Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
Professor of geography of mobilities and urban planning
University of Lausanne
Head of the Academic Observatory for Cycling & Active Mobilities OUVEMA www.unil.ch/ouvema
Political science
29%
Sociology
20%
🚲 How cyclists experience?
➡️ Right-turn-on-red
➡️ Riding in the middle of the roundabout
These measures are used bt not sufficient:
➡️ Lack of knowledge specifically among non-cyclists
➡️ Lack of safety
So what should be done?
✅ Education (all users)
✅ New rules
✅ Re-design
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
➡️ Right-turn-on-red
➡️ Riding in the middle of the roundabout
These measures are used bt not sufficient:
➡️ Lack of knowledge specifically among non-cyclists
➡️ Lack of safety
So what should be done?
✅ Education (all users)
✅ New rules
✅ Re-design
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
Reposted by Patrick Rérat
Réaménager les carrefours pour protéger les cyclistes
Les mesures mises en place en Suisse pour améliorer la protection des cyclistes aux carrefours présentent des limites dans la pratique : c’est ce que démontre une étude de l’Université de Lausanne. Be...
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Une étude de l'UNIL montre que les mesures mises en place en🇨🇭pour protéger les cyclistes aux intersections présentent des limites dans la pratique. Elle souligne l'importance de relancer des campagnes d'information et de repenser les carrefours! 🚲
www.unil.ch/news/1762507...
@unil.bsky.social
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🚲 What a wonderful afternoon! We celebrated the 5th anniversary of OUVEMA, the research centre on cycling and active mobilities @unil.bsky.social
Great discussions on how to accelerate the development of cycling in Switzerland
🙏 Many thanks to the speakers and the audience!
Great discussions on how to accelerate the development of cycling in Switzerland
🙏 Many thanks to the speakers and the audience!
Reposted by Patrick Rérat
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ensuring that Freedom to Cycle is accessible to all. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Cette présentation fait partie du cycle de conférences "Cycling for all ages and abilities" organisé par l’OUVEMA avec le soutien de l’Association Transports et Environnement (ATE).
This presentation...
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There is still time to sign up for Isabelle's online talk on “Ensuring that Freedom to Cycle is Accessible to All”.
When: Thursday, 6th November
Time: 11am–12pm (London time)
Register your free place here: unil.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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When: Thursday, 6th November
Time: 11am–12pm (London time)
Register your free place here: unil.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@isabelleclementmbe.bsky.social
What is the level of education in Switzerland?
➡️ Compulsory education from 29% (1991) to 17% (2021)
➡️ Apprenticeship from 55% to 42%
➡️ Tertiary education (university or equivalent) from 16% to 41%, overrepresented in urban areas
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/bildung-schw...
➡️ Compulsory education from 29% (1991) to 17% (2021)
➡️ Apprenticeship from 55% to 42%
➡️ Tertiary education (university or equivalent) from 16% to 41%, overrepresented in urban areas
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/bildung-schw...
📣 @isabelleclementmbe.bsky.social will give a talk "Ensuring that freedom to cycle is accessible to all"
➡️ Thursday 6th Nov. at 12.00 (Swiss time)
➡️ Register to get the link: www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
Part of a webinar series "Cycling for all ages and abilities" by OUVEMA @unil.bsky.social & ATE
➡️ Thursday 6th Nov. at 12.00 (Swiss time)
➡️ Register to get the link: www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
Part of a webinar series "Cycling for all ages and abilities" by OUVEMA @unil.bsky.social & ATE
This Thursday! Still time to register!
📣 @isabelleclementmbe.bsky.social will give a talk "Ensuring that freedom to cycle is accessible to all"
➡️ Thursday 6th Nov. at 12.00 (Swiss time)
➡️ Register to get the link: www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
Part of a webinar series "Cycling for all ages and abilities" by OUVEMA @unil.bsky.social & ATE
➡️ Thursday 6th Nov. at 12.00 (Swiss time)
➡️ Register to get the link: www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
Part of a webinar series "Cycling for all ages and abilities" by OUVEMA @unil.bsky.social & ATE
🙏 Nous avons le grand plaisir de recevoir Ursula Wyss le 5 novembre pour les 5 ans de l'OUVEMA! Comment initier le tournant vélo en Suisse?
✍ Inscrivez-vous pour une après-midi riche en présentations et débats: events.unil.ch/register/520
Plus d'infos: www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
✍ Inscrivez-vous pour une après-midi riche en présentations et débats: events.unil.ch/register/520
Plus d'infos: www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
Une E-bike city? C'est une ville où la moitié de la chaussée est (re)donnée aux vélos à assistance électrique, vélos et micromobilités.
