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Patrick Rérat

@patrickrerat

Professor in Geography of Mobilities & Urban Planning, Co-head of the Observatory for Cycling and Active Mobilities, University of Lausanne

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Some impressions of a conference on micromobility (URFE project) in Marseille a few weeks ago. It was great to hang around the city and to discuss cycling with colleagues…

Some impressions of a conference on micromobility (URFE project) in Marseille a few weeks ago. It was great to hang around the city and to discuss cycling with colleagues…
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Geneva #velodrome and its magnificent portal (1910) You could rent a #bike and take #cycling classes ("Leçons de vélocipédie") as well as seeing races

Geneva #velodrome and its magnificent portal (1910)

You could rent a #bike and take #cycling classes ("Leçons de vélocipédie") as well as seeing races
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Comment prononce-t-on le mot "vélo" en Suisse romande? Ici la proportion de personnes (dont moi) qui le prononcent comme dans "moteur" (et non comme dans "marteau")... rts.ch/info/regions/2…

Comment prononce-t-on le mot "vélo" en Suisse romande?

Ici la proportion de personnes (dont moi) qui le prononcent comme dans "moteur" (et non comme dans "marteau")...

rts.ch/info/regions/2…
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🌐 Intéressé-e par (re)découvrir l'histoire de la #géographie et de la #cartographie? Suivez les pérégrinations de Ptolémée à travers l'espace et le temps dans cette BD qui raconte les grands enjeux de la cartographie au fil des siècles...

🌐 Intéressé-e par (re)découvrir l'histoire de la #géographie et de la #cartographie?

Suivez les pérégrinations de Ptolémée à travers l'espace et le temps dans cette BD qui raconte les grands enjeux de la cartographie au fil des siècles...
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Just spotted in the acknowledgments of a paper: "The author wishes to acknowledge the helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article from Professor XXX and from one of the two referees." I guess reviewer 2 has struck again... 😁

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📣 Call for abstracts, 7th Swiss #Mobility Conference Sept 2025, Lausanne - Socio-ecological transitions - Public policy - Norms, values, practices - Rhythms - Infrastructure - Theoretical debates - Methodological innovations 📆 March 9th, unil.ch/igd/mobility-c…

📣 Call for abstracts, 7th Swiss #Mobility Conference
Sept 2025, Lausanne

- Socio-ecological transitions
- Public policy
- Norms, values, practices
- Rhythms
- Infrastructure
- Theoretical debates
- Methodological innovations

📆 March 9th, unil.ch/igd/mobility-c…
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"Functional, aesthetic, indispensable - is the motorway the masterpiece of the 20th century?" "Why, in the eyes of future generations, shouldn't motorways, as architectural masterpieces, be our cathedrals?" Berchet 1961

"Functional, aesthetic, indispensable - is the motorway the masterpiece of the 20th century?"  

"Why, in the eyes of future generations, shouldn't motorways, as architectural masterpieces, be our cathedrals?" 

Berchet 1961
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Conférence "Animaux sauvages en ville: quelles cohabitations?" par Joëlle Salomon Cavin 19 février, 18h30, Neuchâtel. Organisée par la Société Neuchâteloise de #Géographie (SNG; s-n-g.ch) Pour le vernissage du Géo-Regards 16 (libreo.ch/revues/geo-reg…)

Conférence "Animaux sauvages en ville: quelles cohabitations?" par Joëlle Salomon Cavin 

19 février, 18h30, Neuchâtel. Organisée par la Société Neuchâteloise de #Géographie (SNG; s-n-g.ch)

Pour le vernissage du Géo-Regards 16 (libreo.ch/revues/geo-reg…)
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"Sortir de la motonormativité" 🚲 🚶‍♀️ 🧑‍🦽 Comment assurer la cohabitation en piéton-nes et cyclistes? ➡️ Comprendre les comportements ➡️ Dépasser la #motonormativité ➡️ (Ré)aménager la voirie Dans le Bulletin de Rue de l'Avenir serval.unil.ch/resource/serva…

"Sortir de la motonormativité" 🚲 🚶‍♀️ 🧑‍🦽

Comment assurer la cohabitation en piéton-nes et cyclistes?

➡️ Comprendre les comportements
➡️ Dépasser la #motonormativité
➡️ (Ré)aménager la voirie

Dans le Bulletin de Rue de l'Avenir

serval.unil.ch/resource/serva…
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📣 2 research positions (postdoc) on cycling in my team at OUVEMA Université de Lausanne.bsky.social 🚲 ➡️ Practices of e-bikes (2 years) shorturl.at/LAqHw ➡️ Active mobilities practices and planning (4 years) shorturl.at/wxmQO unil.ch/ouvema Thanks for sharing!

