University of Oregon students participate in a 4 week immersive study tour experience in Denmark and the Netherlands where they experience world-renowned cycling cities while reflecting on how to carry their lessons back to the United States. Students in the course come from a variety of disciplines representing planning, engineering, law, sociology, architecture, environmental studies and more. Throughout the class, they are embedded in cities where they met with Danish, Swedish and Dutch municipal planners, nongovernmental advocates, private sector consultants, academics, and others. Alongside these interactions with content-experts, the class is structured to allow students spend a lot of time as users of local bicycle infrastructure. This allows students to experience the social and cultural benefits of cycling that parallel the sustainability and health impacts.

For their final project, students are asked to choose a topic to explore and write a short, engaging report about how they would translate lessons back to various audiences at home. Students leave the class inspired and eager to bring their experiences and lessons into the U.S. context. The timing of CRB offers a unique opportunity to link with like-minded researchers, share reflections, and translate their experiences into positive change.

In this session, students will provide short presentations of their final projects and workshop lessons and advice for translating these lessons back to their home environments. Workshop participants will get a chance to see and hear about what resonates with young adults and provide meaningful guidance for putting passion into practice.