Venez découvrir cet ambitieux projet de l'ETHZ à l'occasion de 5 ans de l'OUVEMA le 5 novembre: events.unil.ch/register/520
Venez découvrir cet ambitieux projet de l'ETHZ à l'occasion de 5 ans de l'OUVEMA le 5 novembre: events.unil.ch/register/520
‼️ What a (wonderful) week ‼️ I had the honour of being a guest professor at Paul-Valéry University Montpellier
📝 Lectures to Master's students, discussions with colleagues & actors of cycling, visit of the new tram line, and 100km on my Brompton to discover the cycling infrastructure (& the sea!)...
📝 Lectures to Master's students, discussions with colleagues & actors of cycling, visit of the new tram line, and 100km on my Brompton to discover the cycling infrastructure (& the sea!)...
🚲 "Le retour de la bicyclette en Europe" L'OUVEMA accueille Frédéric Héran le 5 novembre!
Inscription pour les 5 ans de l'OUVEMA: events.unil.ch/register/520
Inscription pour les 5 ans de l'OUVEMA: events.unil.ch/register/520
Thanks Ian, glad you liked it!
Reposted by Patrick Rérat
New paper from @patrickrerat.bsky.social and colleagues. I wish I'd read this 3 hours ago because I literally just gave a speech that totally agrees with their claim: "The paper underlines the limits of behavioural
measures and the need for redesigning infrastructure"
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measures and the need for redesigning infrastructure"
api.unil.ch/iris/server/...
Cyclists will soon be counted in the centre of Neuchâtel!
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Oct 13
🚲 🚲 Nouvelle formation en Stratégies de promotion du vélo à @unil.bsky.social
Vous souhaitez faire partie de la première volée en janvier? Inscription au 20 octobre
Pour en savoir plus, l'article d'Allez Savoir (wp.unil.ch/allezsavoir/...)!
Ou www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/formation/st...
Vous souhaitez faire partie de la première volée en janvier? Inscription au 20 octobre
Pour en savoir plus, l'article d'Allez Savoir (wp.unil.ch/allezsavoir/...)!
Ou www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/formation/st...
⁉️ Is your municipality bike-friendly?
📝 Until November 30, rate the municipality where you regularly ride your bike!
🚲 In spring 2026, the most bike-friendly municipalities in Switzerland will be awarded the “Bike Award” by PRO VELO
www.prixvelo.ch
📝 Until November 30, rate the municipality where you regularly ride your bike!
🚲 In spring 2026, the most bike-friendly municipalities in Switzerland will be awarded the “Bike Award” by PRO VELO
www.prixvelo.ch
Last field trip in Zurich with students in urban planning at Uni Lausanne
Zurich is a fascinating city (e.g. the financial capital of Switzerland has 25% of its housing stock which is non profit)
This year I noticed for the first time the cyclists on the building of the urban planning department!
Zurich is a fascinating city (e.g. the financial capital of Switzerland has 25% of its housing stock which is non profit)
This year I noticed for the first time the cyclists on the building of the urban planning department!
Reposted by Patrick Rérat, Carlos Moreno
Quai2Saône
@qsaone.bsky.social
· Oct 3
🚙 En France, le budget pub pour les SUV c'est :
- 65 % des publicités automobiles diffusées à la 📺
- 80 fois le budget publicité pour les transports collectifs. 🚎
- 120 fois celui du Ministère de la Transition Écologique. 🌻
Source : ➡️ www.wwf.fr/vous-informe...
- 65 % des publicités automobiles diffusées à la 📺
- 80 fois le budget publicité pour les transports collectifs. 🚎
- 120 fois celui du Ministère de la Transition Écologique. 🌻
Source : ➡️ www.wwf.fr/vous-informe...
Motorways are cumbersome. Zurich shows 4 ways of dealing with them...
😱 Finding space over a river (that's so 60s...)
😮💨 Stoping building them abruptly (better late than never?)
😀 Covering them with a park (Ueberlandpark)
😀 Turning them into a cycling tunnel
😱 Finding space over a river (that's so 60s...)
😮💨 Stoping building them abruptly (better late than never?)
