Budapest participates in the European Cycling Challenge

In 2017, Budapest also joins the European Cycling Challenge, the biggest urban cycling team competition between European cities. This year, the Hungarian capital will also get the chance to compete in cycling with 50 other European cities in the challenge held from 1 to 31 May.

During the campaign, cyclists in the participating cities track travelled kilometres with the help of a smartphone application developed for this purpose. By doing this, cyclists not only help their home city to achieve the title of “the European city that rides most” but in Budapest they can also win MOL Bubi gift packages or smartphone-holder mounts for their bikes. Last year, 46 thousand participants from 52 cities recorded around 4 million kilometres in the competition’s smartphone application.

The European Cycling Challenge is a European-level competition established under CIVITAS 2020, in which Budapest can compare itself this year among others with Rome, Barcelona or Cracow, to see which city has the longest total cycled distance. In addition to shaping transport behaviours and promoting sustainable, eco-friendly urban transport, the ECC also provides useful information for transport organisers, as well.