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CYCLE CAMPAIGNING Where are we at, and where are we going?

CYCLE CAMPAIGNING Where are we at, and where are we going? Roger Geffen Campaigns & Policy Manager CTC, the national cyclists’ organisation Review of 2007 Campaigns… Highway Code (2 nd round!) “Keep Cycling on Track” campaign Fillthathole and Clearthattrail Coastal access

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CYCLE CAMPAIGNING Where are we at, and where are we going?

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  1. CYCLE CAMPAIGNINGWhere are we at, and where are we going? Roger Geffen Campaigns & Policy Manager CTC, the national cyclists’ organisation

  2. Review of 2007 Campaigns… • Highway Code (2nd round!) • “Keep Cycling on Track” campaign • Fillthathole and Clearthattrail • Coastal access • Influencing Comprehensive Spending Review Development… • £300K DEFRA funding for climate film • £4m Lottery funding for 12 ‘cycle champions’ doing cycle development (health, social inclusion) • Benefits also for cycle trainers, campaigners etc

  3. New opportunities • PACTS call for 20mph default speed limit • Obesity Foresight report • Personalised Travel Planning increases cycle use by up to 65%, and reduces car use by 9-13% • Stern / Eddington response notes excellent value of small schemes and ‘smarter choice’ measures • Cycling England’s “Bike for the Future” – Government support likely

  4. Campaigning in 2008:still semi-reactive • DfT climate change strategy and another White Paper (post Stern/Eddington): ‘smarter choices’ v major infrastructure • Climate Change Bill v Planning Bill • Local Transport Bill and overhaul of local transport planning system • LAAs, LSPs, RDAs, RPBs, RSSs and other TLAs • Cycle Infrastructure Design • Study of factors affecting cycle safety • Cycle parking initiative

  5. Cycle parking • Web-based tool for cyclists to nominate cycle parking locations – in partnership with local authorities • Paving the way for further web-based initiatives e.g. prioritising cycle infrastructure improvements, reporting bad drivers, national cycle journey planner…

  6. Cycle safety study • Needs to go beyond the “Highway Code issues” (i.e. cycle lanes/tracks and helmets!) • Must also cover wider infrastructure issues (e.g. lane widths, junctions, maintenance), vehicle design and – above all – driver behaviour

  7. Climate change v major infrastructure: LTPs and other acronyms • Climate Change Bill to establish Climate Commission, set 60% reduction target (to be reviewed by Commission), and 5-year updates • Planning Bill to set up Major Infrastructure Projects Commission • LT planning proposes 10-15 year LT strategies • Sub-national review proposes transfer of planning powers to RDAs • “Sustainable Communities”? • Are LTPs, LDDs, LSPs, LAAs real or sham?

  8. Getting strategic: campaigning • 20mph: Opportunities in London, coalition-building, legislation for willing LAs • Traffic law and driver behaviour: use of web to make the case for new offences, tougher sentencing, more traffic policing, driver liability • Planning and design: work with LAs to establish the “Hierarchy of Solutions” (i.e. reduce traffic volumes and speeds before “cycle infrastructure”) and make sure cycling is included in major schemes / developments

  9. Getting strategic: CTC general • Membership categories review • Development activities: cycle training, workplaces, women, students health, social inclusion etc • ‘Professionalising’ our allies: local cycle campaigners, trainers and other allies – using web for briefings, online tools, positive engagement with local authorities

  10. CYCLE CAMPAIGNINGWhere are we at, and where are we going? Roger Geffen Campaigns & Policy Manager CTC, the national cyclists’ organisation 0870 873 0060 (main) / 01483 238322 (direct) roger.geffen@ctc.org.uk

  11. Cycle use v obesity

  12. Health costs of physical inactivity and obesity • 37% of deaths related to physical inactivity (c42,000 pa) • Obesity shortens life expectancy by c9 years, causing c30,000 deaths pa. Increases risks of: Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, coronary artery disease and stroke, respiratory problems, certain cancers, infertility, osteoarthritis, liver and gall bladder disease, mental illness. • NHS costs due to obesity set to rise from £1bn in 2007 to £6.5bn in 2050. Wider social costs are c7 times higher.

