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Cycling Facilities in Europe Signs of Acceptance by Low Cost

Cycling Facilities in Europe Signs of Acceptance by Low Cost. Prepared by Difu , presented by Jörg Thiemann-Linden Pardubice , 22 nd February 2012. Content. Cycling facilities types, outside settled area, maintenance Bicycle Parking in city center, in dense housing

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Cycling Facilities in Europe Signs of Acceptance by Low Cost

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  1. Cycling Facilities in Europe Signs of Acceptance by Low Cost PreparedbyDifu, presentedby Jörg Thiemann-Linden Pardubice, 22ndFebruary 2012

  2. Content • Cycling facilities types, outside settled area, maintenance • Bicycle Parking in city center, in dense housing • Traffic calming the safety issue, speed limits, mixing the modes • OutlookMeasuring cycling, sources

  3. Introduction: User‘s Perspective Other people cycling Quick and simple from A to B Feeling safe – a condition for experiencing the bike in daily life (after having had good experiences from leisure use) Cycling is fun! Visible signs of social and political acceptance of cycling Quality Infrastructure = keeping the potential

  4. Cycling Facilities • Balanced public space • Basic Types (sorted from mixing to separation)- cycle street - “advisory safety lane”- cycle lane - cycle path • New elements • Maintenance • Outside settled area Hannover: Former mandatorycyclepath; newcyclelane

  5. New generation of guidelines From FGSV e.V. – German Transport and Road Research Association Bases for ERA: 2010: RASt 06 Street design guidelines: „… to design the street from the sides, not from the middle“

  6. Ascain possible street cross section

  7. Advisory Cycle Cycle „safety lane path lane“

  8. Choice of the adequate type of cycling facility Criteria for pre-selection (to be confirmed in detail construction plan) • Motorized vehicle frequency per day • Car speed (V85) I – entire mixed II mixed with assistance III potential separation IV separation

  9. 9 Cycle lanes • Visibility! • Quick and easy travel, cheaper than to build cycle paths • Adequate space at intersections • Self-explanatory design • Enforcement on parking!

  10. Outside settledarea Separation because of driven speed(but long time effort to create a network – priorities?) Bicycle lanes outside ?(not in Germany, but CH, NL, BE, FR) Speed limit at 60-70 km/h in minor roads without cycling facilities? Focus on entries to villages

  11. Road separator - for crossing and turning Crossing in two phases Substitute for traffic light Necessary at the end of a two way cyclepath

  12. Visible sign of acceptance e.g. bike box, indirect turning(coloured lane in general) 12

  13. In future capacity oriented planning?

  14. Dutch „new tradition“of cycle streets and cycle highways Reasonsfor national Cycle Highway programm: • increasecommuterdistancescycling • Improvehealtheffect • reduceworkloadofpublictransportduringpeakhour • avoidcongestion on motorways

  15. Bridges, worth kilometers of cycle paths

  16. Tunnels, worth kilometers of cycle paths

  17. Leisure route for inliners and cyclists (Flämingskate, signed cycle street)

  18. Greenways on formerrailtracks

  19. Copenhagen „Green Wave“, cyclehighways

  20. No passing cyclist in small roundabout (but plenty of mistakes in detailled design!) Gdansk bicycle roundabout

  21. Requirements on Bicycle Parking Stability: for locking the bicycle, no front wheel clip Right location close to shops Dry under roof (if parking for longer time) Theft-proof: bright at dark in public area(guarded parking)

  22. Neighbourhood Bicycle Garages Utrecht, Rotterdam (NL), Antwerp (BE) 22 Network of community garages (boxes, new shelters, former shops Organisation by municipal garage company of civil society bureau. Utrecht / Antwerpen: funding from municipal car garages‘ assets (due to public interest to memove any barriers from cycle use)

  23. Copenhagen: capital of „bakery bikes“ Each fourth familiy with children in central Copenhagen posseses one 1 box for 4 tricycles on 1 carparkinglot

