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Second edition of the new course from the Urban Cycling Institute
Urban congestion, climate adaptation and growing demand for sustainable mobility are creating pressures for city streets to adapt. While pressure mounts, budgets face competing priorities to do more with less. How can we accelerate this transition, and who is ready to lead the change?
This intensive program in Barcelona, conducted in English, is designed for experienced mobility professionals eager to expand their knowledge on designing streets for all. The course addresses quick-build street redesign, regional cycling networks, and governance competencies. Combine your proven technical skills with specialized cycling knowledge, user-centered design principles, and the leadership to redesign streets that truly serve all members of society.
Who is this course for? Do you design urban mobility solutions, manage cycling projects, or shape transport policy? Do you work in local government, regional authorities, engineering, or urban planning? Then this program is for you!
About the program
Envisioned in 3 blocks of learning and doing
Block 1: Multi-modal Region- From Vision to Implementation
- Dive deep into regional connectivity through cycle infrastructure and multimodal integration strategies.
- Learn from Barcelona’s outer suburbs to city center Superblocks and major avenue transformations.
- Explore integrated mobility planning that harmonizes cycling, walking, and public transport systems.
Key experiences: Two technical site visits to observe superblocks, metropolitan area planning, and regional connectivity strategies.
Block 2: Inclusive Quick-build Infrastructure Solutions
- Learn advanced street design principles for quick-build cycling infrastructure, bike parking, transit node, and maintenance contracting models.
- Explore data collection methods and evaluation frameworks that support inclusive decision making.
- Exchange challenges, successes, and failures in a real-world emerging cycling city.
Key experiences: Hands-on workshop with quick solutions, and technical site interventions.
Block 3: Governing and Leadership through Uncertain Times
- Learn from Barcelona’s governance model, including the role of social organizations and the Metropolitan Bike Office’s collaborative approach.
- Master effective communication strategies to build stakeholder support.
- Understand street design as a comprehensive urban tool for public health, equity, and resilience.
Key experiences: Stakeholder engagement strategies, policy implementation frameworks, community-building approaches.
Why Barcelona?🚲
What makes Barcelona truly unique is its rapid transformation from having virtually no cycling infrastructure to developing a well-connected cycling network and culture—all within a challenging political context.
In just two decades, Barcelona showed how cities can break through institutional barriers to change city streets while navigating mass tourism, high population density, and mobility pressures that define cities nowadays.
Real Solutions in Action
Experience Superblocks transforming neighborhoods, witness metropolitan-scale cycling
solutions, and observe collaborative governance models that actually work. This isn’t theoretical learning—it’s hands-on analysis of proven strategies.
Learn from the Experts Behind the Change
Your instructors aren’t just
experts— they are the practitioners who built what you’re experiencing. Cycle the actual routes, analyse real solutions, and understand
how technical decisions create lasting social impact.
Who Should Attend?
This program is designed for experienced professionals who find themselves tasked with street design, cycling infrastructure, mobility solutions or shaping mobility policies. The course welcomes applications from municipal or consulting mobility technicians and project managers responsible for streets and cycling infrastructure or policy makers developing transportation strategies (or SUMP plans).
- Municipal mobility technicians responsible for cycling infrastructure
- Traffic infrastructure specialists adapting their expertise to cycling
- Urban mobility consultants serving the growing active mobility market
- Policy makers developing cycling strategies and SUMP plans
- Project managers overseeing cycling network implementation
You’ll benefit if you:
- Have solid technical background but limited cycling-specific knowledge.
- Need to design for users whose needs you don't fully understand
- Want to move beyond basic bike lane design to integrated cycling systems
- Seek European best practices applicable to your city's context
Learn with, and from, other professionals facing the same transition.
Course Format
- In-person in Barcelona, Spain
- Maximum 25 participants for personalized attention
- Field and classroom-based learning
- Two technical site visits with project leaders
- Includes guest experts, group analysis, and optional networking activities
- Certificate issued by Urban Cycling Institute
Course Cost
UCI Member Fee: 995€
UCI Non-Member Fee: 1295€
*Fee includes lectures, course materials, bike hire, site visits, and a course certificate upon completion. Travel, accommodation and insurance not included.
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Spaces are limited. Secure your place with a €250 deposit by completing the form below.
For groups of more than 5 people, please write to [email protected] for special offer
Course limited to 25 people. No scholarships currently available.
