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Velo-city Ghent — Day 4: Notes from the world’s biggest cycling conference (and why we went)

Why we’re here. We came to Ghent for the same reason our clients hire us: to turn good intentions into practical steps. Velo-city is the world’s biggest cycling conference, and day three delivered a sharp mix of data, dialogue, and doing . Below are our field notes from the three sessions we attended—and a few thoughts on how we’ll translate them for projects back home. 1) Data you can actually use Mapping what exists (and what’s missing). The European Cyclists’ Federatio

David Everard

Jun 20, 20244 min read

Velo-city Ghent — Day 3: A ride on the Cycling Highway, then deep dives on logistics and the bigger picture

Afternoon on two wheels. We used Day 3 with friends from Luxembourg, to roll out along Ghent’s Cycling Highway. It’s the kind of ride that explains itself: wide where it needs to be, legible at the tricky bits, and stitched into places people actually want to go. We traded notes the whole way—what makes a link feel “effortless,” where wayfinding carries you through, how crossings either invite you or make you hesitate. Field time like this keeps our desk work honest. We onl

David Everard

Jun 19, 20243 min read

Velo-city Ghent — Day 2: People, ideas, and the art of making cities flow

We keep saying it: conferences are about people first. Wednesday was full of them—planners with muddy shoes, data wonks with good stories, and campaigners who’ve learned to turn friction into fuel. We left every room with something we can put to work back home. Morning: multimodal life, not mode wars A session anchored by UITP and city operators made a simple point: public transport + cycling works best as a lifestyle , not a tug-of-war. Brussels framed it as “1 + 1 = 3” —coo

David Everard

Jun 18, 20243 min read

Velo-city Ghent — Day 1: Showing up to listen, learn, and bring ideas home

We took a week off client work to be fully present at Velo-city—four days to learn, swap notes with old friends, meet new ones, and come back with practical ideas we can put to work. Day 1 reminded us why this conference matters: the best cycling cities aren’t built on slogans; they’re built on evidence, empathy, and patient advocacy. Morning: Inclusion is a design brief, not a slogan One session dug into gender and cycling with rare precision. A Spanish study confirmed the p

David Everard

Jun 17, 20243 min read

Workshop “Together for Net-Zero Mobility”

A Saturday that moved. The shops were still opening when our group gathered on the square—parents with kids, a few cyclists, interested citizens, councillors, engineers. We set off together, not for a presentation but for a walk-audit : Market Square → Opkorn junction → Rue Woiwer → Rue de Longwy. It was the third stop in a four-part journey of 2024 toward Differdange’s Climate City Contract and the EU’s 100 Net Zero Cities mission. Our role at Everard Consulting was simpl

David Everard

Jun 7, 20242 min read