1. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 1 The (Bicycle) Bells & Whistles to improve your Cycle Planning Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Steven Bishop, Associate, Steer Davies Gleave Tuesday, November 6 th 2012 Steer Davies Gleave 28-32 Upper Ground London, SE1 9PD +44 (0)20 7910 5000 www.steerdaviesgleave.com

2. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Contents 2 Ι Short bio Ι Cycle Audits – what are they? Ι The Bicycle Planning toolbox Ι Lessons learnt

3. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι Transportation planner in the UK for nine years and in Canada for one year Ι Focus on transportation demand management, active transportation, urban transit, and multi-modal planning and evaluation Ι Moving permanently to Toronto Ι A firm believer in cycling Quick Bio 3

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5. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι A logical and systematic assessment of any network for cycling Ι Assesses a networks capability and attractiveness for cycling Ι Rates each road to a cyclist competency level, for example, the skill level required to safely use the road Ι The results are used to identify key barriers and gaps to cycling, and potential solutions Ι Feeds into a thorough report and strategy, prioritising key interventions What are cycle audits? 5

6. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι The bicycle is a private individual vehicle - cyclists don’t stick to roads, or paths, or tracks, and they go the wrong way Why GPS?

7. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι However, unlike travelling in a car, many more external influences can affect the quality of the ride. ■ Surface quality ■ Environmental factors ■ Gradient ■ Proximity, flow, speed and interaction of other traffic 7 Sir Chris Hoy (Six Olympic Gold Medals) New Olympic Sport – Flying Cycle Dive

8. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 8 SUBJECTIVITY

9. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 9 OBJECTIVITY RESORT TO RATIONALISM AND OBJECTIVITY INSTEAD OF PETTY EMOTIONS AND SUBJECTIVE FEELINGS Dwight Schrute

10. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Our Bicycle Planning Toolbox 10 Ι Stage 1 – Initial GPS Network Audit

11. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι The camera (video GPS) recently included in all audits and is proving to be highly popular Ι GPS camera technology provides for further analysis and evidence base Ι The camera records the entire process and: ■ GPS co-ordinates – show location alongside the video using online mapping ■ Measurement of vibrations – measuring surface quality ■ Speed – allows you to recognise the amount of time it might take to get from one place to the other ■ Altitude – gradient is very important aspect for cyclists and designing cycling infrastructure 11 Cycle Audits with a GPS Camera

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13. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 So, what else can we do with the data? 13 CONSULTATION

14. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 14 CONSULTATION

15. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 15 SURFACE QUALITY MAPPING

16. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 BEHAVIOUR MONITORING 16 Cyclist Behaviour

17. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 BEHAVIOUR MONITORING 17 Lack of space

18. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Our Bicycle Planning Toolbox 18 Ι Stage 1 – Initial GPS Network Audit Ι Stage 2 – Competency Rating

19. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 19 Road Competency Rating Ι A very new method of auditing a network Ι Rates every road to Bikeability level ■ Level 1: Off Road - limited skills needed) ■ Level 2: Quiet roads - intermediate on-road skills needed ■ Level 3: Main roads with traffic - high on-road skills needed and integration with traffic ■ Level 4: Main roads with high traffic volumes and speeds - legal to ride on but not advised for any skill level Ι Results in a very visual audit - easily highlights ■ locations in need of infrastructure improvements ■ cyclable routes Ι www.bikeability.org.uk www.bikeability.org.uk “On average primary schools with Bikeability training double cycling to school in three years”

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21. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Our Bicycle Planning Toolbox 21 Ι Stage 1 – Initial GPS Network Audit Ι Stage 2 – Competency Rating Ι Stage 3 – Consultation & Data Analysis

22. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 CONSULTATION 22 List of interventions Accident data Speed and traffic flow data Video FootageIssue locations Cycle Competency Audit Cycle parking and signage audit

23. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Our Bicycle Planning Toolbox 23 Ι Stage 1 – Initial GPS Network Audit Ι Stage 2 – Competency Rating Ι Stage 3 – Consultation & Data Analysis Ι Stage 4 – Scheme & Network Development

24. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 24 References Video 32b

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26. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Our Bicycle Planning Toolbox 26 Ι Stage 1 – Initial GPS Network Audit Ι Stage 2 – Competency Rating Ι Stage 3 – Consultation & Data Analysis Ι Stage 4 – Scheme & Network Development Ι Stage 5 – Prioritization & Implementation Plan

27. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι What scheme will make the most positive impact? Ι What scheme will provide value for money? Ι What scheme meets a current need? Ι What scheme has strong political and public will? Ι How long will it take to implement? Ι What are the sorts of measures we want to measure the priority of schemes? Prioritization Frameworks 27

28. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 28 Prioritization Frameworks CAN SOUND BORING…. BUT…

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30. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 30 Bicycle intervention top trumps… Intervention 1Intervention 2Intervention 3 Total accidents per Square kilometre "Bumpiness" of route Proximity to railway/bus station (m) Distance to nearest school (m) Potential land ownership issues Links to potential funding sources TOTAL ValuePts. Value Pts. Value Pts. 31 24 5 0 0 10 3 2 1 5 2 20 10100 3 5051 500 5 900130 10 Yes -10 No 55 Yes15 No -5 Yes 15 24 10 33

31. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι Utilises full cycle audit ■ Competency road grading (to Bikeability level) ■ Roadhawk video library ■ Cycle parking and signage audit ■ Problem junctions ■ Accident data Ι Network development and long list of schemes Ι Pro-forma production and prioritisation of schemes Ι Detailed design of selected interventions Ι Full cycling strategy with short and long term interventions 31 Strategy Development

32. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Some Key Lessons Learnt from the UK 32 Santiago, Chile Nov 2010 Ι Cycle Parking Ι Signage Ι Permeability Ι Quality

33. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Cycle Parking Why the ‘U’? 33 Ι Simple Ι Safe Ι Cheap

34. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι Should show the time it takes to get somewhere, not only the distance Ι Non-cyclists would have no idea how long it would take to cycle 10km, and would generally suggest it takes a lot longer than it actually does Ι Does anyone care that this is Bike Route 9? Signage 34

35. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι Off-road routes are very difficult to retrofit over a whole network and come with their fair share of safety and engineering problems Ι Complete off-road networks only exist in new towns or places where the infrastructure has grown with the city (e.g. Amsterdam or Copenhagen) Ι The road network is complete, therefore, it is logical to utilise this for cyclists Ι The knee-jerk reaction to this, is that roads are unsafe for cyclists, because roads have vehicles on them, however, a number of principles keep cyclists safe on the road ■ keep cyclists visible to drivers at all times ■ train cyclists how to cycle with traffic and communicate with drivers ■ train drivers how to watch out for and respect cyclists ■ allocate road space that is dedicated to cyclists, this provides space for the cyclist, advertises to drivers that cyclists use this road and makes them more visible Permeability 35

36. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Quality – off-road vs. on-road 36

37. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 Ι The challenge is to think of cycling as a REAL mode of transport, not something that is a nice to have Ι Adding the occasional off road cycle route where it fits will not result in an increase in the number of cyclists commuting to work/school or other utility trips Ι When designing a cycle route, think, would I design this for a motorised vehicle? Ι CYCLING IS NOT TRANSIT ■ Would you want a road that suddenly ended? ■ Would you allow a new development in the city without parking? ■ Would you provide a road that was not direct? Quality 37 Home Work FANTASTIC ?

38. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 FIND AND PRIORITSE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT CYCLING ON THE NETWORK = BETTER CYCLING CONDITIONS MORE PEOPLE CYCLING THE AIM =

39. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 39 MORE PEOPLE CYCLING = HEALTHIER PEOPLE & MORE PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE AND A MORE LIVEABLE COMMUNITY

40. Association for Commuter Transportation Sustainable Mobility Summit 2012 40 Thank you steven.bishop@sdgworld.net