ABSTRACT
Since the second half of the 20th century, Brazilian cities have been living with the worsening problems of transport. To address the issue, the Ministry of Cities emerged in 2003, and urban mobility began to be understood as an instrument to positively contribute to sustainable development. With the adoption of a National Policy of Urban Mobility a decade later, cities across Brazil started to develop mobility plans to reflect urban sustainability goals. The progress of implementing the plans was nevertheless slow, which prompted cycling associations to develop campaigns supporting stakeholders to include bikes in their urban mobility visions. This article aims to show how cycle planning in Belo Horizonte, the sixth largest city in Brazil, benefited from assistance from the project ‘Bicycle in the Plans’.
