Experiences and inspiration from Denmark and the rest of the world! V/ Marianne Weinreich, Head of Mobility, Veksø A/S
Who’s talking?
• Master in Nordic literature and language• Head of the mobility department at Veksø, DK• Worked with mobility management and
promoting cycling for the last 10 years• BYPAD auditor• Vice chairman of Cycling Embassy of Denmark
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Thank you for the invitation! Happy to be here Marianne Weinreich Head of Mobility at the company Veksø in Denmark 10 years worked as a mobility management consultant, specialized in cycling promotion BYPAD auditor – European quality tool for cycle cities Vice chairman for Cycling Embassy of Denmark
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60 years experience producing high quality designer furniture for the urban space 2 years ago the concept Urban cycling solutions was introduced counsils can get both cycling products like cycle parking, cyclist counters and air pumps and expert advice on how to promote cycling We work with the city of Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense
= network of 17 cycling experts
Municipalities, Private Companies and NGOs:
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Veksø member of Cycling Embassy of Denmark Network of 17 Danish cycling experts Municipalities, private companies and different organizations have come together with the purpose to share our knowledge about cycling and promote Denmark as the number one cycling nation of the world – don’t tell the Dutch
Agenda today
• Livable cities• Examples from around the world• Examples from Denmark• How to become a city of cyclists• Nordic Cycle Cities
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- Livable cities - Examples from around the world - Examples from Denmark - How to become a city of cyclists - Nordic Cycle Cities
Common challenges in cities all over the world!
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For the last 50 years making room for cars have been in focus when planning cities all over the world But congestion, noise, air polution, climate change, obesity and immobility have called for a new approch Focus on cycling – takes up less space than cars, CO2 neutral, healthy
Code word: Livable cities
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But it is no longer just about getting people out of their cars on biks – it a complete shift in paradigme It about creating cities for people instead of cities for cars It’s about quality of space It’s about quality of life Cities for people = cities for walking and cycling! Cities all over the world are changing their focus – Public bikes in Paris, London and more dramatic changes in other cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Mexico city and New York
• Jan Gehl, partner Gehl Architects, architect MAA & FRIBA, Professor Emeritus of Urban Design at the School of Architecture in Copenhagen
• Sydney, Melbourne, Mexico & New York…
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Jan Gehl, partner Gehl Architects, architect MAA & FRIBA, Professor Emeritus of Urban Design at the School of Architecture in Copenhagen. - Public space strategies for Sydney, Melbourne, Mexico City and New York
Times Square - before Times Square - after
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In New York Mayor Bloomberg has a vision of creating a livable city Transport commissioner Janette Sadik Khan is making the vision happen – they just do it! They create cycle paths, paint cycle lanes, put up parking facilities, make campains – and the number of cyclists are growing every day From 2007-2008 an increase of 35% in the number of cyclists – and the number is growing rappidly
Step 1:Think of a child that you love and care for who is approximately 8 years of age. This could be a child, grandchild, sister, brother, cousin etc.
Step 2:Think of an adult, approximately 80 years of age who you love and care for. This could be a parent, grandparent, friend etc.
Step 3:Ask yourself: Would you send that 8 year old along with the 80 year old on a walk, or a bike ride on that infrastructure? If you would, then it is safe enough, if you would not, then it is not safe enough.
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But it is also visionary people like Gil Penelosa – executive director the orginasation 8-80 cities, former commissioner for parks, sports and recreation in Bogota 8-80 rule of thumb! Would you send that 8 year old along with the 80 year old on a walk, or a bike ride on that infrastructure? If you would, then it is safe enough, if you would not, then it is not safe enough.
Copenhagenizing!
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Copenhagen role model for cities all over the world Apointed the worlds greatest city to live in, the worlds greenest city, the city with the most happy citizens and twice the worlds greatest cycle city
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Since the seventies worked on making Copenhagen a city for cyclists! 55% of the copenhageners ride their bike every day 70% stay on their bike during wintertime 37% commutes to work by bike - 25% of all families with 2 children own a cargo bike Over 30.000 cyclists ride on Nørrebrogade every day 61% of the cyclists ride their bike because it is easy and fast, 16% for health, 6% to save money 1% to protect the enviroment
Danish infrastructure for cyclists
• Cycling = a mode of transportation• Infrastructure = Safe, fast, coherent, logical
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Copenhagen have 350 km bicycle paths, 40 km green routes The Danish way to succes: Safe, fast, coherent, logical infrastructure One-way separated bicycle paths – separated from both pedestrians and motorized vehicles Blue markings in crossings Separate traffic lights for cyclists Shared space in low speed areas - Cycling has status as an independent mode of transportation – very important – not quite the case in Norway – I’ll get back to that later
Bicycle parking facilities
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It’s important to have enough parking spaces, with the right functionality at the right place – and it’s important to think about bicycle parking in every project made City of Aarhus 250.000 inhabitents – city center 9000 parking spaces for bicycles Oslo – 590.000 inhabitents – I don’t think you have 20.000 parking spaces for bicycles in the city center
Service facilities
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Little things around the city which makes it fund to be a cyclist And the air pump is just good service!
