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Bicycle Inclusive Planning and Design
Love Cycling, go Dutch Cycle Conference
Edinburgh, 13 November 2012
Wim van der Wijk
The Dutch way
Bicycle inclusive planning and design Page 2
13 November 2012
Basic principles
Human being as measure of things →
→ design from cyclists’ point of view
Bicycle inclusive planning and design Page 3
13 November 2012
Dutch design manual
Content:
• Basic principles
• Main requirements
• Network
• Routes
• Sections
• Junctions / crossings
• Bicycle parking
• Additional subjects
www.crow.nl
Bicycle-inclusive Planning and Design
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13 November 2012
How to design Bicycle facilities
Sustainable Safety
Function, form and use
in balance, from road safety
point of view
function: use of the road as intended by the road authority
design: the physical design and layout properties of the infrastructure
use: actual use of the infrastructure and behaviour of the road user
Function of road
Design of road
Use of road
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Road categorization
Through roads: Long distance traffic
Distributor roads: Connects areas
Access roads: Access to properties
Urban area:
Distributor road Access road
Segregated
facilities on
distributor roads
How to design Bicycle facilities
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13 November 2012
5 main requirements
Safety
Attractiveness
Directness
Cohesion
Comfort
Applicable to:
• Network
• Routes
• Sections
• Junctions
• Parking
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Network
• Complete
• Comprehensible
• Various routes
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Routes
Elst
Bemmel
Arnhem
Nijmegen
• From Origin to Destination
• Comprehensible
• Safe and Comfortable
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Sections
• Separation
• Width
• Pavement and Additions
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Junction / crossing
• Type
• Give way
• Traffic calming / attention
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Bicycle parking
• All Origins and Destinations
• Safe and secure
• Comfortable
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Thank you for your attention!
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