PRESTO – “Promoting Cycling for Everyone as a Daily Transport Mode” is a project of the EU’s Intelligent Energy – Europe Programme granted by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI). They are particularly focused on promoting increased usage of electric-assist bicycles to spread bicycle mobility to new populations and in challenging geographies.
The PRESTO consortium consists of European experts in cycling and urban transport and five cities: Bremen (Germany), Grenoble (France), Tczew (Poland), Venice (Italy) and Zagreb (Croatia). The European networks and experts coming together to advise the cities, to set up the training programme and to disseminate the project’s achievements are: the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), the European Twowheel Retailers’ Association (ETRA), the European city network Polis, the German Cyclists’ Federation – Bremen Branch (ADFC-HB), Ligtermoet & Partners and the Pomeranian Association for Common Europe (PSWE). The PRESTO project is coordinated by Rupprecht Consult GmbH.