Show the cyclists that they count!
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In many danish cities as well as cities in the rest of Skandinavia socalled cyclist counters have been put up They serve two purposes – they show the cyclists that they count while they are beeing counted – fun for the cyclist and a clear signal send by the city to the cyclists
• Roll out the red carpet• Invite the cyclists to use the city• Make cycling safe and fun
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To sum it up: - Roll out the red carpet - Invite the cyclists to use the city - Make cycling safe and fun
Cycle City of Odense 1999-2002
• Budget: 2,5 million €• Goals
– To increase bicycle traffic by 20%– To reduce the number of accidents by 20%
• Strategy– To provide a safe, bicycle friendly, high quality
urban space and promote and market cycling as a means of transportation
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- Budget: 2,5 million € - Goals: - To increase bicycle traffic by 20% - To reduce the number of accidents by 20% - Strategy: To provide a safe, bicycle friendly, high quality urban space and promote and market cycling as a means of transportation -
Results• An increase of cycling by 20%• A 20% decrease in the number of cyclist
accidents• 35 mill new bicycle journeys made during the
project = 25.000 new journeys every day• 50% of the new journeys were made by car
drivers• The City of Odense saved 4,5 mill € on health
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- An increase of cycling by 20% - A 20% decrease in the number of cyclist accidents - 35 mill new bicycle journeys made during the project = 25.000 new journeys every day - 50% of the new journeys were made by car drivers - The City of Odense saved 4,5 mill € on health
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Århus, Aalborg, Ballerup, Roskilde, Fredericia… Many Danish cities are working with cycling The city of Aarhus is right now working very hard to increase the modal split of cycling The city brand – 8000 good reasons to cycle! 8000 city zip code
How to create a city of cyclists
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Experiences from Denmark as as many other cities show, that there are 3 important dimensions that needs to be addressed to create a cycle city The policy dimension: Political courage, visions – with out political commitment it will not happen! The urban space have to be designed for cyclists – that means that city planning have to focus on pedestrians, cyclists and public transport, because PT and cycling is a god and sustainable combination And last but not least the different stakeholders in the city need to be involved and there has to be a dialogue
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This approach is at the moment used in the EU Interreg.-project Nordic Cycle cities, where 11 cities fra DK, NO and SE over a period of three years is working with cycling promotion - The cities are: Frederikshavn (lead partner), Viborg, Silkeborg and Randers in Denmark, from Norway Kristiansand and Sandefjord and Varberg, Mölndal, Svenljunga, Mariestad and Tranemo from Sweden. - The 11 municipalities are very different geographical, topographical and demographical and have very different experiences with promoting cycling. - Their experiences depend among other things of the local cycling culture, national traditions, cycle traffic legislation, local political focus and differences in organization and resources. - The modal split for cycling is also very different – in the Danish cities the modal split is between 16-25%, in the Swedish cities around 10% and in the Norwegian cities 6 %.
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- Read more on the project web-site – which is in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian
Nordic Cycle Cities
Ad hoc planning
Integrated approach
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- The 11 municipalities share the same challenges: - They need to shift gears and work more integrated and systematically with cycling instead of ad hoc - and they need to get cycling on the agenda politically as well as organisatorically.
Bicycle strategy
Bicycle action plan
Bicycle account
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- To make sure that the critical success factors are addressed – all the partners in the project have to produce 3 very important documents: - A local bicycle strategy which sets up political visions and goals for bicycle traffic. - An action plan, which shows how they will reach the goals set up in the cycling strategy. - 2 bicycle accounts (before and after) where they monitor and evaluate the development in the local bicycle traffic and the cyclist satisfaction with the conditions. To secure ownership to the strategy both politicians, different stakeholders as well as different departments in the counsel have to be involved in the process of drawing up the documents. The documents also have to be political enacted when finished
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Sandefjord vision: The municipality of Sandefjord is to be developed and experienced as the most attractive cycle city in Vestfold Goals - I 2014: - Modal split all trips 10 % - Modal split <3 km 20 % It must be safe and attraktive to bicycle in Sandefjord Focus areas 1. Coherent cycle network 2. Safety 3. Cyclepaths and parking 4. Children 5. Information, campains and dialog 6. Maintenains 7. Intermodality
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- Kristiansand vision: Every body cycles - Goal for Kristiansand regionen (2010-2020): The best bicycle region in Norway - Resultatmål for sykkeltrafikk i Kristiansandsregionen (2010-2020): • Modal split all trips 9% i 2013, 10% i 2017 og 11% i 2020. • Coherent bicycleroutenet before 2017 • 80% of children must walk and cycl to school.
Barriers i Oslo/Norway
• Cycling not considered a mode of transportation with special needs for infrastructure– Cycling allowed on pavements, in walking streets – not
good for anybody!– The bicycle infrastructure not coherent, lots of missing
links, not consistent– Mix of one way and two ways cycle paths confusing– Maintanance not good enough– Bicycle parking not sufficient