😀 Covering them with a park (Ueberlandpark)
😀 Turning them into a cycling tunnel
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Sep 29
🚲 L'Observatoire du vélo et des mobilités actives fête ses 5 ans le 5.11 avec
➡️ T Vennemann, UNIL
➡️ F Germond, Lausanne
➡️ P Rérat, UNIL
➡️ F Héran, Uni Lille
➡️ K Axhausen, ETHZ
➡️ U Wyss, Velowende
➡️ D Klopfenstein, PRO VELO
➡️ P-O Nobs, Fribourg
➡️ D Raedler, ATE
➡️ B Tuosto, Yverdon
shorturl.at/D6jKj
➡️ T Vennemann, UNIL
➡️ F Germond, Lausanne
➡️ P Rérat, UNIL
➡️ F Héran, Uni Lille
➡️ K Axhausen, ETHZ
➡️ U Wyss, Velowende
➡️ D Klopfenstein, PRO VELO
➡️ P-O Nobs, Fribourg
➡️ D Raedler, ATE
➡️ B Tuosto, Yverdon
shorturl.at/D6jKj
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Sep 25
🚲 Annual meeting of Cycla, the alliance for cycling, in Bern today. And what is nice about having a meeting till mid afternoon in Bern? The 56 km to cycle back home!
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Sep 24
📣 Jeudi 2 octobre à 12h00. Alexandre Rigal (Cerema) présentera les résultats d'une enquête sur la pratique du vélo chez les seniors en France 🚲
On vous attends nombreux. Infos et lien zoom: www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
On vous attends nombreux. Infos et lien zoom: www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Sep 22
In 🇨🇭 foreigners make up over 25% of the population
There are a few municipalities with more non-Swiss residents than Swiss
In Täsch, 🇵🇹 Portuguese nationals outnumber Swiss (41% and 38% of the population). They keep the tourist machine in Zermatt ticking
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-od...
There are a few municipalities with more non-Swiss residents than Swiss
In Täsch, 🇵🇹 Portuguese nationals outnumber Swiss (41% and 38% of the population). They keep the tourist machine in Zermatt ticking
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-od...
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Sep 19
You wouldn't have an office!
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Neuchatel 1971: voters reject 2 motorway projects because of major impacts (filling in the port, destruction of public spaces, etc.).
Interestingly the struggle led to the constitution of one of the precursors of green parties (Mouvement populaire pour l'environnement – MPE)
Interestingly the struggle led to the constitution of one of the precursors of green parties (Mouvement populaire pour l'environnement – MPE)
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Sep 17
📣 New paper "Bicycle and Free Car Parking Availability at Trip Destinations: A Sustainable Mobility Test for Parking"
🚘 Free car parking at 91% of trip destinations
🚲 More widely available than bicycle parking
➡️ The undersupply of 🚲 parking hinders e-bike use
findingspress.org/article/1442...
🚘 Free car parking at 91% of trip destinations
🚲 More widely available than bicycle parking
➡️ The undersupply of 🚲 parking hinders e-bike use
findingspress.org/article/1442...
Reposted by Patrick Rérat
Findings Press
@findingspress.org
· Sep 16
Bicycle and Free Car Parking Availability at Trip Destinations: A Sustainable Mobility Test for Parking
There is a relative undersupply of bicycle parking at trip destinations compared with free car parking, it varies based on trip purpose, and may hinder e-bike use.
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Bicycle and Free Car Parking Availability at Trip Destinations: A Sustainable Mobility Test for Parking
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Sep 16
⁉️ How many people are currently in a city? Here is St-Gallen 🇨🇭
🌃 Nighttime: 82,200 inhabitants and 800 tourists
☀️ Daytime: 119,000 people with commuters. tourists and visitors
Nice figure from the latest "Un jour en ville" by BFS/OFS
www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/...
🌃 Nighttime: 82,200 inhabitants and 800 tourists
☀️ Daytime: 119,000 people with commuters. tourists and visitors
Nice figure from the latest "Un jour en ville" by BFS/OFS
www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/...
Patrick Rérat
@patrickrerat.bsky.social
· Sep 13
Gurzelen, ou comment un vieux stade de Bienne promis aux bulldozers est devenu le terrain de jeu de la société civile - Le Temps
Le stade de la Gurzelen, à Bienne, était voué à la démolition, mais il revit plus que jamais. Aux clameurs du public a succédé un laboratoire socioculturel porté par une société civile aux multiples e...
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Découvrez le Gurzelen de Bienne, ou comment un vieux stade de foot a accueilli une cinquantaine de projets de la société civile. "Utopie réaliste", "chaos ordonnée" et lieu en quête de "convivialisme"…
www.letemps.ch/suisse/gurze...
www.letemps.ch/suisse/gurze...