Possibilities of Developing Cycling Town through the Participated Event “Midosuji Cycle Picnic”

Administration and participant awareness, appeal run in the road, training of the cycling leader

Abstract

While bike commuting rate of Osaka city is high, the prevailing image of cycling is still negative due to the long history of countermeasures for illegal parking issues or undesirable behaviors. Under these situations, some interested people planned a unique cycling demonstration event called as Midosuji Cycle Picnic for raising the awareness of positive images of cycling. The event is held at Midosuji, where is the main street in Osaka. It has been organized at the tenth time in April 2016 since 2011. More than 300 cyclists, including visually impaired people with different types of bike like road bicycles or tandem bicycles were participated. Participants were divided into small group, and cycled together on the roadway led by a group leader who could deliver proper attitudes to the member of the group. This paper shows the possibilities of developing cycling town through the event “Midosuji Cycle Picnic”