“City Cycling” ("STADTRADELN") is a European initiative from the Climate Alliance. Members of the Climate Alliance support the reduction of CO2 emissions and stand up for climate protection. This year almost 300 local authorities in Germany will take part in the initiative.
The aim of this promotional event is to draw local politics’ attention to cycling infrastructure and to promote public cycling as a sustainable alternative to motorized mobility in general. You need to remember that around one fifth of the carbon dioxide emissions in Germany are traffic related. Over 80 teams actively participated in “City Cycling 2015” in Rostock.
As we at Transcom Rostock have many passionate employees taking the bicycle to work every day we did not hesitate to register the “One Transcom” team for the City Cycling project. Over the three-week campaign period more and more dedicated and passionate employees joined our team by registering, counting their personal kilometers e.g. going to work or cycling in their spare time and filling in their daily or weekly results online or using a special App. There is a local community ranking as well as a team ranking comparing the teams in Rostock.
After three weeks the results were announced: Our ambitious employees cycled a total of over 3100 km! That’s the same distance as cycling from Rostock in Germany to Gibraltar in Spain. The “City Cycling” initiative was a good opportunity to drive environmental awareness and health consciousness at Transcom, as well as promoting team spirit and keeping us active and healthy!
It was fun being part of our dedicated team, encouraging each other and eagerly tracking the ranking with excitement every day. The employees’ team performance brought us place 26 out of 80 teams in Rostock! The employees’ involvement promoting the “One Transcom” thought and their great cycling performance were rewarded with little gifts and bicycle accessories. We are already looking forward to "City Cycling 2016" to get even more of our employees involved and active.