Pedaling for the environment and health
Whether you're out and about privately or cycling to university, going on a bike tour at the weekend or doing your weekly shopping by bike - every kilometer counts!
This year’s CITY CYCLING campaign will take place from May 11 to May 31, 2026.
The countdown is on: 3, 2, 1 ... CITY CYCLING 2026@RUB
It all kicks off on Monday. The weather this coming weekend is perfect for getting warmed up. So get off the couch and hop on your bike!
Haven’t signed up yet?
The aim of the competition is to cycle as many everyday journeys as possible in a climate-friendly way for 21 days. All employees and students of Ruhr University Bochum are cordially invited to take part.
The campaign phase runs every year from 01.05. to 30.09. Each municipality determines the three-week campaign period itself. When the campaign starts in 2025 will be announced both here and via RUB-News.
Ruhr University Bochum sends its own team into the race every year under the name "Ruhr University Bochum". Registration is via the CITY CYCLING homepage and is possible at any time. Anyone who has already taken part in the campaign in previous years can simply reactivate their account there. Join in and let's collect kilometers together:
All information about the CITY CYCLING campaign can be found on the following pages:
The kilometers cycled during the campaign period can be recorded in the follow-up period. The cycle meter provides a quick overview of the current results.
Note: The cycle meter will be activated during the campaign period. You will then find the Radelmeter link here.
With the CITY CYCLING app, you can cycle even faster. Here you can easily track your routes via GPS and the kilometers cycled are automatically credited. In the results overview, you can see at a glance where your team and your municipality stand.
Please log your rides—if possible—using the CITY CICLING app, because only tracked data provides real value for the City of Bochum’s planning efforts. The collected data can help to
The data collected through the app thus provides important anonymized information that can be used in future urban and transportation planning. To this end, the app collects not only information on the routes traveled but also other data, which is used for analyses such as those regarding road surface conditions.
Ruhr University Bochum has already successfully participated in CITY CYCLING in previous years. The table shows which ranking was achieved in the municipality, how many Ruhr University Bochum members took part, how many kilometers were cycled and how many kilograms of CO2 were avoided as a result.
| Placement | Cyclists | Kilometers | CO2 avoidance | |
| 2025 | 1. | 282 | 55.086 | 9.034 |
| 2024 | 2. | 196 | 40.616 | 6.742 |
| 2023 | 1. | 187 | 40.439 | 6.551 |
| 2022 | 3. | 85 | 16.127 | 2.484 |
| 2021 | 10. | 65 | 8.366 | - |
| 2020 | 3. | 65 | 14.073 | 2.069 |
| 2018 | 2. | 59 | 14.823 | 2.105 |
| 2017 | 2. | 44 | 10.529 | 1.495 |
If you have any suggestions or questions about the campaign, please feel free to contact:
Bianca May
Department 5 Construction and Facility Management
Department 5.8 Sustainability and Energy
Address: SH 1/132 - 136
Phone: +49 234 32 26509
E-mail: bianca.may@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
