Bicicampus is an initiative that is the brainchild of BACC (Bicycle Club of Catalonia), the bicycle users association. Our project started years ago under the name of Sensefums (Catalan for "without fumes". We could also have called it "without noise", "with health", "without hassle", etc. There are so many reasons to leave the motorbike or car at home and get on your bike that we can't list them all here.
Now, thanks to the collaboration of “La Caixa”, we can shift up a gear and get the project underway. We have received a grant to buy 200 bikes and we have reached a contribution agreement with the UB and the UPC to lend them to students. But as we couldn't decide on the best way to distribute them, we have designed a campaign which you can take part in and perhaps ride away with a bike... How? Click here.
Besides the 200 bikes we also want to:
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1.Inform: Explain the advantages of cycling to university and encourage a positive attitude towards this means of transport.
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2.Make it easy: If going by bicycle is new for you, we want to make it easy, right?
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•Lending bikes to students
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•Providing important information for new cyclists: routes, advice, bike shops, etc.
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3.Protect yourself and your bike: Finally we want to ensure your safety and that of your bike and beat those pesky thieves to it! More information about safety here.
What can you do?
For this campaign to work we need you to take part. Join the initiative: Download campaign materials, promote the campaign, send us your bike routes to get to university, tell us your stories about cycling or get hold of one of the 200 BiciCampus bikes. Find out more on this site.
Thanks to...
We especially want to thank the following organisations, associations and individuals for their help and making it possible for Bicicampus to exist.
What is BiciCampus?
Getting to university by bicycle
Subsidised by:
Collaborators:
Special thanks to:
Enginyers Sense Fronteres UAB
Enginyers Sense Fronteres UPC
Plataforma Pro carril bici de la Universitat de Lleida
Ajuntament de Girona
Barcelona Centre Universitari (BCU)
BdeBarna
Bicicletes Tràfach
Biciclot
Col·lectiu de tambores
Consell de Joventut de Barcelona
Consorci de les Vies Verdes
DHOCSA
Eco-union
Kim Gili
La gent del viatge
Miquel del Roig
Mou-te en bici
Pere Aritza
Pol Puvill
Terrabike
An enterprise of:
With the support of:
