It is a common theme among cities around the world is to be a greener city. In becoming an eco-friendly city, bicycles play an important role in green transportation. Cities in America, Europe and Asia are developing ways to build green cities and develop bicycle-friendly environment. Taipei City Government is also aiming to make cycling as a part of daily transport. Its goal is to build a healthy living environment with access to all green transportation.
The Taipei City Government will host the Asian Cycling Forum on March 19th and 20th in 2015. The event will be exchange among Asian Cities specifically about cycling and becoming a bicycle-friendly cities. Representatives, experts and scholars from Asia, Europe, America in this event and included will be bicycle awareness group. A key to promote cycling in developing Asian Cities will be our theme on "Let us cycle."
The Asian Cycling Forum will be holding discussions on: development of bike sharing schemes, cycling encouragement, planning and design guidelines for urban bike facilities, integration of bikes into urban transportation systems, development of electric bikes and tourism cycling industry. Above all, the Asian Cycling Forum serves as a platform to establish a network for Asian cities and build an eco-friendly, sustainable and healthy cities.