This document outlines key points from the Sustrans Handbook of Cycle Friendly Design. It discusses design challenges for cycling infrastructure in the UK such as a lack of protected space and priority at junctions. It then presents design solutions from the handbook like protected cycle tracks separated by kerbs, priority crossings at side roads, and cycle parking facilities. The overall goal of the handbook is to educate designers on cyclist needs and promote good UK examples to make cycling safer and more accessible.
Birmingham Cycle Revolution, Paul Simkins- Cycle City EventDesign South East
Presentation on Birmingham's Cycle Revolution by Graham Lennard and Paul Simkins from Birmingham City Council for the Cycle City Event on 21st October 2014
International Cycling Infrastructure, Best Practice Study, Phil JonesDesign South East
Presentation on International Cycling Infrastructure a best practice study by Phil Jones from Phil Jones Associates for the Cycle City Event on 21st October 2014
Title: Level of Service F for Grade A Streets
Track: Prosper
Format: 90 minute panel
Abstract: Relying solely on Level of Service criteria for street design, which evaluates vehicle congestion, leads to poor outcomes on many of our roadways. LOS F, far from a failure, creates opportunities to reallocate roadway space for more livable street designs. In this session, learn about projects in Cambridge and San Francisco that overcame opposition and generated community support in prioritizing better bicycling and walking over vehicle capacity during the peak hour of travel.
Presenters:
Presenter: Michael Sallaberry San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Co-Presenter: Jeffrey Rosenblum City of Cambridge, MA
This presentation highlights the importance of Roadspace Allocation within transport planning and illustrates how to develop a successful Roadspace Allocation Framework. Further to this the presentation gives an insight to understanding and meeting user requirements. It then progresses to utilise various case studies in Birmingham to further demonstrate how these frameworks can be put into practice.
Designing & Planning for Cycling, Phil Jones & Adrian LordDesign South East
Presentation on Design and Planning for cycling from the Designing and Planning for Cycling workshop at MADE on 19th May 2015. Presentation by Phil Jones and Adrian Lord, Phil Jones Associates.
Birmingham Cycle Revolution, Paul Simkins- Cycle City EventDesign South East
Presentation on Birmingham's Cycle Revolution by Graham Lennard and Paul Simkins from Birmingham City Council for the Cycle City Event on 21st October 2014
International Cycling Infrastructure, Best Practice Study, Phil JonesDesign South East
Presentation on International Cycling Infrastructure a best practice study by Phil Jones from Phil Jones Associates for the Cycle City Event on 21st October 2014
Title: Level of Service F for Grade A Streets
Track: Prosper
Format: 90 minute panel
Abstract: Relying solely on Level of Service criteria for street design, which evaluates vehicle congestion, leads to poor outcomes on many of our roadways. LOS F, far from a failure, creates opportunities to reallocate roadway space for more livable street designs. In this session, learn about projects in Cambridge and San Francisco that overcame opposition and generated community support in prioritizing better bicycling and walking over vehicle capacity during the peak hour of travel.
Presenters:
Presenter: Michael Sallaberry San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Co-Presenter: Jeffrey Rosenblum City of Cambridge, MA
This presentation highlights the importance of Roadspace Allocation within transport planning and illustrates how to develop a successful Roadspace Allocation Framework. Further to this the presentation gives an insight to understanding and meeting user requirements. It then progresses to utilise various case studies in Birmingham to further demonstrate how these frameworks can be put into practice.
Designing & Planning for Cycling, Phil Jones & Adrian LordDesign South East
Presentation on Design and Planning for cycling from the Designing and Planning for Cycling workshop at MADE on 19th May 2015. Presentation by Phil Jones and Adrian Lord, Phil Jones Associates.
This presentation was delivered by Peter Jones from University College London on 2nd October 2015 and highlighted the importance of considering Link and Place when improving street design.
This was a presentation given by Craig Lewis on June 11, 2012 about the Tiger III Grant the City was awarded to fund the Boundary Street Redevelopment.
Title: Aloha Streets: Complete Streets and Complete Communities in Hawai`i
Track: Connect
Format: 90 minute panel
Abstract: Residents and visitors of Hawai'i expect paradise, but find traffic. Find out how communities at different scales in the state are expanding viable transportation options and building complete, transit-oriented cities and towns.
Presenters:
Presenter: Evan Corey Nelson\Nygaard
Co-Presenter: Mark Garrity City of Honolulu Transportation Services
Co-Presenter: Michael Moule County of Kauai
Federal Funding for Active Transportation and Recreation
Track: Connect
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: This session will provide an overview about federal transportation programs that can fund infrastructure for walking and bicycling.
Full Description: Federal programs provide funds to develop transportation, community, and recreation infrastructure for walking and bicycling and to connect communities and promote active living. Attendees will learn how about Federal programs to promote sustainable communities.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn about the Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
Participants will learn about the Federal-aid surface transportation programs that benefit pedestrians and bicyclists.
