids on the bike as a means of sport and exercise in a playful way: fewer emissions, more fun thanks to the VELOPARK

WHAT

Bike parks – inner-city, sustainable and promoting exercise: The VELOPARK!

WHY

Many people today have no connection to bicycles. What's more, many children cannot ride bicycles or are very unsafe. In addition, older children prefer to travel short distances by car: whether out of habit, convenience or because they don't even own a bicycle - this is bad for the environment, traffic and health. The fact is that in order to encourage our society to get more exercise by bike across all generations, the appropriate infrastructure is often lacking in urban areas. Loveless playgrounds, abandoned football pitches, grey schoolyards. There are no places that promote mobility and that can be visited, reached and used in everyday life without any complications and restrictions. Without a time-consuming journey by car, without exhaust fumes. The bicycle should be made a reality as a means of transport and sport from an early age.

HOW

The VELOPARK Module from Sweden are ideal for creating turnkey and green park concepts for bicycles on any (urban) area. In combination with trail design, environmental design, infrastructure and optionally a modular pump track, exercise-promoting, individual and varied VELOPARK concepts are created. For every level and all generations on the pedal. In a VELOPARK close to home, even the youngest children learn to know and love the bike and take this connection with them into their everyday life and as they grow up. On the one hand, this is good for the environment and protects the climate. On the other hand, the kids get moving, do something for their health, work on their motor skills. Social interaction is also encouraged in a VELOPARK. People wait, help, cheer, and make friends. Together instead of against each other on the bike for the environment. The sustainable bike playground can be reached without time and planning and without having to travel by car and is the perfect training area with a fun factor. The unused football pitch has already been brought to life, the park is once again becoming the centre of local life and bicycles are gradually replacing cars. For a greener future.

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