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Cycling Innovations
- 1. Title Cycling Innovations in Australia: Who’s leading the way? Dick van den Dool – GTA Consultants
- 2. • Women made up 32 per cent of riders on Swanston Street (The Age, Wed 6 Mar 13 (online); quoting Bicycle Network Victoria) • The Kent Street cycleway moves more people during the morning peak ho than cars in the adjacent lanes (www.sydneymedia.com.au/nsw-cycling-strategy-will-complete-missing-links, 20/12/2013) Old News: Separated Cycleways
- 4. Old News: Contra-Flow Burchett Street, Brunswick
- 5. New News: Bicycle Boulevards Source: NL Fietsberaad – Publicatie 6 Source: NL Fietsberaad – Publicatie 6 Source: Ellison and Gray, 2011
- 7. Key Elements: Advisory Lanes Typical 12m cross-section
- 8. Key Elements: Filtered Permeability Rugby Street, South Australia
- 9. Key Elements: Continuous Footpaths Nash Street, Brunswick
- 10. Creating Local Cycling Streets Typical 12m cross-section
- 11. Creating Local Cycling Streets
- 12. Creating Local Cycling Streets
- 17. New News: End of Trip Facilities
- 18. New News: End of Trip Facilities Guide to Traffic Management Part 11B Bicycle Parking
- 19. New News: End of Trip Facilities
- 20. Hot Off The Press News: 1.0m Matters & Footpaths
- 21. Hot Off The Press News: Hervey Bay Bike Club • Far more courtesy (through the advertising campaign) • Reduced road rage and abuse • Motorists giving far more room • More motorists are waiting until it is safe to pass • Legally crossing the double white line makes a difference • increased safety “The new advertising campaign, the Qld government is running at present, will also help our cause” “…run a refresher ad campaign to help remind motorists of the trial….”
- 22. Future News: Shared Spaces/Naked Streets? • Reduced speed • Equity among users • Reduced visual clutter • Improved aesthetics • Better accessibility Benefits Design Principles • Design speed < 25km/h • Same surface level • No signs & line marking • Remove physical barriers
- 24. Future News: Self-Explaining Roads Source: S.G. Charlton et al. / Accident Analysis and Prevention 42 (2010) 1989–1998
- 25. Outcomes Source: S.G. Charlton et al. / Accident Analysis and Prevention 42 (2010) 1989–1998 Vehicle speeds Homogeneity
- 26. • Not yet all that well done • Focus on prioritised routes in Council and State/Territory plans • BUT increasing numbers of great examples for all street types Forgotten News: Every Street is a Cycling Street
- 27. Intuitive road designs Take Home Messages Equitable speeds (≤30 km/h) Direct, low volume routes Innovative designs - bike priority N u r t u r e a c u l t u r e o f r e s p e c t
- 28. GTA consultants Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Canberra Dick van den Dool Director ActiveTravel dvd@gta.com.au gta.com.au Adelaide Gold Coast Townsville Perth
Editor's Notes
- Our neighbourhood streets (or footpaths) are, more often than not, where most urban children begin their cycling journey. While there is a lot of discussion these days about separating cyclists from traffic, this is often not possible in a local street environment. This presentation will consider some of the tools available to encourage more riding in a mixed traffic environment.
- Contra-flow provide an excellent opportunity to create direct cycle routes and increase permeability through one-way streets. Important to use clear signage and line marking and delineation at the start and end points
- A new wave of ideas (for Australia anyway) around the treatment local roads is being considered in a number of states at the moment. They include variations of European concepts such as bicycle boulevards and cycle streets.
- This example is one option being considered by TMR in Queensland: No centreline Cars give way to bikes Single, two-way vehicle lane ___________________________________________
- This example is one option being considered by TMR in Queensland: No centreline Cars give way to bikes Single, two-way vehicle lane ___________________________________________
- Creates direct routes for riders and reduces vehicle speeds through discontinuous road networks
- WA Bicycle Demonstration Project No centreline Narrow, shared traffic lane Intersection treatments For higher order roads Dedicated bike lanes Raised platforms at intersections Single-lane slow points with bicycle by-pass
- WA Bicycle Demonstration Project No centreline Narrow, shared traffic lane Intersection treatments For higher order roads Dedicated bike lanes Raised platforms at intersections Single-lane slow points with bicycle by-pass
- WA Bicycle Demonstration Project No centreline Narrow, shared traffic lane Intersection treatments For higher order roads Dedicated bike lanes Raised platforms at intersections Single-lane slow points with bicycle by-pass
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Good option for short, low vol local streets Negates the need for LATM (more like a SER) Works best with higher pedestrian volumes Can include psychological traffic calming prinicples Requires more education in Australia?
- Current trend for up-market facilities among CBD businesses Need variety of casual and accessible (door to door) parking + secure, long-term parking Proximate parking is key
- Self-explaining roads are based around the concept of shaping the visual characteristics of the road in order to influence driver behaviour. Offer an alternative to LATM This is typically done to suit the functional hierarchy of the road. For local roads, features include: - additional landscaping that reduces the forward visibility of road users pedestrian refuge islands or kerb outstands removal of existing line marking in order to create a visually distinct environment. Can also include the creation of discontinuous roads that discourage through routes and higher speeds by vehicles, but permit full permeability by bicycles For collector level road the opposite applies: increased delineation, including cycle lanes, medians and improved pedestrian amenity. ______________________________________________________________
- Predictability of the road environment contributes to improved adherence to the designed target speed limit. The SER approach has been demonstrated to significantly reduce vehicle speeds and improve homogeneity of speeds on local roads. The example on the screen shows the mean speeds for local treated roads reduced from 44km/h to 30km/h (reduction of 33%). ________________________________ Well-defined road categories are acknowledged to promote improved homogeneity on their use which contributes to reduced differences in vehicle speeds.