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St. Polten, 11-16 of March 2011
SpiCycles in
PLOIESTI city
SPICYCLES (Sustainable Planning & Innovation for Bicycles) − The project SPICYCLES aimed to promote cycling policies in 6 European cities.
− In this frame, the project aimed to produce positive impacts on the references cities in terms of:
- environmental performance by reducing emissions; - increased road safety and improved traffic management; - support to equity and accessibility; - benefits for health and the overall quality of life.− In Ploiesti, the actions included implementation of communication and awareness raising campaigns and special actions to build local partnerships.
St. Polten, 11-16 of March 2011
The urban context before SpiCycles?
- Ploiesti city is a medium industrial city (almost 250.000 inhabitants) with a noisy cars’ life;
- Poor image of cyclists in relation to car driver status;
- No “Bicycle climate” reflecting a positive attitude to cyclists from the society;
- Bike-sharing concept unknown;
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- No partnership between local administration and private companies regarding cycling issues;
- No analyses of the citizens’ opinions and requirements related to the cycling;
- No common discussions, interest and activities for cycling between the different local actors;
- No involvement from the stakeholders and private investors in the problems concerning urban cycling;
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What did SpiCycles bring new?
- The opportunity to follow and to apply the European politics related to the healthy environment and the reduction of the energy’s consumption;
- The concept of bike-sharing;
- The advantage of working and sharing knowledge and practices in the field of cycling, knowing the Dutch and German experience;
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- More communication and awareness regarding the alternative transport mode as an important issue for the urban mobility;
- The benefits of a safety traffic teaching for the children from the road traffic officers;
- A great occasion to work in a “team spirit” in order to meet new challenges.
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- The possibility to introduce and to develop the cycling infrastructure and logistic equipment in the future urban planning development projects;
- The possibility of setting up the partnerships between private investors and public authorities;
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Barriers?- The inherent conflict between the different categories of traffic
participants due to the narrow roads that are not providing sufficient space for all of them;
- Lack of the coherent policy because different departments that are responsible with traffic issues had a difficult communication;
- In the public transport master plan there is not a chapter destined to the cycling’s analysis yet;
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- The bureaucratic procedures and practices which are slowing down the information and data transfer;
- Existing of the obsolete internal rules at the department’s level and their application doesn’t cover encountered issues;
- The lack of the interest and the conservative mentality of the citizens that need to be changed;
- Insufficient equipments for solving the traffic congestion (real information system, parking, crossings signing etc.).
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What are the results and impacts of the project?
- Setting up and working the free bike-sharing system which has especially a promoting role;
- Setting up and working the “Cycling groups” in some schools that
benefit by the teaching of the roads traffic police);
- Increasing the interest of young people which are the future promoters of the new way of unpolluted transport (on-line filled cycling questionnaires and a permanent monitoring and analyzing questionnaires feed-back;
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- A better communication process created between the different departments and authorities related to the transport issues;
- Support of the Oil and Gas University and high-schools, important driver elements in the educational process of building a cycling culture and mentality;
- The two public-private partnerships regarding cycling issues that didn’t exist before SpiCycles;
- Creating the premises for continue the implementation of the cycling in the daily life of the citizens.
St. Polten, 11-16 of March 2011
St. Polten, 11-16 of March 2011
Thank you for attention!Milena Perpelea
Ploiesti Municipality
www.ploiesti.ro
