The World Bike Ride will pass through Prague. This year’s AutoMat event will draw attention to safety

On Sunday, June 1, the fifth World Cycle Ride will take place in Prague. It is organized by the AutoMat association on the occasion and on the eve of World Bicycle Day. This year’s edition is also symbolically taking place on Children’s Day and, in light of some tragic accidents, will focus on the important topic of the safety of vulnerable road users.

“The World Cycle Ride is a reminder that the bicycle is not just a means of transport – it is a tool for change. Change, through which it gives cities a chance to be safer, fairer, and more accessible even for the most vulnerable,” says Michal Kalina, head of the Sustainable Urbanism Laboratory of the AutoMat association. The cycle ride is intended for the general public – individuals, families with children, and novice cyclists – and its goal is not only to celebrate sustainable transport, but also to appeal for cycling infrastructure to be perceived as an essential part of a modern city.

For a safer Prague

This year, the event will also commemorate recent tragic accidents involving people on bicycles and call for greater protection of vulnerable groups on the roads. The cycle ride will pass through the so-called Zone of Silence, which will be symbolically created near Prague’s Eden, where a young woman on a bicycle died under the wheels of a truck in the fall of 2024. “The memorial event is followed by the launch of Challenge 0, which reminds us that Prague still lags behind the statistics and standards of safe infrastructure, as we know from other European metropolises,” says one of its organizers, Robin Bureš. The first opportunity to register for this challenge will be as part of the accompanying program of the World Cycle Ride.

Come and ride the highway with us! Photo: Jan Hromádko

Keeping up with the world

The event is co-organized by the UN Information Centre in Prague and under the auspices of the Deputy Mayor of Prague for Transport. 12 foreign embassies, the Goethe-Institut Czech Republic with the CYCLE UP! project, and other organizations focused on sustainable mobility have pledged to participate. The project was financially supported by the City of Prague.

This is a purely apolitical and at the same time respectful event. We therefore ask participants not to disrupt its course by promoting ideologies, political opinions, parties, and movements, or by supporting any of the parties in ongoing war conflicts. At the same time, we ask them to strictly comply with the Rules of Bike Rides, the instructions of the organizers, and the Czech Police. Participants who do not respect these instructions may be excluded from participating in the event.

Photo gallery and video from the 2024 World Cycling Tour

Start, cíl a program

Start cyklojízdy: 14:00 v parku u stanice metra Strašnická (Praha 10)

Sraz pro rodiče s menšími dětmi: 15:00 u metra Vyšehrad

Cíl a doprovodný program: Kampus Hybernská (Praha 1) 15:30–21:00

Trasa: Ze Strašnické přes Vršovice a Nusle, po Severojižní magistrále do Hybernské (trasa bude upřesněna dle rozhodnutí MHMP)

Doprovodný program v Kampusu Hybernská:

• Diskuze o bezpečnosti pohybu po městě pro děti i dospělé v rámci podcastu Podhoubí Radia Wave (moderuje Ondřej Šebestík)
• Přednáška AutoMatu k bezpečnosti cyklodopravy
• Rychloservis kol
• Dětský program – dílničky a soutěže
• Hudební vystoupení kapely White Fruit Honey, občerstvení a prezentace partnerů

Světová cyklojízda v Praze 2025 je připomínkou toho, že podpora cyklistické dopravy není jen ekologickým gestem, ale také konkrétní investicí do bezpečnějšího, zdravějšího a dostupnějšího městského života. Každé město, které se hlásí k cílům udržitelného rozvoje, by mělo cyklistickou infrastrukturu aktivně rozvíjet.

Více informací a registrace: www.auto-mat.cz/cyklojizda

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