Urban Transport Benchmarking Initiative – year three CYCLING WORKING GROUP REPORT Experts: Oliver Hatch & Pascal van den Noort Velo Mondial Rapporteurs: Neil Smith, TTR (Yr2) Katherine McWilliam, TTR (Yr3) Ben Smith, TTR (Yr3)

Year three – Participating cities Six cities; Brescia, Copenhagen, Glasgow / Cycling Scotland, The Hague, London, & Malmö

Timeline of Activities Year three Cycling Working Group conferences and site visits Brussels (All)22 nd September 2005 Santander (Joint)1 st - 2 nd December 2005 The Hague (Joint)23 rd - 24 th March 2006 Malmö (Cycling)8 th – 9 th May 2006 Budapest (All)16 th June 2006

Brussels (All) 22 nd September 2005

Santander (Joint) 1 st - 2 nd December 2005

The Hague (Joint) 23 rd - 24 th March 2006

Malmö (Cycling) 8 th – 9 th May 2006

Budapest (All) 16 th June 2006

Obstacles to more cycling Many issues – no one single message Attitudes and perceptions Adequate road space & facilities Excessive car speeds & illegal parking Lack of information & signage Weather and gradients

Year 3 - Research Questions & Indicators 1.How can Cities Monitor and Evaluate Cycling? 2.How to Encourage Intermodality for Cyclists and Public Transport Users so that Both can Benefit?

Q1. How can Cities Monitor and Evaluate Cycling? This Question was split up into 4 main topics with indicators describing them… I.1 – Cycling policy I.2 – Promotion of new cycle use I.3 – Opinions of the usefulness and the difficulty in collecting certain indicators I.4 – Projects using these indicators

Q2. How to Encourage Intermodality for Cyclists and Public Transport Users so that Both can Benefit? This Question was split up into 8 main titles with indicators describing them… J1 - Cycles on public transport J2 - Cycle parking sufficiency J3 - Cycle hire J4 - Local authority incentives for employers to encourage sustainable transport use by staff

Q2. How to Encourage Intermodality for Cyclists and Public Transport Users so that Both can Benefit? Continued… J5 - Requirements for employers to provide cycle parking J6 - Personalised journey planning services J7 - Innovative approaches to integrating cycling and public transport J8 - Coordination between Public transport operators and city cycling departments in planning public transport facilities

UTBI Benchmarking – Practical Challenges Key issues encountered in year 3 No budget for participants Limited time for participating cities Definitions and availability of indicators Depth, direction and analysis of qualitative answers

Key Findings – Q1. How can Cities Monitor and Evaluate Cycling? Qualitative indicators… All cities have a cycling policy, but focus it differently All cities regard monitoring as important, & implement it Most cities promote new cycle use, but in different ways Most projects to promote use are successful

Key Findings – Q1. How can Cities Monitor and Evaluate Cycling? Continued… Usefulness

Initial difficulty to research

Key Findings – Q1. How can Cities Monitor and Evaluate Cycling? Continued… Ranked by usefulness then by difficulty

Key Findings – Q1. How can Cities Monitor and Evaluate Cycling? Continued… Qualitative indicators…Qualitative indicators… Partial correlation between usefulness - initial difficulty to collect ESSENTIAL - cycle accidents, network length, % of trips by mode & KSI/trip length VERY USEFUL - cycle parking, bridges/tunnels for bikes, engaging employers, signing strategy, engaging schools, cordon counts, use of cycle parking & % children cycle training NICE TO HAVE - % children cycle training, cycle shops, cycle training programme, behaviour surveys, & cycle theft

Key Findings – Q2. How to Encourage Intermodality for Cyclists and Public Transport Users so that Both can Benefit? On Q2, the cycling group and the Behavioural and Social Issues in Urban Transport groups both answered the same questions. Part of a valuable cooperative working on common issues, and with joint meetings during the year Cycling group agreed that this had been very useful process, but that there is much more work to be done on intermodality

Key Findings – Q2. How to Encourage Intermodality for Cyclists and Public Transport Users so that Both can Benefit? Cycles cannot be taken on most buses, & some trains No, or limited, cycle parking at transport interchanges Most cities have cycle hire schemes - either subscription or a coin mechanism

Key Findings – Q2. How to Encourage Intermodality for Cyclists and Public Transport Users so that Both can Benefit? Continued… Most cities incentivise employers sustainable transport Most cities have a journey planner – 2 included cycling Most are planning innovative cycle parking Limited coordination between transport organisations and city administrations However, promising ideas for the future

Advice for cities collecting indicators Essential points when collecting indicators Care must be taken using indicators Indicators should be clearly defined Mix of indicators for a comprehensive picture

Links to findings from year 1 of UTBI We looked at indicators on; How mainstreamed is cycling policy and practise in the cities The part that infrastructure and marketing play in achieving current cycle usage, Cities learnt a lot about best practise, and discussed its transferability. They wanted to develop the indicators and focus on other areas in year two, such as public transport, marketing and health…

Cycle / health promotion in Manchester

Links to findings from year 2 of UTBI So, in year 2 we looked at indicators on; Measuring and monitoring effects of cycle policy Marketing for specific audiences Integrating cycling and public transport to mutual benefit Data for policy review is gathered piecemeal. Diversity of marketing in cities gave excellent opportunities for shared learning, and cities wanted to do more on this First joint meeting of working groups – success!

Cycle / Public transport promotion in Brussels

Recommendations for further studies Analysis of city cycle hire schemes Cycle parking at interchanges Parking distances from interchanges Funding staffed cycling facilities Promotion of cycle parking facilities Foldable bicycles Bicycles on trains

The Future?!!!