1. 1 Derby City’s Local Transport Plan for 2011 (LTP3) Consultation Response Derby Cycling Group May, 2010 A City Designed for Cycling  Derby Cycling Group 2010 Presented by Tony Roelich Campaigns Co-ordinator

2. 2 Our Vision for Derby The UK’s top cycling city by 2023 The best facilities in the country The greatest % of adults using their bikes as everyday transport. The greatest % of children cycling to school.

3. 3 Achievable? A strong, underlying cycling culture Compact urban area Cycle friendly geography (few big hills) Imagine the last six years 29% more cyclists Momentum

4. 4 The Aim To get more people cycling, more safely, more often. Why promote cycling? Reduce congestion and pollution Improve people’s health and fitness Realise environmental benefits Add value to the city

5. 5 More cycling means More healthy people: –A 20% increase in cycling in England by 2015 would save the NHS £246million a year –Cycling regularly, extends life expectancy by 10 years Safety in numbers: –London: 30% fewer cyclist casualties in 2007 compared to 2001 despite a 90% increase in cyclists New York City Cyclist numbers rise 125% Cyclist numbers rise 125% from 80,000 to 180,000 per day from 80,000 to 180,000 per day Casualties fall 50% From 5,000 to 2,500 per year © 1997-2010 Transportation Alternatives http://www.transalt.org/files/newsroom/streetbeat/2009/June/0604.html#safety_in_numbers

6. 6 What are the challenges? How do we get parents to allow their children to cycle? How do we get adults cycling for transport? How do we get older people to keep active and healthy? Need new directions and new ideas

7. 7 How will we do this? Implementing procedures: Fully integrating cycling into city planning activities Making transport design people centric Implementing cycle oriented soft measures

8. 8 Derby’s Transport Networks Derby has: A discontinuous cycle network Some routes and facilities dedicated to cycling Cyclists mostly sharing the road and walking networks Create a cycle network to level the playing field of transport choices A distinct, integrated, network covering the whole city Make delivery of this network a primary objective in LTP3 Start with A strategic cycle network development plan.

9. 9 What is a cycle network? Lines on a map? Choose the right lines Good design What is built Mending it, keeping it clean

10. 10 Design Points

11. 11 Avoiding “Bad Stuff” Concept to handover – consider cycling Ride the route philosophy Day and night, sunny, rainy, and icy Bikes are small, but not infinitely so Cyclists don’t have eyes in the backs of their heads Training – design standards

12. 12 Cycling as Primary Transport Cycling is often regarded as a Leisure Pursuit We must: –Regard cycling as a primary mode of transport –Aspire to a modal shift towards cycling-as-transport –Have grand ideas Gain modal shift by changing planning emphasis Design the network for use by anyone, anywhere, anytime.

13. 13 DfT: The Future of Urban Transport Section 4: Triple win solutions: the choices we must make p14…There is rarely a simple trade off between vehicles and other users. But … they still tend too often to be addressed separately, often by highways engineers and urban planners working in different parts of a local authority… …Consideration of “movement” is also too often focussed on motorised traffic, leaving the needs of cyclists and pedestrians unheeded. Those planning and managing roads need also to work closely with those managing footpaths, cycle routes and other Public Rights of Way... Section 5: Vision for the Future: p26..Part of the challenge … is that different bodies are responsible for public transport, spatial planning, and the road network. The powers to reform transport governance are available to help tackle this problem…but no city has yet put forward a firm proposal to Government. Section 6: Next Steps p27…Although a range of partnerships have developed, few have yet provided sufficient incentivisation or drive to overcome fragmentation of responsibilities … Nor has championship within authorities of the needs of walkers and cyclists been strong. The Government looks forward to hearing the response of city authorities … An opportunity for Derby to forge the way ahead Department for Transport, (The Cabinet Office Strategy Unit ) 3 rd November, 2009 http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/policy/urbantransport/ http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/policy/urbantransport/pdf/researchreport.pdf

14. 14 Integrating Cycling into Town and Highways Planning Cycling – a core planning consideration Put leg power before engine power Cycle access available for resident no.1 Percentage of parking for bicycles Private dwellings Commercial sites

15. 15 Making Highways Dept responsible for all cycle routes How would Highways help? –Lighting on off-road paths –Road maintenance which reflects issues affecting cyclists –Cycle path and cycle lane maintenance –Signposting

16. 16 Cycle-Centric Design Direct, free flowing routes Wide coverage; flexible routes No unnecessary delays Eliminate No-Go areas (anyone, anywhere, anytime) Enable any journey to be made by bike by anyone

17. 17 Positive Discrimination Wide area 20mph speed limits Restriction of vehicle speeds by road design Cycle by-pass at traffic calming measures No central islands –Replace pedestrian islands with proper crossings

18. 18 Soft Measures Non-infrastructure factors which affect levels of cycling Cycle training Cycling advice Promotion of cycle routes Promoting the personal benefits of cycling Engaging with cyclists

19. 19 Soft Measures Rigorous enforcement of road traffic law Protecting the rights of vulnerable road users Creating a less intimidating road environment Reinforcing good driving habits Road safety campaigns Reporting bad driving

20. 20 Protect our local expertise Retain whole Cycle Derby organisation after 2011 Retain combined spending on cycling after CDT –CDT funding, match funding & normal cycle allocation Consult stakeholders to help deliver user friendly outcomes more cheaply. Resist temptation to take an easy cut in the spending review –Return on Investment (3:1 for cycling) –Levelling the playing field

21. 21 Summary To get a City Designed for Cycling, Derby must: –Make cycling a central element in the planning process –Make all cycle routes part of the highway –Deliver consistently designed cycle-centric routes and facilities –Broadcast strong messages to inform people about cycling options So that anyone can cycle safely, anywhere at anytime Backing a winner: Make spending on cycling a priority

22. 22 Vision "I think we forget that most people are not cyclists … We need to attract people who are not like us. We have got to persuade people that they can do it too." Philip Darnton of Cycling England from the Bristol Evening Post on 27th October, 2009 A City Designed for Cycling