Energy Efficiency

Cycling tour organized under auspices of GIZ ORF-EE in light of the European Mobility Week

Photo: GIZ ORF-EE

Published

September 25, 2018

Comments

comments icon

0

Share

Published:

September 25, 2018

Comments:

comments icon

0

Share

As part of the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), the cycling club TREK Team Sarajevo organized a cycling tour in the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on September 22. The event was held in light of the European Mobility Week and was supported by the Sarajevo City Administration.

The event brought together around 200 cycling aficionados and was made all the more special by the fact that at least one-third of participants were children, who even led the cycling tour on the streets of the BiH capital.

“European Mobility Week is an initiative encouraging cities to introduce and promote sustainable means of transport and invite people to try out alternative mobility options. This year’s theme is multimodality – combining different means of urban transport, both for passengers and freight. With the support of the ORF-EE, the activity ran in parallel in Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Skopje, and Podgorica. It is important to send the message out that in all cities cyclists should get their rightful place in city traffic,” said ORF-EE Project Manager Dubravka Bošnjak.

The organizers say they were motivated to show that Sarajevo, like other cities in the region, is following positive European trends.

“And so we joined all major cities in the region. The German development organization GIZ through ORF-EE is seeking to help us and help raise the awareness of sustainable development in our country, inspiring people to consider using bicycles as a means of transport, which is beneficial not only for their health, but also for the environment. This is only the beginning,” said Senad Bečković of TREK Team.

The entire event, including the cycling tour on the streets of Sarajevo, lasted nearly two hours and was escorted by the Canton Sarajevo police. The cycling tour went through the entire city without interrupting regular traffic.

The participants cycled from the residential area of Otoka to the Stup junction, where they symbolically “parked in front of the wall” where the bike lane ends, sending the message that they “can go no further.” They yet again called on the local and city authorities to finally resolve this “bottleneck” and connect bike lanes in order to ensure safe passage for cyclists toward Vrelo Bosne and the Igman mountain plateau, the most common destinations for Sarajevo cyclists.

Comments (0)

Be the first one to comment on this article.

Enter Your Comment
Please wait... Please fill in the required fields. There seems to be an error, please refresh the page and try again. Your comment has been sent.

Related Articles

google reveals gemini ai energy water consumption

Google reveals Gemini AI’s energy and water consumption

28 August 2025 - Google has become the first tech company to publish a report on the energy consumption, emissions, and water use of its AI software, Gemini.

energy poverty north macedonia subsidies air conditioners

North Macedonia tackles energy poverty with free inverter air conditioners

27 August 2025 - North Macedonia's energy poverty package includes free inverter ACs and financial aid to help cover electricity bills.

data center ai digitalization energy eu roadmap

EU preparing roadmap on digitalization, AI in energy

19 August 2025 - The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a roadmap for digitalization and AI in the energy sector.

Heat pump sales in Europe fell dramatically in 2024

Heat pump sales in Europe plunge in 2024

15 August 2025 - The EU wants to reach 60 million heat pumps by 2030, but sales in major European markets fell 22% in 2024