  24. Pedelecparkingatworklocationsolar fillingstation

  25. Parking capacity problems (Münster, DE); Red carpet – for pedestrians (Groningen, NL)

  26. City centerbicycleparkingmostlyforfree; Apeldoorn, Den Haag (NL), Münster (DE)

  27. New station Alphen a.d.Rijn, NL (2010) 30,000 inhabitants, guarded parking + free parking in „bicycle apple“

  28. Houten, NL (2011); 50,000 inhabitants 3200 bicycles capacity in „station hall“ 28

  29. Safety – a matter of cycling density Exposure of the single cyclist Source: ECF

  30. Thoughtfullness the rule, not exception Speed limit of 30 km/h. Closer to cycling speed The reasons(from info on new trafficlaw in France):

  31. Thoughtfullness the rule, not exception Speed limit of 30 km/h ! Reasons:

  32. New street law in France fomal status of street maximum speed balanced traffic / local function • French Highway code since 2008 • „Zone de rencontre“ • Switzerland • Belgium • France

  33. Hierarchy of streets: Self-explaining roads 30 km/h in most streets(EP 2011: „the rule, not exception) 50/70 km/h in some streets(with cycling facilities) some Ped. Zone and 20 km/h streets Key for good cycling condition: >> balanced spaces for the modes >> low speed of motorized modes

  34. Shared Spaces squares Duisburg / Ulm / Lüneburg (DE), Haren (NL) All driving at cyclist speed

  35. Mixing the modes in peaceful co-existance

  36. Respect! Pedestrians‘ Needs Relaxed joint use : • Common “green paths” with pedestrians: sufficient space • Avoiding (mountain) bike routes on high level hiking paths • The cycling speed issue • Bicycle parkings and handicapped pedestrians

  37. Measuring Cycling Simple methods: Countingcyclistsatcentralspots (bridges) yearbyyear, orsteadilyforpublicawareness Users satisfactionsurveybyinterviews „Point out“ problemspots on open map (wikimapping?) Hands-up in schoolclassesbefore,after „cyclingtoschool“ action

  38. Copenhagen bicycle balance - users‘ satisfaction

  39. Netherlands bicycle balance by test rides Utrecht compared to Groningen

  40. Bicycle portal www.nrvp.de Public repository of pooled know-how with 5000 entries: • federal initiatives and funding measures, • (inter)national practical examples • news updates • literature database • list of events Internal working platform for cooperation Newsletter to 1500 recipients • English section www.nrvp.de/en • CyE download section • news updates • international practice examples

  41. For sharing experiences with CMBCycling Expertise“ files on www.nrvp.de (print & download, slides series, newsletter)

  42. More Cycling Portals • ELTIS.org • Fietsberaad.nl • www.kk.dk/cityofcyclists (and Danish Cycling Embassy) • PRESTO.Project! • ECF.org

  43. Manual From PSWE, Pomerania (PL)

  44. Thank you Difu Jörg Thiemann-LindenTilman Bracher Zimmerstrasse 13-1510969 Berlin ++49 30 39001-138 www.nrvp.de, cycling-expertise@difu.de

  45. Sources and Links National Cycling Plan 2002–2012 “Ride Your Bike”: www.nrvp.de (http://edoc.difu.de/edoc.php?id=YFGDITZ2) Second German federal government cycling report on the state of cycling in the Federal Republic of Germany, 2007: www.bmvbs.de/Anlage/original_1018367/Zweiter-Fahrradbericht-der-Bundesregierung-barrierefrei.pdf(in German) Funding guidelines, application forms, bulletins: www.nrvp.de/foerderung-bund/foerderung-nrvp/antragstellung.phtml (in German) Measures supported within the context of the National Cycling Plan: www.nrvp.de/foerderung-bund/foerderung-nrvp/massnahmen.phtml (in German)

  46. Sources and Links Second German federal government cycling report on the state of cycling in the Federal Republic of Germany, 2007: www.bmvbs.de/Anlage/original_1018367/Zweiter-Fahrradbericht-der-Bundesregierung-barrierefrei.pdf (in German) www.nrvp.de/foerderung-bund/foerderung-nrvp/massnahmen.phtml (in German) Mecklenburg-West Pomeraniawww.mv-bike.net North-Rhine Westphaliawww.fahrradfreundlich.nrw.de Route plannerwww.radroutenplaner.nrw.de/RRP_home_02_en.html (in English) NRW Cycling Networkwww.radverkehrsnetz.nrw.de/downloads/Rad_info_english.pdf (in English) Baden-Württembergwww.fahrradland-bw.de

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