Cycling offers numerous benefits—it’s inexpensive, healthy, sustainable, time-efficient, and socially inclusive. Yet, convincing decisionmakers and/or communities to invest in safe bike infrastructure remains challenging. At this year’s National Bike Summit in Washington D.C., Decisio launched the Bikenomics Game, a new interactive mobility session (2 × 60 minutes) designed to change that conversation.

The game consists of two parts:

Part 1 – Eye openers quiz

A fast paced Q&A game that confronts participants with surprising facts and figures about cycling, mobility, and economic impacts. The eye-openers are methodically grounded in Social Cost Benefits Analysis (SCBA) specifically designed to incorporate cycling (and supported as a tool by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Waterways in the Netherlands). In this Background document Bikenomics Game – Facts and Eyeopeners participants can read more about theory and methodology of bikenomics and SCBA.

Part 2 – Role play the city

Participants step into the shoes of key stakeholders in a fictional town—such as parents with children, public transport agencies, or small business owners—and present their vision for a new mobility plan from that specific perspective.

More information?

The game highlights the economic advantages of bike infrastructure and discusses practical tools to measure and communicate these benefits. For more information please contact Sibren Vegter or Lucas Harms.