MSU meets Delft: Cycling Urbanism Lecture by Brett Petzer (Mobycon)

This lecture will highlight the basic ideas and latest concepts of cycling urbanism and its relation to policymaking decisions, as well as related design challenges.

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Michigan State University (MSU) each year organizes a European Study Abroad program where a group of approximately 15 spatial planning students spend 3 weeks in Europe working with students from 3 different European Universities on sustainable planning practices. The topics have ranged from brownfield redevelopment to energy planning and urban agriculture, with the aim to familiarize our students with different planning approaches in Europe.

This year, within the framework of this European Study Abroad program, they are visiting Delft and the surrounding area from 21st to the 23rd of May 2025.

About Brett Petzer:

Brett was born in Cape Town, South Africa and he is an academic, urban planner and translator. His specialization in Mobycon as a bicycle infrastructure planner includes how regulatory mechanisms influence the “ownership” of public space made for various transportation and mobility modes. (https://dutchcycling.nl/experts/brett-petzer/) 

About Mobycon:

Mobycon is a Delft-based company focusing on sustainable mobility. Specifically, they are a consultancy firm that specializes in transportation plans as well as public space design (https://mobycon.com/).