Normalising cycling

In Ramboll, we help cities harvest the benefits of cycling by planning and designing for cycling.

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Walking and cycling data study

Data on walking and cycling is important for cities in order to set goals and targets, create the policies needed to reach these goals, to track progress, make decisions and prioritize about investments in infrastructure and planning measures that support walking and cycling.

But unlike vehicle, data on pedestrians and cyclists is often not systematically collected, has limitations and can be difficult to compare and benchmark.

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The challenge & the potential

Cities around the World are facing the same challenge - decades of car-centric planning has resulted in congestion, air pollution, CO2 emissions, noise, and poor quality of space.

Cycling is a green, clean, and healthy mode of transport, that also contributes to less congestion as cycling is a very space efficient way of moving people in a city. Cycling benefits both the individual, our cities, and the World at large.

In Ramboll we help cities harvest the benefits of cycling by planning and designing for cycling. Normalizing cycling means making it an attractive and safe means of transportation - not only for the dedicated few, but for all, independent of age, gender, or fitness.

Ramboll and cycling

We understand cycling and view cycling as an integrated and important part of a sustainable transport system and of liveable cities.

We have a holistic view on cycling and acknowledge that to become a successful cycling city you need more than infrastructure.

Our cycling planning and designing roots are in Denmark and Copenhagen, but our team also draws on experience from The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Germany. In short - we combine international best practice experience with local knowledge.

Sustainability is an integrated part of our DNA and solutions as the Nordic countries are leading the way when it comes to creating efficient, safe, and green mobility for all.

Our services in cycling

Success with cycling will require a comprehensive approach and development of city on at least five fields.

We at ramboll have divided our cycling services under five services based also into four cornerstones of sustainability: Efficiency, Safety, Green and Accessibility. Mastering all these fields is a path to success.

 

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Meet our experts

 

Niko Palo
Planning Manager

Niko is a planning manager at Ramboll. He is leading Ramboll’s service line of cycling. He is an international expert on planning infrastructure of bicycle traffic. He specialises in traffic and street planning, network planning, way-finding and writing planning manuals.

Frida Andersson
Traffic Planner

Frida  is a traffic planner, engineer and cycling enthusiast in Norway. She has special expertise in planning for bicycling and walking, as well as ITS and traffic signalling. Her daily work includes providing input to design. She excels at seeing holistic solutions for all street users.

Torsten Perner
Planning Manager

Torsten is a planning manager at Ramboll in Germany. After working for a German company in Denmark to introduce tramway operation he is now Ramboll’s project manager for several bicycle projects in Germany as an integrated part of sustainable urban mobility. 

Ben Smith
Lead Transport Consultant

Ben is an urban and transport planner working in Singapore and APAC, with a keen focus on improving the experience of cities through inviting active travel. Previously based in the UK, Ben is well versed in delivering solutions that work within the local context and has delivered an array of car-lite, cycling-friendly projects from the strategic and conceptual level all the way to detailed planning and design.

Harpreet Kaur Bajaj
Principal Transport Economist

Harpreet Bajaj has varied experience in development of macro-economic and traffic demand forecasts for transport facilities, project appraisals including revenue assessment and cost-benefit analysis. Harpreet has been part of the service line focused on sustainable mobility solutions with active mobility forming an integral part. She is keen to promote cycling in India as active mobility option with focus on gender issues.  

Hampus Ekblad
Traffic planner

Hampus is a traffic planner, engineer and avid cyclist in Sweden. He has worked with cycling on many different levels as a researcher, public official and planner. Main areas of focus is infrastructure design and he also has broad knowledge of traffic safety for vulnerable road users.

Jacob Deichmann 
Chief consultant, urban designer

Over a career spanning more than 25 years, Jacob has been involved in cycling projects in all scales, ranging from network planning over development of road standards and bike parking projects to concept and detail designs of bicycle infrastructure projects such as the iconic Bicycle Snake in Copenhagen.

Thaddaeus O'Higgins
Associate

Thad is a client focused transport planning professional with over 20 years of experience. Focusing on cycling, Thad specializes in ensuring cycling and active travel generally are put first in any masterplan or scheme development proposals he is working on, by articulating the substantial benefits of active travel (e.g. carbon, energy, health and community) against the often minimal infrastructure costs and operational change required to enable active travel.

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Smart Mobility

Moving more people, longer distances, to where they work, shop, and live stresses our transportation systems, leads to congestion, poor air quality and contributes to global warming. There is a need to rethink how we design our cities and how we can shift to low-carbon modes of transportation like trains, buses and bicycles. Today’s mobility challenges need to be solved by a holistic approach integrating urban planning, all modes of transport and utilizes digitalization. Shifting the focus from the vehicles to the people

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About Ramboll

Ramboll is a leading engineering, architecture and consultancy company founded in Denmark in 1945. Ramboll employs 16,500 people globally. We are present in 35 countries and combine local experience with a global knowledge-base, constantly striving to achieve inspiring and exacting solutions that make a genuine difference to our clients, end-users, and society at large. Our Smart Mobility experts as well as our digital tools enable public authorities, operators and suppliers to make informed decisions when planning and operating sustainable mobility systems. Our foundation is holistic planning around walking, cycling, public transport, and cars, as well as new services and modes such as Micro-Mobility, Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), e-mobility, autonomous vehicles, strategic parking, and digital solutions that enables more sustainable movement of people and goods.