Participants will be able to successfully write a competitive proposal.
Participants will understand how Federal, State, and local programs interact.
Presenter(s)
Presenter: Christopher Douwes Transportation Alternatives Program / Recreational Trails Program, FHWA
Co-Presenter: Wesley Blount Office of Planning, Environment & Realty FHWA
http://www.gaplanning.com/traffic-engineering-roundabouts/
Here's a presentation from Williams & Associates, and Athens, GA based transportation and traffic control engineering firm. In this video and slideshow, we present the Top 7 Advantages of Roundabouts in Traffic Control.
This is the final presentation given on October 4, at 5:30pm in the City Council Chambers. Mayor Keyserling gave an introduction, followed by Demetri Baches. Craig Lewis presented the work produced at the charrette, which went from Sept. 27-Oct. 4.
On/Off Road Cycle Infrastructure Review - Urban
Venue: Glasgow - Cycling Scotland Office
Site Visit: Glasgow Connect 2 Cycle Infrastructure
Date: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Start Time 9.30am
Brief Description: Review of Connect 2 infrastructure installed within Glasgow. This will be completed by a series of workshops on designing for cyclists looking in depth at current design manuals and providing a more technical review of current standards. Site visits will be used to review the infrastructure completing the day with a feedback session on the installed infrastructure.
This presentation was delivered by Peter Jones from University College London on 2nd October 2015 and highlighted the importance of considering Link and Place when improving street design.
This was a presentation given by Craig Lewis on June 11, 2012 about the Tiger III Grant the City was awarded to fund the Boundary Street Redevelopment.
Title: Aloha Streets: Complete Streets and Complete Communities in Hawai`i
Track: Connect
Format: 90 minute panel
Abstract: Residents and visitors of Hawai'i expect paradise, but find traffic. Find out how communities at different scales in the state are expanding viable transportation options and building complete, transit-oriented cities and towns.
Presenters:
Presenter: Evan Corey Nelson\Nygaard
Co-Presenter: Mark Garrity City of Honolulu Transportation Services
Co-Presenter: Michael Moule County of Kauai
Federal Funding for Active Transportation and Recreation
Track: Connect
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: This session will provide an overview about federal transportation programs that can fund infrastructure for walking and bicycling.
Full Description: Federal programs provide funds to develop transportation, community, and recreation infrastructure for walking and bicycling and to connect communities and promote active living. Attendees will learn how about Federal programs to promote sustainable communities.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn about the Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
Participants will learn about the Federal-aid surface transportation programs that benefit pedestrians and bicyclists.
Participants will be able to successfully write a competitive proposal.
Participants will understand how Federal, State, and local programs interact.
Presenter(s)
Presenter: Christopher Douwes Transportation Alternatives Program / Recreational Trails Program, FHWA
Co-Presenter: Wesley Blount Office of Planning, Environment & Realty FHWA
http://www.gaplanning.com/traffic-engineering-roundabouts/
Here's a presentation from Williams & Associates, and Athens, GA based transportation and traffic control engineering firm. In this video and slideshow, we present the Top 7 Advantages of Roundabouts in Traffic Control.
This is the final presentation given on October 4, at 5:30pm in the City Council Chambers. Mayor Keyserling gave an introduction, followed by Demetri Baches. Craig Lewis presented the work produced at the charrette, which went from Sept. 27-Oct. 4.
On/Off Road Cycle Infrastructure Review - Urban
Venue: Glasgow - Cycling Scotland Office
Site Visit: Glasgow Connect 2 Cycle Infrastructure
Date: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Start Time 9.30am
Brief Description: Review of Connect 2 infrastructure installed within Glasgow. This will be completed by a series of workshops on designing for cyclists looking in depth at current design manuals and providing a more technical review of current standards. Site visits will be used to review the infrastructure completing the day with a feedback session on the installed infrastructure.
Cycling Scotland course on planning and designing for cyclists. The course was held in Fort William and looked at the local area and identified improvements to the local cycle routes.
RV 2014: Can We Get There from Here? First and Last Miles by Dan GallagherRail~Volution
Can We Get There from Here? First and Last Miles AICP CM 1.5
Pasadena, Charlotte and Boulder have all gotten creative to connect their first and last miles. Learn how as we explore what's often the last piece of the transportation puzzle. See how bicycle and pedestrian improvements can provide access to busy corridors and enable everyone to start and complete their trips. First and last miles can take many forms: Investigate a range of solutions here.
Moderator: Dylan Jones, Architect, Gensler, Los Angeles, California
Carlos Hernandez, AICP, Principal, Fox Tuttle Transportation Group, Boulder, Colorado
Dan Gallagher, AICP, Transportation Planning Manager, Charlotte Department of Transportation, Charlotte, North Carolina
Whitney Pitkanen, Senior Project Manager, CALSTART, Pasadena, California
Genevieve Hutchison, Senior Transportation Planner/Bicycle Program Coordinator, Denver, Colorado
January 2014 Street Talk by Ben Kennedy, Principal Transport Planner, Hackney Council. Brought to you by Movement for Liveable London -
movementforliveablelondon.com
Planning and Designing for Cyclists course providing a review of Cycling by Design and workshops on how we can include cycling within our towns and cities.
