Conference Hosts

The conference is organized in co-operation by Lund University and The Swedish Cycling Research Centre at VTI.

Transport & Roads division, Department of Technology & Society, Faculty of Engineering, LTH, at Lund University consists of ca 20 full-time senior researchers and 15 PhD students. Transport & Roads conducts extensive research related to road safety, particularly of the vulnerable road users, policy and practice in urban transportation, public transport and transport economics. It is involved in a large number of international and national projects related to various aspect of cycling, considering it to be a natural part of a sustainable transport system.

The Swedish Cycling Research Centre is hosted by the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI). VTI is an independent and interdisciplinary research institute in the transport sector. The Institute is an assignment-based authority under the Ministry of Infrastructure with about 200 employees. The institute has a broad competence profile and carries out applied research and development in relation to all modes of transportation. Knowledge that the institute develops provides a basis for decisions made by stakeholders in the transport sector. The administration of a national knowledge centre for research and education on cycling was commissioned to VTI by the Swedish government in 2018. In co-operation with other researchers, interest organisations and governmental bodies, VTI works on establishing long-term inter-disciplinary research to make cycling safer and more attractive.

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