CITY CYCLING - Chemnitz gets on its bike

The campaign created by Climate Alliance sensitises citizens to the use of bicycles in everyday life and brings the topics of bicycle use and bicycle traffic planning more strongly into the municipal parliaments. The importance of cycling for climate protection and quality of life as well as people's own mobility behaviour is to be brought to the fore. Since the start of the campaign in 2008, the number of participating municipalities has risen from 23 at the beginning to over 2500 today.

Walking and cycling are at the heart of sustainable mobility and characterise the urbanity and vitality of the city. Almost 60% of all journeys made in Saxony's cities are less than five kilometres long, and the majority of these can be reached quickly and easily by bicycle. In addition, 80 % of German households own a bicycle. A high degree of flexibility in mobility is achieved in particular through the simple link with local public transport. This is precisely where the CITY CYCLING campaign comes in - in everyday mobility behaviour. Participants in the campaign change their perspective and experience their everyday life by bike over the three-week campaign period.

Chemnitz is to become a bicycle-friendly city - that is the declared goal of local politics.

Everyone who lives, works, studies or belongs to a club in Chemnitz.

Yes, wheelchair users were allowed to take part in CITY CYCLING for the first time in 2023.

1. Go to "Registration"
2. Select Saxony under "State" and Chemntiz under "Municipality", click on "Next"
3. Join an existing team, for example the school team, or create a new one, click on "Next"
   Please note: If you are setting up a new team, make sure you select the correct category, e.g. when registering a daycare centre as a team, select the "Kindergartens/Kitas" tag
4. Enter your personal data and click on "Next"
5. Confirm the data protection and the rules of the game, click on "Complete registration"

Yes, all vehicles within the meaning of Section 63a of the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations are deemed to be bicycles. In addition to bicycles powered solely by muscle power, this also includes e-bikes. Children's kilometres travelled on bicycles may also be recorded.

You can register via the CITY CYCLING website or via the CITY CYCLING app. The registration process is the same for both methods:

1. Go to "Registration"
2. Select Saxony under "Federal state" and Chemntiz under "Municipality", click on "Continue"
3. Join an existing team, for example the school team, or create a new one, click on "Next"
   Please note: If you are setting up a new team, make sure you enter the correct day, for example, when registering a daycare centre as a team, enter the day "Kindergärten/Kitas".
4. Enter your personal data and click on "Next"
5. Confirm the data protection and the rules of the game, click on "Complete registration"

And you are already registered for CITY CYCLING.

The aim of CITY CYCLING is for the people of Chemnitz to cycle together for a more bicycle-friendly and liveable city - climate protection and cycling promotion are teamwork! Two people can join together to form a team. Alternatively, you can join the open team.

In principle, everything that includes a start and end point counts as a journey. The start point can also be the finish point. Cycling competitions and training on stationary bicycles are excluded.

Via the CITY CYCLING app and the online kilometre log.

Quite simply by passing on the CITY CYCLING data to the RiDE portal. Simply authorise it in the CITY CYCLING app and help improve cycling together!

There is also the option of reporting acute damage, etc. via the City of Chemnitz's defect reporter or contacting the Traffic and Civil Engineering Office by email.

In addition to the positive effects on your own health and the commitment to climate protection, there are also attractive prize categories:

• The most active cyclists (people with the most kilometres cycled)
• The team with the most active cyclists (team with the most kilometres cycled per person)
• The team with the most total kilometres cycled
• The most bike-active daycare centre
• The most cycling-active primary school
• The most bicycle-active secondary school
• The most cycling-active grammar school
• The most cycling-active special school
• The most active cycling club
• The most cycling-active company
• Active everyday cyclists (people who have cycled more than 50 kilometres and were drawn by lot)

From this year onwards, the category of the most bicycle-active school will be split up to ensure fairer competition between the schools. You can find more information on the scoring of the categories in the conditions of participation.