Love Cycling Go Dutch

Shane Snow – 5 November 2013

A537 is most dangerous road in Britain

Pressure

mounts on PM

to make radical

reforms for

cycling

‘The way we

travel now is

killing us. We’re

the fattest people

in Western

Europe’

London ‘bike

Crossrail’ planned for

2016

Lorries involved in two thirds of cyclist deaths in London

One year on, Mary

Bowers is still

making her

presence felt

Cycling

network

‘confuses

riders and

drivers’

Mother’s

emotional plea for

‘proper cycling

lanes’

Cities Fit For Cycling

Building safer cycle routes

would not only benefit those

who cycle. It would also

encourage hundreds of

thousands more people to

use their bikes to make

short journeys instead of

going by car or by train or

bus.

This would have benefits

for motorists, pedestrians,

parents, businesses and

taxpayers.

It would lead to less

congested streets, less

overcrowding on public

transport, fewer deaths on

the road, less NHS money

wasted on obesity, a boost

for the high street, less

pollution, and a more

affordable form of transport

for those priced out by rising

petrol prices and rail fares.

Official figures show a sharp rise in the number of people killed riding their bicycles and in drink-driving collisions

PPressOffice Cycle

Policy

It’s been a bumpy ride but the bike has gone from a much-mocked contraption to an icon of our urban future

Times 12 August

Cycling revolution shifts into top gear

Cycling groups welcome announcement of £77m government fund

Campaigners also urge long-term push to establish nationwide system of cycling infrastructure similar to the Netherlands

Guardian 12 August

Cycling gets £94m push in England

A number of English cities and national parks are to share a £94m cash injection to promote cycling.

Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford and Norwich will share £77m, with four national parks getting a further £17m.

The money is to improve existing and fund new cycle routes. The government says it also wants to cut red tape to facilitate cyclist-friendly planning.

BBC Website 12 August

Government shift cycling up a gear

A nationwide drive to promote cycling in cities and national parks across England will be launched today.

The Prime Minister announces the biggest ever single injection of cash for the country alongside plans to make roads safer for those on two wheels.

GOV.UK

David Cameron urges Britons to get on their bikes

David Cameron says a £94m cash injection to promote cycling will make a "real difference" and will help to make Britain's roads "safer" for people who want to get on their bikes.

Telegraph 12 August

Cycling networks fit for growth: safe attractive and convenient

European infrastructure is different. Separate from pedestrians and cars. Cycling is safe, easy, attractive.

In US now doing it for all NYC avenues.

Aim 10% mode share by 2025. * Cycling increase 3% to 4%

2001 to 2011 for journeys to work

Birmingham * 2017 Network (red is new routes) aim 5% 2023 10% 2033* 2008 to 2011 cycling increased 37%

Leeds plan to deepen network over next decade to get to 7.5% mode by 2023

Cambridge going for world best mode share – from 27% to 40% over a decade.

Some of the key drivers of the international high-tech and knowledge-based economy arebased in South Cambridgeshire, for example at Granta Park and the Genome Campus in Hinxton. Many of these business and research parks are notoriously difficult to access bymeans other than private car – although some put on shuttle buses for staff, there is evidence tosuggest there is a suppressed demand for cycling to many of these sites. Several of these sites are located within cycling distance of a rail station that is connected to both Cambridge andLondon, but there are few options to cycle to/from these interchanges. This represents aconsiderable missed opportunity.

Action for RoadsA network for the 21 Century (July 2013)

We also want to cycle –proof our network, and minimise the situations where major roads are a barrier to walkers and communities

PM Announcement 12 August:What about 97% roads run by LAs?

• The announcement includes a commitment from the government to cut red tape that can stifle cycle-friendly road design and to encourage changes to the way roads are built or altered.

• Councils will be expected to up their game to deliver infrastructure that takes cycling into account from the design stage.

Clearer technical guidance on best practice to prevent inadequate schemes and promote good practice.

BAD Tower Hamlets, new ‘cycle lane’ scheme, May 2013

Good practice: Hills Road Bridge – Cambridge:2.1m cycle lanes, not pavement cycling

Cyclists like segregation e.g. Tavistock Place

Where space is limited there may be:•Congestion•Risk of head on collisions•Need to redesign scheme as cycling increases (as constantly happens in NL, DK etc)

The problem – side road crossings of 2-way cycle tracks in particular can be hazardous

Royal College Street 1collisions in 3 years involving cyclists mostly at side roads

– Data suggests drivers were not anticipating cyclists in both directions

– Street design failed to deliver low speeds (average speed was 30 mph despite a 20 mph speed limit (straight, smooth tarmac - Dutch use textured red surface on carriageways)

Innovation: Dutch infrastructure Camden style ..

Shoreham Road, Brighton

We are working with TfL trialling possible revisions to TSRGD at TRL

Feasibility Study for Cycleway associated with HS2

Feasibility Study:

Concept image not

proposed route

Directors of transport, environment and planning + LEP leaders

• Leeds, Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 December• Secretary of State to send personalised

invitations• Target 100 attendees

Monday afternoon / evening – Robert Goodwill MP

Steve Kent (Pres ADEPT) The role of cycling in delivering social, economic and health outcomes

Alex Plant (ADEPT) Director Transport Cambridgeshire CC - Increasing cycling levels in rural areas : a

Cambridgeshire case study

David Ogilvie (CEDAR) Looking at the evidence base:

Peter Soulsby (Mayor) View from a wave 2 city that did not secure City Ambition Grant

Neil Gibson/John Lamb the view from Buckinghamshire: funding future cycle ambition in a world of lEPs AND LTBs

Sue Percy CEO CiHT - The role of the professional bodies in promoting cycle proofing

Steve Gooding DG Roads Reflections on the afternoon

Tuesday afternoon

John Orcutt director Policy NYC The economic case for cycling in the US

Matt Sweating Highways Agency, Regional Director- Building cycling schemes into

the Highways Agency Core Business

City Ambitions outside London8 breakouts, followed by 2 minute pitches.

Ben Plowden TfL Director of Surface Transport Steve Norris Been there, done that, so what?