Measure 60 Cycle Transport Improvements 13.6.2012 Katerina Oktabcova Usti nad Labem Municipality

1. Measure 60 Cycle Transport Improvements 13.6.2012 Katerina Oktabcova Usti nad Labem Municipality

2. Background & Objectives • Currently, Ústí nad Labem has very little road space dedicated to cycling and very low amount ofcyclists. • Objectives • Improve conditions for cycling in the city • Provide complex information about cycling opportunities, services and points of interest (website) • Improve cycling infrastructure and provided services (feasibility study) • Utilise results of the cycle policy audit performed in the city and implement recommended actions (BYPAD)

3. Measure overview • Tasks • 11.6.3 Improving Cycle Transport • Finished in M27 • RTD task • Feasibility study of connecting the two international cycle routes by a new cycle route leading through the city • 6.10 Cycle Transport Improvements • Finished in M29 • DEMO task • Providing complex information about cycling opportunities in the Usti region through a web portal

4. Challenges • Difficult elevation profile of the city – river basin surrounded by hills • Insufficient cycling infrastructure • City cycle routes lead through motor traffic roads • No dedicated lanes, no priority for cyclists • One separated cycle route along the Elbe river • Low budget for cycle transport improvements • Requires soft measures and assigning priorities to actions for cycle transport improvements

5. Implementation • Comprehensive web portal for cyclists in the Ústí nad Labem put into operation - http://cyklomapa.usti-nl.cdsw.cz • Major cycle route connecting the international cycle routes in the territory and leading through Ústí nad Labem was proposed. • Individual steps towards cycle transport improvements in the form of an Action Plan were incorporated into the SUTP for Ústí nad Labem. • Training of school children in safe cycling and traffic rules in progress.

6. 11.6.3 – Improving cycle transport • Study of leading the cycle routes in the city • Proposals for the Master Plan of the city • Routes are leading primarily through: • Existing cycling infrastructure • Pedestrian and recreation zones • Segregated lines on roads • Roads with restricted traffic Proposal for new cycle infrastructure in the city

7. 11.6.3 – Improving cycle transport • The proposed integrated cycling infrastructure connects: • Current cycle network • Cycle routes on both sides of the river Labe • Cycle routes leading to neighboring regions • Towns surrounding Ústí nad Labem with the city centre • Touristic destinations in the area Proposal for cycle routes in the city centre

8. 6.10 - Cycle transport improvements http://cyklomapa.usti-nl.cdsw.cz • Trial version of the cycling web portal for Ústí nad Labem was implemented: • Information about cycling possibilities in the area, advices, services, interesting destinations etc.

9. 6.10 - Cycle transport improvements • Content: • Interactive map of all the cycle routes • Characteristics of individual routes • Safety information • Videos and pictures from the routes • Dangerous areas for cycling • Technical support and services for cyclists • Points of interest in the area

10. Interactive maps • Each cycle route is accompanied by a video showing the passage through the route on a bike in both directions • A point on the map is moving in the corresponding position • Specific interactive marks on the map are giving characteristics of the route (critical parts, uphill, downhill, surface, descriptions, etc) • Further information are included: pictures, points of interest, links, etc.

11. Results • Website promoted and accepted by local cyclists as a useful tool. • All 4th graders in the city participate in traffic training encouraging cycling. • Required future actions • Implement the Action Plan for cycle transport improvements of the SUTP • Implement the solution proposed within the feasibility study connecting the international cycle routes in the territory • Implement recommendations of the BYPAD to improve cycling policy in the city and repeat the audit periodically • Continuously update and improve the web portal for cyclists

12. Budget and costs • Purchases • Website application for cyclists • Budget 4 000€ • Actual costs 5 000€

13. Evaluation • processing data for final evaluation results • awareness level – data from questioners 2010/2011 • acceptance level – data from questioners 2010/2011 • traffic flow • average modal split • Emissions - transport model • CO, NOx

14. Thank you! Katerina Oktabcova CIVITAS Archimedes Ústí nad Labem Municipality katerina.oktabcova@mag-ul.cz www.usti-nad-labem.cz/civitas