Carinthia cycles: six million euros for the cycling infrastructure!

Carinthia cycles: six million euros for the cycling infrastructure!

In Carinthia it is currently rolling strongly! The popular hands-on campaign "Carinthia Radelt" started about eight weeks ago and now attracts over 1,000 bike enthusiasts. The initiative is carried out for the seventh time and runs up to 30. September 2025 . The aim is to promote awareness of cycling in everyday life and to bring it into conversation as an alternative means of transport.

As mobility officer Sebastian Schuschnig emphasized, the focus is on the motivation of the population to use the bike for everyday ways such as work or school. "By bike to work" is one of the current actions in which participants can count on prices such as gym vouchers and bicycle accessories.

Investments in cycling infrastructure

An additional incentive for the participants: The state of Carinthia is investing over six million euros this year in expanding the cycling infrastructure. With this investment, one would like to advance the integration of cycling into the country's mobility offer. "It's a step in the right direction," explains Schuschnig. In one of the many highlights of the campaign, the "Mayor Challenge" in June, the municipal board members are called to go as role models and climb on the bike themselves. Prices such as helmets, e-bikes and folding bikes are raffled off among the active cyclists.

The mayors and mayors, including Silvia Häusl-Benz and Stefan Burger, show on site how easily and quickly cycling can be integrated into everyday life. The most eager communities and companies also wave cycling systems and bike service stations - incentives that make participation even more attractive.

track record of recent years

Last year, the organizers counted around 2,300 participants, the total of 1.96 million kilometers. "This shows that cycling is not only healthy, but also makes fun," emphasizes the mobility officer. With the right concept, the trend should continue, because the commitment of the population is a central key to the turn of the mobility.

As in many cities, the promotion of cycling is also a Herculean task in Carinthia. Information about best practices and challenges in cycling are processed in projects such as the Kora project . Among other things, obstacles are identified and solutions are developed in order to create effective concepts for cycling promotion.

"Citizen participation and political integration also increase the acceptance of cycling measures", according to the experiences from other cities. In Carinthia you are well on the way to take these points into account and to optimize continuously.

For more information on the campaign and registration, the website www.kaernten.radelt.at . The current progress and actions can also be followed here.

The coming months promise to be exciting - if it says: "Carinthia cycles into the spring summer!"