This set of slides explains current street design issues, and how "designed" streets are essential - who can do that and what else is required to make this happen in Indian cities.
5. Design challenges: common practice UK
• Busy roads lack protected space
for cycling
• Reluctance to remove parking
• Cycling Bans in safe areas
• Routes lack continuity and priority
• Narrow cycle tracks/lanes
• Cycling on pavement takes space
from pedestrians
• Chicane/barriers on cycle tracks
16. Design Solutions: Make cycling easier
• Protected space: along busy fast roads
• Priority at side road junctions
• Restrictions on traffic speeds, parking & access
• Change legal liabilities on roads
• Changes to structure of cities
• Societal and economic changes
• Change the image of cycling
Understanding Walking and Cycling, 2011
38. Handbook Promotes UK examples
• Avoids ‘not built here’
response
• Shows what can and has
been done in UK
• Can talk to those who did it
• Affirms those pushing the
boundaries
• Address constrained urban
situations
39. Handbook for cycle-friendly design
• Ambitious yet pragmatic
• Accessible guidance on web,
free hard copies
• Aims -Educate designers to
understand cyclists needs
• Promote examples of UK
good practice
• Learning from other countries
• Work in progress: feedback
welcome
Editor's Notes
Safety – cycling on roads
Cycling must be safe
And PERCEIVED to be safe
Spaces where cycling is safer but often banned including Parks
Important graph
Use to assess how changes in speed / volume may influence what provision is appropritate
7mph / 11 kph cycles generally in straight line – space increases above this by 0.2m but increases rapidly when a cyclist is going slower
3mph needs 0.8m more space
Work on the basis of 1m ‘dynamic width’
Primary Not many schemes put cyclists in this position Cycle Streets an example or shared space schemes
Secondary – more common on busier roads -
These are recommended minimum widths required for motor vehicles to overtake cyclists riding in the secondary road position, as taught in National Standards cycle training. This is not necessarily the lane width required as traffic may be expected to move into the adjacent traffic lane as appropriate or the width may comprise a cycle lane and a general traffic lane.
The widths and passing distances are intended as tools to assist the designer to assess different situations on a case by case basis, with a good understanding of their implications.
Generally lane widths of between 3.2m and 3.9m are not recommended on cycle routes unless traffic speeds and volumes are low so that drivers can cross easily into the opposing lane to pass a cyclist comfortably. Lane widths of 4m to 4.5m may be acceptable depending on the traffic volume and proportion of large vehicles. If a lane width in excess of 4.5m is available, this should normally be used to provide a cycle lane adjacent to the general traffic lane.
Outer radius 1.65 to 2.65m depending on type of cycle
Models available to model potential cycling trips to work based on census and demographic data - thicker blue lines most cyclists 100+ a day
Billingham By pass – protected space but no priority at side road cul de sac
Baldwin Street in Bristol two way cycle track taking road space from traffic. Cycle City Ambition Fund 1 and 2
Spot this street? Work for Northumbria Uni – John Dobson Street taken up by Newcastle City Council for CCAF1
Old Shoreham Road in Brighton – Danish Style scheme – raised and kerb sepreration – priority over side road - increased cycling Figures and protected trees
Sletch up model view of cycle tracks along Broadway in North Tyneside as part of Cycle Safety Fund scheme.
Broadway North Tyneside Sustrans cycle safety scheme
Great North Road in Newcastle – Sustrans cycle safety scheme – young woman was cycling along the pavement until the protected lane started . Other examples in Royal College St London. The daily flows increased by 72% •(from 956 to 1,651)
Great North Road Newcastle – crossing bent in from track so vehicles can pull off main road
University Road York - crossing in line with cycle track
Where cycle track or lane meets a bus stop good practice is to take around the bus shelter – Oxford Rd Manchester
Zebra crossings along The Avenue used by cyclists in Hull for over 15 years , Traffic sign regulations now allow a cycling zebra crossing April 2016.
Early start, Cambridge with Trixi Mirror for Lorry drivers to see if cyclists coming up inside
Inset, Bow, cycle signals also now in Gateshead
2 stage turns at signals for cyclists – it also means that cyclists well ahead of traffic stop line so more visible . Heaton Road Newcastle planning first one
Southampton trial
Used in DK & NL
Mixed response so far
20 zones now allowed with no traffic calming measures as long as most roads average speed is near 20mph.
Simple measures that give cyclists an advantage and blurs the highway boundary – expensive – new Road Brighton
Common in Europe – Brussels over 200 One way streets with two way cycling . Been allowed under TSDGR since 2012