  13. Real cycle safety • Cycling is safe: cyclists have a far lower involvement rate in collisions where someone else gets injured • Health benefits far outweigh the risks – by a factor of c20:1. • 100,000 extra ‘regular cyclists’ would result in a net saving of 50 lives p.a • (N.B. this makes no allowance for improvements – but...) • Cycling gets safer the more people do it – e.g. 83% increase in cycle use in London while cycle casualties reduced 28%.

  14. Cycle ‘farcilities’?

  15. Cycle ‘farcilities’?

  16. Cycle ‘farcilities’?

  17. What constitutes good cycle provision? • A cycle-friendly road network, with additional beneficial cycle links where safe • Hierarchy of provision

  18. What constitutes good cycle provision? • Cycle tracks fine on high speed / major inter-urban roads (few interruptions or pedestrians) • Cycle lanes on busier 30mph and some higher-speed roads where there is either sufficient width or traffic is light enough for safe overtaking • Contraflows also very useful • Otherwise, no need for cycle facilities on low-speed / low traffic roads: 20mph limit is a perfectly good ‘cycle facility’

  19. Benefits of 20mph speed limits • Reduced casualties • 20mph zones in Hull (covering 26% of the city’s road network) have reduced total casualties by 56%, child cycle casualties by 69%, child pedestrian casualties by 74% and fatal/serious casualties (all ages) by 90%. • 20mph zones GB-wide have reduced traffic speeds by 9mph, cut traffic volumes by 27%, reduced total casualties by 61% and fatal/serious casualties by 70%. • Health Development Agency estimates 20mph default would reduce child deaths and injuries by 67% (13,000 children p.a). • More people walking cycling and using public transport • A better residential and town centre environment (better for house prices and retail vitality!) • POPULAR! (75% of all people / 72% of drivers support residential 20mph limits)

  20. All abilities cycling

  21. Benefits of ‘smarter choices’ measures(School and employer travel plans, personal travel planning, cycle training) • Cycle training increases the frequency and the length of cycle trips people make, their willingness to cycle all year round, and their confidence when cycling. • Cycle use has increased by 25% in Peterborough, 36% in Worcester and 79% in Darlington in the first 2 years of the “Sustainable Travel Towns” demonstration project – car use is down by 11-13% in all three towns. • Sustrans “BikeIt” project for schools has typically quadrupled cycle use for school travel, from 2% to 8% of trips (national average 1%). • Overall, ‘smarter choices’ have a benefit:cost ratio (BCR) of 10:1. • Personalised travel planning (PTP) has a BCR of 30:1.

  22. Bike for the Future II • “START” programme: £23m p.a. (2008/9) / £37m p.a. (2009/10 – 2011/12) • Level 2 ‘Bikeability’ cycle training for all children by 2012 (£12m) • School champions to work with half of all schools in England (£10m) • 600 new links to school and 1000 cycle parking facilities (£10m) • Schools cycle clubs / cycling for ‘extended schools’ / engage families (£5m) • Aim for 10% school run trips by cycle in targeted schools by 2012, and a 5% reduction in car use for school run • “Cycling city, cycling towns”: £11m p.a (2008/9) / £20m p.a. (2009/10– 2011/12) • £10m for one city (pop >100,000) and another £10m for 16 Cycling Demonstration Towns (including 6 existing towns) • Aim to double cycle use in each city / town between 2008/9 and 2012. • Other programmes: £6m p.a. (2008/9) / £ p.a. (2009/10 – 2011/12) • Training cycling instructors (£1m) • Local / regional authority support (£1.5m) • Encouraging adult cycling, e.g. via workplace (£4m) • Marketing and communications (£4m) • Monitoring (£2m) • Central support (£0.5m) • Total £40m (2008/9) / £70m (2011/12) • Overall aim: 20% increase in cycle use in England by 2012

  23. Existing CyclingDemonstration Towns • Aylesbury: integrating cycling into new housing developments, incl a £5m bridge • Brighton: Personalised Travel Planning • Darlington: City centre traffic restrictions, permeable using radial cycle routes, cycle training • Derby: Focus on under-25s – cycle training and bike to school days • Exeter: Links to / cycle parking at schools, aim for 20% cycle use for school trips • Lancaster / Morecambe: Opening promenade and a disused railway line, cycle maps, links with employers

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