The municipality or company
- Decides the scale: how many bikes, and whether public-transport passes are included
- Organises an opening ceremony and a closing ceremony
- Handles promotion and media coverage
Bike promotion campaign
An active mobility challenge, ready to run.
A one-month initiative in April, May, June or September. Residents or employees leave the car and travel by bike. A public-transport option can be added. They pay nothing.
Increase cycling, and see where people actually ride.
The challenge is designed for municipalities and can be run in the same format by companies that want to introduce tomorrow's mobility to their teams.
- Increase the cycling modal share of the municipality or the company
- Map the bike routes people actually use
- Participants leave the car and travel by bike
- Optional public-transport track
- One month: April, May, June or September
- Around CHF 79 per bike, all inclusive. Price on request. Participants pay nothing.
How the challenge is organised.
Residents or employees
- Pick up their bike at the opening ceremony
- Accessories available: luggage-rack basket, child seat, and child trailer
- Bring their own bike helmet
- Leave the car and travel by bike, with an optional public-transport track
- Keep a travel diary
- Return the bike at the closing ceremony, or continue with a Torks subscription
Torks
- Manages registrations on a dedicated page
- Supplies the bikes and attends the opening ceremony
- Provides the travel diaries
- Repairs bikes during the challenge if needed
- Collects the bikes and attends the closing ceremony
- Remains available to the media
The challenge in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
RTS: one month without a car in 2026
RTS follows a participant and reviews the second edition of the city's active mobility challenge.
Watch the original report on RTS
Mobility challenge
City of La Chaux-de-Fonds
How a month-long real-world trial tripled the number of participants on bikes and replaced an estimated 2,500 car journeys.
Read the storyLet's plan your challenge.
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Questions? We have answers.
The municipality or the company finances the operation. Participants pay nothing. The indicative rate is around CHF 79 per bike, all inclusive. The exact price is confirmed on request.
The format lasts one month and is designed for April, May, June or September.
Yes. They return the bike at the closing ceremony, or they can continue with a Torks subscription.
No. This page describes a turnkey Torks challenge, including for municipalities. Torks can also supply bikes for Bike to Work or help a company run that campaign.
