Everybody knows that feeling of total frustration when you get stuck in the traffic jam on your way home from work. Traffic jams have become part of our daily routine and with growing car ownership this situation is only going to get worse. Therefore there is an absolute need for finding solutions to this problem.

Encouraging residents to cycle to short distances and improve cycling paths and conditions would be one them. The bicycle used in combination with public transport can be a very effective solution to overcrowded roads not only now but also in the future. But the success of this solution lays in the integration of cycling into urban setting and creating a good conditions for it.

In comparison with West Europe, Central Europe is lagging behind and its cycling policies are still only in an infancy stage. The project Central MeetBike aims to create really good conditions for cycling in Central Europe using good practice examples already successfully implemented in Germany. The project will tackle the problem on several levels (local, regional and national) and with all respective bodies involved (policymakers, stakeholders, urban & traffic officers, urban & traffic planners and local active citizens/bodies) and on the basis of transnational experience using German example as a backbone and applying it in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.