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Mobility Week in Villach: Children safely to school with BICI bus!
Villach provides information about the BICI/Pedi bus and organizes promotions for mobility week to promote safe school routes for children.
Mobility Week in Villach: Children safely to school with BICI bus!
On September 12, 2025, Villach faces an exciting mobility week program that is initiated by the Radlobby Carinthia. On September 16, information will be provided in the habitat about the innovative "Bici/Pedi-Bus". This initiative aims to bring children safely and accompanied on foot or by bike to school. By promoting joint trips, you want to make the way to school safer and reduce the risk of traffic accidents. Statistics show that in 2024 27,261 children crashed in road traffic, 53 of which died tragically. These figures illustrate how important such initiatives are to enable children to be a safe way to go to school and to raise awareness of traffic safety reports the Federal Ministry of Transport.
The concept of the "Bici-Bus" is not only promoted in Villach, but is also widespread in many German cities such as Berlin, Frankfurt and Sylt. It offers a practical alternative to the parent taxi and at the same time promotes the everyday movement of children by bike inform the website on foot about school. Here, children drive with adults in a safe convoy who shields them on road traffic. This type of mobility is becoming increasingly popular and is an important measure to make the way to school safer for the little ones.
Events and actions
On September 18, the "Technical Bike Tour" will be held, which leads politics and administration to problem areas and successful examples of the bike infrastructure. On the same evening, the culture: Hof invites you to a pedal-operated open-air cinema, where the bike documentary "planned-as two types try to ride to Vietnam".
On September 20, the big mobility day will eventually take place on Hans-Gasser-Platz. With a colorful program from a children's bike course, a repair workshop, a mobility quiz and a competition, the topic of mobility for children and adults can be experienced. In addition, the Austrian Civil Invalid Association (ÖZIV) with the “course of the senses” offers an interesting way to immerse yourself in the perspective of wheelchair users and thus raise awareness of accessibility.
The importance of traffic safety
The street action fashion “Bici-Bus” has established itself as an effective method in many cities to enable children to make a safe way to go to school. In Frankfurt, for example, such convoys are regularly organized and accompanied by the police to ensure security while driving. This commitment is important because current statistics show that children in particular are at risk in road traffic.
The Federal Ministry of Transport has also launched various programs to increase the traffic safety of children, including videos on traffic education and support for daycare centers that work for the safety of children in road traffic reports the BMV website.