This program is sponsored by ZICLA, a Barcelona-based company that, since 2008, has been developing and supplying recycled, recyclable, and reversible products to make cycling safer in cities worldwide. The introduction of these products to the market at that time gave a significant boost to cycling in Barcelona. This legacy remains visible today and is closely tied to the cycling infrastructure model that the city developed.
in collaboration with the
Meet The Team
Course Director: Meredith Glaser, CEO Urban Cycling Institute | LinkedIn
With nearly 20 years of teaching experience and a multi-disciplinary background in public health, urban planning, and environmental design, Prof Dr Meredith Glaser brings a holistic understanding to social inquiry and change. Her research and expertise regarding cycling policy and city-to-city learning has advanced Dr. Glaser as one of the most sought-after educators for professional development about urban cycling systems and governance.
Coordinator: Ana Castan, Program Training Facilitator, Urban Cycling Institute| LinkedIn
Ana has a background in Law & Business and is currently pursuing a Master's in Urban and Transport Economics. Her academic focus includes sustainable mobility, transport equity, and the gender perspective in urban contexts. She is also a regular keynote speaker and writer on active mobility, known for bringing the Dutch experience to audiences in a relatable way.
Speaker: Silvia Casorran | LinkedIn
Silvia Casorrán holds degrees in Environmental Sciences (UAB) and Urbanism and Environment, as well as an MBA from EAE Business School. With over 20 years of experience in sustainable mobility and public space transformation, she has held strategic positions, including Chief of Barcelona's Metropolitan Bicycle Office (2015-2020) and Deputy at the Chief Architect Office at Barcelona City Council (2021-2023), where she led the implementation of Superblocks, School Protection initiatives, and cycling infrastructure. She currently holds three key positions in the cycling mobility sector: Secretary General of the Spanish Network of Cities and Regions for Cycling (representing over 150 public bodies), Board Member of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), and Sustainable Mobility Expert at Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
Speaker: Ruth Lamas Borraz, Head of Barcelona Metropolitan Bicycle Office | LinkedIn
Ruth Lamas Borraz is a civil engineer from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya with a postgraduate degree in Environmental Applications of GIS, Sustainability and Environment (Fundació UPC). She leads the Metropolitan Bicycle Office at the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB), where she has worked since 2018. In this role, she promotes public policies around cycling throughout the Barcelona metropolis, working hand in hand with city councils, public institutions, private companies, social organisations and citizens to make the metropolitan territory more bike-friendly. With over 10 years of experience in sustainable mobility, Ruth has worked as a mobility consultant, research technician at UAB on environmental projects, and also served as Technical Coordinator of the Spanish Network of Cities and Regions for Cycling (RCxB). Her expertise spans transportation planning, sustainable urban mobility, road safety, and logistics planning. Ruth is also a long-time volunteer with Engineers Without Borders, reflecting her commitment to social and environmental impact.
Speaker: Joan Valls
Joan Valls holds a degree in Computer Science Engineering (UAB), and Master's in Mobility Planning and Management (UPC), and Public Law (UAB). As a public policy analyst and project manager, he has been instrumental in Barcelona's cycling transformation. Working as an independent consultant, he co-led the implementation of Barcelona's bike lane network and Bicing bike-share system from 2008 onward, and co-authored Barcelona City Council's 2016 Cycling Infrastructure Design Manual. He served as President of Bike Club of Catalonia and board member of the Association for the Promotion of Public Transport. Since 2023, he has held the position of Deputy Director of Operations at a public entity within Spain's Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.
Speaker: Maria Elisa Ojeda | LinkedIn
María Elisa Ojeda is an architect specialised in sustainable mobility and urbanism. She holds a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Universidad Central de Venezuela and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Architectural Projects from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Her international experience includes three years as an architect at Copenhagenize Design Company in Copenhagen (2015-2019), where she developed expertise in cycling infrastructure design and best practices. Since 2020, she has served as a Technical Assistant at the Barcelona Metropolitan Area's (AMB) Metropolitan Bicycle Office. Beyond her professional work, María Elisa is co-founder and General Coordinator of "En Bici Sense Edat" (Cycling Without Age), a pioneering social initiative launched in 2016 that promotes cycling accessibility for elderly people and those with reduced mobility.
Speaker: Mario Rodríguez | LinkedIn
Mario Rodríguez currently serves as Head of BICING at BSM, the municipal company responsible for Barcelona's bike-share system. He trained as an industrial engineer and holds a Master's degree in Infrastructure Management and a postgraduate degree in Smart Mobility, both from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Mario began his career in civil construction, participating in major infrastructure projects including the construction of Line 9 of the Barcelona Metro. He later moved into urban services management for several municipalities in the Barcelona metropolitan area. In 2018, he took on the role of managing the implementation and operations of the Bicing 2.0 service as a system operator with Ferrovial. In 2023, he joined Inurba Mobility as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technical Officer (COO/CTO), managing bike-share contracts across multiple cities including Helsinki, Marseille, and Gdansk. In 2025, Mario returned to the BICING program from the public sector perspective, joining BSM with the mission of managing the current service and shaping the future of sustainable mobility in Barcelona
