Key goals of the European Declaration of Cycling:

The European Commission has managed to agree was part of the #EUGreenDeal within the Mobility and Transport targets to the European Declaration of Cycling.

Key goals are social inclusion - something where the Pedelec has already opened in the past 3 decased many doors to make cycling more inclusive, allow more people to cycle together despite different personal capabilities. Here the original Text of Chapter 2 of the Decleration of Cyling:

CHAPTER II:

Encouraging inclusive, affordable and healthy mobilityEveryone, including people with disabilities or those with reduced mobility and irrespective of age and gender should have access to mobility, and cycling can make a major contribution to enable this. Cycling should also be affordable irrespective of income level and promoted as beneficial to mental and physical health.

We commit to:

• Incrasing the use of cycling to promote social inclusion by paying particular attention to the needs of women, children, older people and vulnerable and marginalised groups;

• taking measures to enable better access to cycling for people with disabilities or those with reduced mobility;

• taking measures to boost active mobility of older people and thereby contributing to active ageing;

• providing targeted cycling training in particular for children and vulnerable and marginalised groups;

Link to the orginal source: https://transport.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-11/European_Declaration_on_Cycling_en_0.pdf