1. Cyclists are future makers
SUSCO
Budapest oct 2015
William Nederpelt
Vice President
ECF gratefully acknowledges financial
support from the European Commission.
2. ECF
500,000 European and global supporters
• Over 70 member groups in 40+ countries
– E.g. Cycling Hungary Alliance and Magyar Kerékpárosklub
• Founder of the World Cycling Alliance in 2014
2020 Aim
• Cycling doubled to 15% modal share average in Europe
• Comparable investment and commitments at global level
The way we work
• International advocacy, promotion
• Supporting national advocacy by knowledge management
• Demonstration projects, research, analysis
• Organizing, attending and promoting events and alliances e.g.
the ECF Velo-city Series, International Transport Forum
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4. William Nederpelt
• Vice President ECF
• Board member Dutch Cyclists' Union
• President DCU branch Dordrecht
• President Rond Uit Dordrecht
• Cyclist
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5. Global policy context
• Climate change – commitments
– So avoid, shift, improve
• UEMI (urban electric mobility initiative)
– boost the share of electric vehicles in annual vehicle sales
to 30% (2-3 wheelers and light duty vehicles)
– integrate electric mobility into sustainable urban transport -
achieves a 30% reduction emissions in urban areas by
2030
• Development / Habitat
– Urbanisation – mobility that addresses greater urban scale
– Access and exclusion for everybody – affordable mobility
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6. EU Policy context
• Halve the use of ‘conventionally-fuelled’ cars in urban
transport by 2030
• Strong regulatory regime for e-bikes
• Leading industry in sector
• ECF New Technology Study
– 8 policy areas, 32 specific initiatives/ directives / work plans
could benefit from new cycling technologies
– Transport, innovation, air quality, environment, low carbon
development, health, economic growth & cohesion, industry
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7. Cycling uses new technology
• Distance is extending
• E-bikes
• Registration / monitoring
• Handling of payment etc
• PT- bike
• Knowledge is extending
• Measuring not only intervals but the total
routes, speed etc
• ]
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8. 1 / 3 of new sold bikes
in the Netherlands
are e-bikes
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9. E-bikes: Key consumer benefits
• Keep cycling benefits:
– Health
– Reliability
– Congestion busting
– Cost
– Storage
– Environment
– Combined mobility
– No licence
– Use cycle infrastructure
– Bike sharing
infrastructure
• Remove/reduce some
cycling barriers:
– Range
• Now 10-20km as standard
– Hills / wind
– Heat
– Strength concerns
• Age, gender, disability
– Perception of safety
• Safe start
– Slowness
• 25km/h – 45km/h
– Loads/goods / passengers
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10. E-bikes need a new infrastructure
• Source: Ursala Lehner Lierz, velo:concult
11. Policy
• Shift of policy (Dutch gov)
• Station to station
• Door to door
• Bicyle storage
• Railwaystations
• Busstations
• Maintenance service
• Rental service
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12. • Bike sharing and e-bike
sharing
– a form of PT
– take pressure off PT
congestion and bus routes
– sharing instead of caring
Cycling as public-transport
13. • Customer oriented
– Easy to use
– Easy to pay
– Neutral profile
• Business focus
– Less public space
– Less damage
– Profit
Dutch PT-bike (OV-fiets)
1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
33.000
50.000
189.000
250.000
329.585
481.185
669.575
836.286
1.025.412
1.221.792
1.342.951
1.518.417
14. Bicycle count
• No knowlege of
– av. speed
– stops (TL)
– time
– tracks
– additional transport
– combination with wheater wind /
rain
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15. First results
The Netherlands
• > 55,000 participants
• > 2 milion kilometer
• Av speed >18 km h
• > 180,000 trips
Belgium
• >1,750 participants
• > 70,000 kilometer
- Saving
• CO2 reduction >1 mil kg
• > 7 milion Florin >€20,000)
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16. Why does it happen
• Availlabity of mobile devices
• Innovation of bikes (infrastructure)
• New ways op cooperation
– Not top – down
– Netwerking (e.g. start up’s)
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17. Conclusions:
What cyclists offers you
• Affordable, accessible transport modes
• Proven, coste co-benefits
• Sustainability as an equivalent for innovations
• Globally available solution easy to implement
• Highest cost-benefit ratios
• Complement / part of public transport
• Proven consumer take up
• Demand from people / cities
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18. Interventions to maximise effect
• Toughened restrictions on polluting vehicles (VW)
• Higher status & support in e-mobility research and
deployment
• E-bike sharing pilots in a range of economies and
urban forms
– E.g. Athens, Rotterdam
• Development of infrastructure standards
• More trans-national research/pilots on legal
frameworks & technologies (EU-rules).
– Eg. Batteries, recycling, speed limits,
infrastructure
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19. Incentives
• Fame
– Image
• Fun
– Recreation
– Sport
• Finance
– Time
• travel time and working time
– Money
• costs and savings
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20. What can you do?
Opportunity management
combined with a long term
focus
Take no regret measures
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21. Thank you
To find out more
w.nederpelt@fietsersbond.nl www.ecf.com
@wnederpelt @eucyclistsfed
ECF gratefully acknowledges financial
support from the European Commission.