1. Simon Fessard, Urban Planner
simon.fessard@gmail.com
11 rue des canadiens, 76420 Bihorel
+33 6 32 03 37 77
@SimonFessard
https://fr.linkedin.com/in/sfessard
https://sfportfolio.wordpress.com
Education
2013 - 2014 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Faculty of Engineering, department
of Architecture, Urban Design and
Regional Planning (Leuven, Belgium)
2010 - 2012 Université Technologique de
Compiègne, Master in Urban
Systems Engineering, Urban design
and environment (Compiègne,
France)
2008 Université du Havre, Bachelor in
Civil Engineering, Public work and
urban design (Le Havre, France)
Work history
2013 – auj. Mobycon, Urban planning office,
consultancy and research in Mobility,
Transport and Traffic (Delft, The
Netherlands), Urban Planning
consultant
2012 – 2014 Canopée, Self-business company,
Consultancy, Urban design for
community gardening
2012 – 2013 Le Mat, Sustainable Development
and Environment Education NGO,
(Viel Audon, France), Civil Service
2011 – 2012 SaluTerre, Landscape design office
and community garden development
in cooperation with city dwellers and
city officials (Sainte-Foy la Grande,
France), Intern
2010 Folius Ecopaysage, Landscape
design office : landscape planning
and design for gardens and parks,
(Yvetot, France), Intern
2009 Iosis, Urban design office : public
areas, road, structural work, roads,
utilities and networks, (Bois-
Guillaume, France), Intern
Recent Projects
 Discover Dutch Cycling – Naviki
Set up of an on line platform targeted to
cycling professional and showcasing best
practices in terms of cycling infrastructures
and facilities in the Netherlands
 Cycling policy Ecuador – Embassy of
Ecuador in the Netherlands
Report about cycling benefits for Ecuadorian
municipalities and road map for cycling
development.
 Data collection – Zuid-Kennemerland
Collection and analysis of data in and around
Haarlem along the cycling network
 PRO-E-BIKE – European Project
Development, monitoring and capitalization
of Dutch pilots for developments of E-Bikes
and E-Scooters in businesses.
 Bicycle Network - Regio Riverland,
Bicycle network design at the provincial
level, inventory of missing and weak links
and suggestions for network improvements.
 Sustainable Safety 3.0 - ANWB
Support for the development of the
‘Sustainable Safety 3.0’, Dutch vision of road
safety
 Urban design – Dutch projects
Urban design for traffic calmed spaces and
shared spaces :

2. Roosendaal, design of a
roundabout with separated bicycle
tracks from motorized traffic.
Elst station, design of the
surrounding of the station in a
shared space, accessible to
bicyclists, pedestrians, cars and
buses, important care on urban
quality of the space.
 Urban design – International projects
Urban design in traffic calmed spaces and
complete streets:
Ottawa (Ontario, Canada),
protected cycle track in Chruchill
Avenue.
Calgary (Alberta, Canada), Bicycle
network design and urban design of
Stephen Avenue in cooperation with
local NGOs.
Davis (Californy, United States),
Intersection design on East Covell
Boulevard with protected bicycle
tracts and bicycle routes.
London (Ontario, Canada), River
edges design and surrounding urban
design in cooperation with a
landscape office.
Toronto (Ontario, Canada), Concept
design for the university campus
becoming a car-free space in
cooperation with a landscape office.
Proposal editions
 CC IMPACT – Innovative and
Participative cycling cities – European
Project
Edition of the proposal and constitution of
the consortium for the Interreg Ivb project
NWE (North-West Europe) regions.
 Edition of various proposals for international
urban design project on bicycle
infrastructures, public space, bicycle
network, bicycle sharing systems, etc.
Conference organization
 Winter Cycling Congress 2015 -
Leeuwarden
Member of the organization team of the
Winter Cycling Congress 2015, responsible
of the program, of the content of
presentations and of PR with speakers.
Training engagements
 Workshop ‘Shared Space’
Organization, management and monitoring
of the one-day workshop on Shared Space,
the theoretical framework and the design
elements of Shared Space. Initiative of
Mobycon.
 Study Tour Bicycle 360
Organization, management, guide and
monitoring of several 3-day Study Tours
Bicycle 360 about cycling in the Netherlands
and historical, planning, design and political
development. Initiative of Mobycon.
 Workshop Mobility and bicycle planning
Organization, management, guide and
monitoring of a 3-day workshop with the
Embassy of Ecuador in the Netherlands to
develop a strategical planning for cycling in
Ecuador.
 Workshop mobility and cycling
Organization, management and guide for a
knowledge transfer workshop on Dutch
mobility and Sustainable Safety guidelines
for cycling with a Romanian group.
 Diverse study tours
Brief interventions into study tours
organized for Americans, French , Romanian
and British people.
Presentation in conferences
 Velo-City 2015 (Nantes, France).
Speaker for two contributions : PRO-E-BIKE
project, « Functional Ambiance » and
Stephen Avenue project, Calgary (Alberta,
Canada)
Moderator for the session “Learning to Share
for better cities”.
 International Cargo-Bike Festival
(Nijmegen, The Netherlands).
Speaker and moderator for PRO-E-BIKE
project with business owners.
 Biciklana Fest (Novi Sad, Serbia).
Keynote presentation and two presentation
about “cycling for the young” and “cycling
policies in the Netherlands” with NGOs and
local policy makers.
 Départements et Régions Cyclables
(Valence, France).
Keynote presentation on “Cycling in the Netherlands
and ingredients for success” urban planners and
policy makers at various institution levels in France.
 Vesuvian Bike Village (Naples, Italy).

3. Keynote presentation on “Cycling for a resilient city”
with local policy makers and NGOs.
 Muoversi in Bici (Bari, Italy).
Keynote presentation on “Cycling in the Netherlands
and cycling in the chain” with policy makers at
various institution levels and NGOs.
Technical skills
ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop,
SketchUp, decision making softwares
Language skills
 French, mother tong
 English, professional skills
 Italian, limited professional skills
 Spanish, limited professional skills