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Check the latest #OUVEMA newsletter 🚲🚲🚶 ➡️ 2 postdoc on #cycling ➡️ New webinars on how to plan attractive cities for active mobilities ➡️ 3 new research projects (parking, sport, planning) ➡️ New papers on cargo bikes and #motonormativity In 🇫🇷 and 🇬🇧: shorturl.at/GLNNI

Check the latest #OUVEMA newsletter 🚲🚲🚶
➡️ 2 postdoc on #cycling
➡️ New webinars on how to plan attractive cities for active mobilities
➡️ 3 new research projects (parking, sport, planning)
➡️ New papers on cargo bikes and #motonormativity
In 🇫🇷 and 🇬🇧: shorturl.at/GLNNI
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Bern #train station this evening: 🚄 30 trains departing within 30 minutes 🧳 South Tyrol advertising car-free holidays ➡️ more than 50% of households in Bern don’t own a car

Bern #train station this evening:
🚄 30 trains departing within 30 minutes
🧳 South Tyrol advertising car-free holidays

➡️ more than 50% of households in Bern don’t own a car
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📢 New paper! How can we better understand public spaces and plan them for a wide range of use(r)s? With Hannah Widmer we analyzed 3 #publicsquares in Zurich and 5 types of "affordances" to address the role of designers and users Open access! doi.org/10.1080/096543…

📢 New paper! How can we better understand public spaces and plan them for a wide range of use(r)s?

With Hannah Widmer we analyzed 3 #publicsquares in Zurich and 5 types of "affordances" to address the role of designers and users
Open access! doi.org/10.1080/096543…
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❓Do Left-wing Voters #Cycle more than Right-wing Voters? 🚲 🚲 🚲 Read our short paper in Findings #OUVEMA ➡️ findingspress.org/article/129401…

❓Do Left-wing Voters #Cycle more than Right-wing Voters? 🚲 🚲 🚲

Read our short paper in Findings  #OUVEMA

➡️ findingspress.org/article/129401…
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🚘 60 km/h speed limit on motorway in Basel to reduce noise The Federal Court said the increase in journey time (1 minute for 5.5 km) was minimal compared to the noise reduction From 10 pm to 7 am tagesanzeiger.ch/bundesverwaltu…

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The 15-Minute City. Conference by Pr Carlos Moreno | IAE-Paris Sorbonne How to enhance quality of life by reducing car reliance and promoting proximity, mixed-use development, and sustainability. 27 Feb 12:00 (CET). Open to all! Zoom link: unil.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #OUVEMA

The 15-Minute City. Conference by <a href="/CarlosMorenoFr/">Pr Carlos Moreno | IAE-Paris Sorbonne</a> 

How to enhance quality of life by reducing car reliance and promoting proximity, mixed-use development, and sustainability.

27 Feb 12:00 (CET). Open to all! 
Zoom link: unil.zoom.us/meeting/regist… 
#OUVEMA
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#OUVEMA Conference series "Making Cities attractive for active mobilities" ➡️ The 15-Minute City by Pr Carlos Moreno | IAE-Paris Sorbonne (Feb 27) ➡️ Superblocks by Thomas Hug-Di Lena // thomas_verkehrt (March 20) ➡️ 10-Minute Neighbourhoods by Sibylle Wälty (May 22) Online, 12:00 CET #OUVEMA Info unil.ch/ouvema/active

#OUVEMA Conference series "Making Cities attractive for active mobilities"
➡️ The 15-Minute City by <a href="/CarlosMorenoFr/">Pr Carlos Moreno | IAE-Paris Sorbonne</a> (Feb 27)
➡️ Superblocks by <a href="/thomas_verkehrt/">Thomas Hug-Di Lena // thomas_verkehrt</a> (March 20)
➡️ 10-Minute Neighbourhoods by Sibylle Wälty (May 22)

Online, 12:00 CET #OUVEMA
Info unil.ch/ouvema/active
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Le vélo électrique, une alternative à la voiture ? Les réponses de Patrick Rérat, professeur en géographie des mobilités Université de Lausanne ▶️ avisdexperts.ch/fr/interventio…

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📢 L’OUVEMA lance un CAS en Stratégies de promotion du vélo 🚲! 3 modules avec présentations, études de cas, visites et exercices 1️⃣ Pratiques et comportements 2️⃣ Infrastructures et aménagements 3️⃣ Politiques et mise en œuvre #OUVEMA #vélo formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/formation/stra…

📢 L’OUVEMA lance un CAS en Stratégies de promotion du vélo 🚲!

3 modules avec présentations, études de cas, visites et exercices

1️⃣ Pratiques et comportements
2️⃣ Infrastructures et aménagements
3️⃣ Politiques et mise en œuvre

#OUVEMA #vélo 

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