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Teije Gorris

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Internationally recognized trainer with 20+ years delivering transformative workshops on bicycle infrastructure, road safety, and sustainable mobility across 30+ countries. Unique ability to translate Dutch cycling expertise to diverse contexts—from emerging economies in Asia and Africa to established markets in Europe, Australia, and the Americas.

Core Training and Workshop Expertise

  • Bicycle Infrastructure: Network planning, design standards for different road types, junction treatments, Safe System approach,
  • Urban Mobility Planning: Hardware-software-orgware integration, tactical urbanism, multi-stakeholder facilitation, transit integration
  • Road Safety: Vision Zero implementation, school zone safety, Low Traffic Stress methodology
  • Train-the-Trainer Programs: Cascading knowledge transfer, context-specific curriculum development, blended learning (online + in-person + follow-up)

Recent Highlights

  • USA: Think bike workshops in South-East Florida for 50+ planners and designers; regular study visits from US delegations through Dutch Cycling Embassy
  • Philippines (World Bank and ACTIVE): Trained 150+ professionals in network planning and tactical urbanism across 15+ workshops (including train-the-trainer programs)
  • India (GIZ and ACTIVE): 5-day intensive for 60+ Karnataka engineers on cycling infrastructure
  • Australia (TAC): Safe and active travel for school zones masterclasses for Victorian municipalities (80+ professionals trained)
  • Minor Urban Retrofitting (BUas): International bachelor program teaching hardware-software-orgware integration and active and safe mobility planning for global city transformation
  • Annual Programs: Direct Dutch Bicycle Infrastructure Summer Training (up to 15 international professionals annually) and Delft Road Safety Course (20-25 LMIC participants annually)

Current Roles

  • Lecturer/Project Manager, Breda University of Applied Sciences
  • Owner/Lead Trainer, GO-bility | More than learning
  • Director, Delft Road Safety Courses Foundation
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Teije Gorris

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GO-bility

Languages

  • Dutch,
  • English