Cycling Campus & City

3Cs is a "Cooperation Partnership" project (Key Action 2) funded by the European Commission within the framework of the ERASMUS+ Programme and in line with the EU's priorities of sustainable development and innovation.

Higher education institutions, sports organisations as well as private and public sector partners located in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland work together to identify, promote, improve and enhance active and environment-friendly mobility to and from university campuses and local urban areas.

Cycling mobility is looked at through a multidimensional approach (behaviour, itineraries, facilities, health, safety, urban planning, accessibility and social inclusion, ecology, etc.) by a team of multidisciplinary researchers and experts to identify new high-impact strategies and recommendations that can be used by a network of actors at local, national and European level for a sustainable evolution of lifestyles.

The 3Cs project is therefore strongly characterised by a significant amount of work on data (data collection, processing, analysis and dissemination) with a dual goal : provide the European cycling population with a digital tool to assist them in their daily practice (routes, infrastructures, services) and decision-makers and organisations with a methodology and relevant practices to bolster the implementation of active and sustainable mobility.

The project will end with a cycling relay from Coimbra to Lausanne, with stopping points in Madrid, Montpellier and Turin !

3 years (01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025)

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

• Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France

Le Texier Marion, (Département Géographie et d'Aménagement de Montpellier), marion.le-texier@univ-montp3.fr 

Lammoglia Adrien, (Département Géographie et d'Aménagement de Montpellier), adrien.lammoglia@univ-montp3.fr 

• Università Degli Studi Di Torino, Italy

• Centro De Ensenanza Universitaria Sek Saucjc (Universidad Camilo José Cela), Spain

• Union Européenne de Cyclotourisme (UECT), France

• Fédération Internationale Du Sport Universitaire (FISU), Switzerland

• Muv Societa' A Responsabilita Limitata Societa Benefit, Italy

• Camara Municipal De Coimbra, Portugal

• Città Metropolitana Di Torino, Italy

• Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, France

• Ayuntamiento de Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain

• Implementation and evaluation of the studies ;

• Build an App for users (Online Tool) combined with an online best practices handbook for decision-makers (3Cs Handbook) promoting the use of cycling and dissemination of knowledge on active and eco-friendly mobility ;

• Provide a methodology and recommendations for dissemination and implementation among european universities ;

• Support and promote changes in people's behaviour towards more sustainable lifestyles by specifically involving the student community, which is the driving force behind the definition of tomorrow's policies and strategies.