Carlton Reid12:39pm EDT
|518 views|Apr 23, 2020,German universities are to start teaching the hitherto neglected subject of bicycling traffic. Seven institutions have received funding from the national government to appoint professors in the subject, with the first students expected to sign up for Masters courses next year.
“Cycling must be placed on an equal footing with other means of transport,” said a statement from the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) which is endowing the chairs with seed funding of €8.3 million.
“We are providing cyclists with allies who, in the future, can apply their know-how in a focused manner on the ground and in the cities, towns, and local communities,” continued the BMVI statement.
Among the institutions introducing the course in 2021 is the Wildau University of Applied Sciences in Brandenburg. The university’s Klaus-Martin Melzer, a professor in the Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences, helped to develop the ‘Bicycle traffic in intermodal transport networks’ course, and on April 21, he told the Jetzt news site that next year’s students would be “contributing to the traffic revolution.”
Knowledge Is Power: German Universities To Offer Bicycling Traffic Degree Program – Forbes
Carlton Reid12:39pm EDT |518 views|Apr 23, 2020, German universities are to start teaching the hitherto neglected subject of bicycling traffic. Seven institutions have received funding from the national government to appoint professors in the subject, with the first students expected to sign up for Masters courses next year. “Cycling must be placed on an equal… [Read More]