Cycling development

A cycle-friendly settlement

Dr. György KukelyTerra Studio Ltd.

Good practices (experiences of field assessments)

•Suitable cycle infrastructure (quantity and quality)

•Safety storage

•Lot of people cycling to work

CHARACTERTISTICS OF BIKE FRIENDLY SETTLEMENTS

Good practices (experiences of field assessments)

•Cycle paths for spare time cycling

•The management of the settlement is committed to cycle developments

•Well-established developments(hálózati terv)

CHARACTERTISTICS OF BIKE FRIENDLY SETTLEMENTS

BIKEFRIENDLY SETTLEMENT ADVENCED LEVEL

Further conditions – rarely experienced:

• Settlements – not to be car-oriented• Do not „protect” the cars from the cyclists • Reintegration of pedestrians, cyclists to the same transport

surface level as cars• Abolish the obstacles of settlement for cyclists (junction without

crossings, bridges, overpasses etc)• More active social awareness raising, education

• Slow progression to the fulfilment of „ADVANCED” conditions of cycle friendly settlement!

NOT BIKEFRIENDLY CHARACTERISTICS

Tipical problems

• One-sided facilities

• Cycle lanes on pavements

• Not expected behaviour ofcyclists and pedestrians

• Missing connections

• Obstacles in bike paths (bridges, overpasses, crossings)

NOT BIKEFRIENDLY CHARACTERISTICS

Tipical problems

• Not enough and not safety capacity ofbike stands

• Missing traffic signs information boards

• Lack of maintenance

Suggestions:Decrease car traffic– political decisionTake away place from cars!Create good precedent – there are no good examples

INTEGRATED APPROACH

Integrated approach doesn’t work enough

592 town development projects 104 have cycle element

511 road development projects 31 have cycle element

Suggestions:If we have an investment take into consideration all transporterIntegrated approach appear in project ideas and tender documentsPotential cycle element draw attention for it

• Everyday transport mode• Bike stands at train and bus stations• Not bikefriendly stations• Not closed, not safety bike stands • Good practices for railway crossings at the same surface level • Problems of railway over and underpasses • Carrying cycle on public transport

INTERMODALITY, MODAL-SPLIT

Suggestions:Public transport and cycling increase the

attractiveness of each other The goal: change from the car to an

alternative transport mode Development of modal-split

MAINTENANCE

• 1.476,9 km mainly new facilities• Who has to/can sustain these facilities?• Self-governments undertake it.

Suggestions:Changing of approach in development policy Ensure money for the maintenance of cycle infrastructureIntermediate Body– more emphasize on annual control

Kőbánya Fehér útNagybajom 61-es főútBékés-Mezőberény

AWARENESS RAISING

Goal of the awareness raising projects:

• Cycling would be safety +

• Cycling would be more popular

Projects:• Infrastructure development compulsory element ROP• Awareness raising environmental projects

Target groups:• Schools• The whole settlement

CYCLE TRANSPORT

Types of these projects:

• Campaign in order to popularize cycling• Cycling race• Cycling tour• Bike to work• Bike to school• education

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Cycle stands, purchase cycles, cycle hire, service

CYCLE TRANSPORT

Self-governments build and maintenance of infrastructure

Education, awareness rising is the role of schools, NGO’s

Who should deal with it?rough-and-readylocal effects

Lot of small, independent projects regularity is missingmissing of coordinationdo not fit to national

programs

Different motivation in the popularization of cyclingSmall villages Budapest, bigger cities

CYCLE TRANSPORT

Awareness raising

It has most significant role than we think about it!!!

Suggestions:

He role of coordination institutionsGuidelines to the sleg-governmentsPropagandize the good practices Continuity, predictabilityStrengthen education

Development of urban-suburban public transportation system for sustainable urban development

The urban-suburban public transportation system plays down in the development of the transport

Amount contracted between 2004-2013 (billion HUF)

NFÜ Térképtér, 2013. 04. 11.

792,30

310,55

210,74

83,92

33,49

79,67

328,15

Road construction Rail projects (non-suburban)

DBR (underground M4) Other public transport on rails and tracks

Public transport on road Other transportation

Requirements of the new projects: sustainability and efficiency

• Financial and environmental sustainability and efficiency:– Environmental sustainability: focusing on zero

emission– Financial sustainability:

• Because of the decreasing of the resources, care must be taken to the most effective projects:

• 1. reach of minimum requierments of services,• 2. above this limit supporting the most effective projects. • Instead of the investment approach in any way, less

projects, minimal investments.• Prefer the development of services with more soft

components (awareness raising of the potential passangers and the staff too)

Requirements of the new projects: focusing on the passengers

• Focusing on the passengers:– Covering of the total travel-chain – Integrated development projects:

• Managing the travel and urban development projects together,• Provide the interchanges between the transport modes• Integrating the public transport firms• making proposals on the formation of the effective institutional

background in NTS (eg. common local fares).

– Intensification of the service-character:• Aims: make the car-users to change and keeping the current

passengers• „selling” the public transport:• marketing is needed!• projects have to contain awarness raising component.

Best practice – example of city of Szeged

Integrated, strategic way of thinking

Applied instruments Strategic aimsOther types of project

elements could be linked to transportation projects

Other types of projects could contain transport elements if it is possible and necessary

Supporting zero emission transport modes

Schedule discussions, bus stops development (quality of service and security of passengers)

Creating public transport associations

This is how to increase the popularity of public transport

Moving towards a sustainable transport system

Territorial spacing up: equal opportunities in worse traffic status settlements too

No progress so far

Projects in Szeged

• Development of tracks: zero emission– 2 projects for construncting and reconstructing tracks of trams and

trollybus ways,– joins: traffic management, informations for passengers, bicycle path,

road and pavement reconstruction.• Development of terminals: integration

– 2 subcenters with terminals in the city,– Safe and comfortable waiting, informations for passengers, rest room

for bus drivers, upgrading the cityscape.• Development of bus stops in the suburbs: territorial spacing up

– 5 projects in 15 settlements,– Bus shelters, cycle storages, speedometers, benches, plants.

• Urban development projects: integration– Biopolis park: transport elements integrated to a mainly R+D project– Integrated urban development: tram track, bicycle paths besides urban

renewal.

Thank you for your attention!!!kukely.gyorgy@terra-studio.hu