Cycling infrastructure standards –how much you can

Copy & Paste?Aleksander Buczynski

Rio de Janeiro, June 2018

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• 118 project partners in 25 countries

„Do you have guidelines / standards for cycle highways / separation of cyclists and pedestrians / bicycle parking / bike paths near bus stops / busy coastal roads...?”

Who is right?

• „Why reinvent the wheel?Just copy & paste working solutions from Netherlands/ Denmark!”

• „This is not Amsterdam/ Copenhagen, we have different climate, culture etc., this will never work here!”

vs

Universal principle: bicycles do not turn at straight angle

Universal principle: cyclists must lean into curves

Cyclists:(a) need

curvesto turn

(b) lean into curves

Universal principle: bicycles do not turn at straight angle

Universal principle: bicycles do not turn at straight angle

Universal principle: bicycles do not turn at straight angle

Problem area: cycle lanes vs culture/enforcement

Cycle lane -> parking

Cycle lane -> extra car lane

Cycle lane -> working!

Increase from 400 to 8000 cyclists/day

Bollard – the Netherlands

Bollards – South Korea

Contraflow cycling – copies well!

Uncharted area: significant elevation differences

Better than Dutch/Danish: Sheffield bicycle stand

Universal principles:• Separation from fast vehicle traffic• Directness• Lack of interruptions• Curves• Surface quality• Visibility at conflict points• Contraflow cycling• Filtered permeability• ...

Uncharted areas:• High capacity bus corridors• Significant elevation

differences• ...

Problem areas:• Enforcement of traffic rules• Volumes of bicycle traffic• Legal system• Focus on superficial signs /

technical innovations• ...

Follower solutions:• Sheffield bike stands• Cédez-le-passage cycliste au feu rouge• ...