The document discusses various programs and initiatives to promote cycling. It describes out-of-school bike clubs for children and parents funded by grants that provide bike training and maintenance. It also discusses initiatives like bike trains to school, traffic management around schools, and on-road and off-road cycle training programs that have increased cycling rates. Finally, it summarizes infrastructure and policy examples from places like Germany, the Netherlands, and Colombia that have high rates of cycling through measures like separated bike facilities, traffic calming, and closing streets to cars.

1. What Works Well Case Studies Andrew Abbess Stirling Conference 22 Jan 2011

2. Ed Cycle Co-op Out of school bike clubs For children & parents once a month on Sundays, using paid instructors funded by grants : Climate Challenge Fund, Cycling Scotland, Sustrans and Scotland UnLtd Started at 1 school now at 4 schools On road cycle training (over 1000 hours delivered by qualified instructors) Bike maintenance & first aid training Led rides: Bike trains to school P1-P7 (volunteer led)

3. Cycle train to school

4. Local off road river, canal & old railway routes

6. St Ninians Primary Stirling School Travel Plan 1% before

7. Traffic Management schemes around Stirling High & St Ninians PS

9. St Ninians Primary Stirling School Travel Plan 1% before 18% after

10. National Standards Cycle Training Level 1. Complete beginners. Off road. Ready Steady Bike scheme

11. National Standards Cycle Training Level 2. On road (beginners) Scottish Cycle Training scheme

12. National Standards Cycle Training Level 3. On road (advanced) Go by Cycle scheme

14. England & Wales

15. Merseyside LA & NHS cooperation local, DfT & EU funding to provide: training routes facilities publicity Outcome: cycling rates up 14%

16. Research based best practice

17. Hilden Germany

18. E120,000 over 10 years

20. Centre line removal

21. 24% of trips within Hilden are done by cycle.

22. Stricter liability www.stricterliabilityforus.org.uk

23. Off road cycle tracks have right of way at T junctions

24. Mayor Hilden Summary The key to affordable cycle facilities is the maximum speed of 30 kph (18.5 mph)

25. Campaigns Sustrans: “quality streets for all” www.quality-streets.org.uk 20 plenty for us www.20splentyforus.org.uk

26. Facilities Dunbar Primary Large school over 800 pupils. £200,000 spent Off road paths to link housing estates to school 200 children going to school by bike or scooter (25% of journeys)

27. Beauty and the Bike video Facilities & attitudes in Darlington & Bremen www.bikebeauty.org

28. Holland The land with separated cycle facilities

30. Assen c 1970

31. UK v. Holland

32. www.hembrow.eu/blog

33. www.hembrow.eu/blog

34. www.hembrow.eu/blog

35. Freiburg (200,000 people in Southern Germany near French border).

36. New suburb Vauban

39. Stirling Council Green Transport Supplemantry Planning Guidance

40. Events / promotion / social marketing Personalised travel plans Good, effective but expensive Do them after you have put in place all the facilities Philip Darnton. English Cycling. Chief Exec

41. Malmo Sweden 700,000 people In 10 years they got Cycling rates from 20 - 30 % What next ?

42. Bogota Colombia 7 million population Every Sunday they close 70 miles city streets to traffic. 2 million people come out to walk, cycle, run, on the closed roads Ciclovia www.streetfilms.org/ciclovia /

43. Sky Ride Glasgow

44. Mapping / Route planning www.cyclestreets.net

45. Cycle campaigning

46. Campaign group organisation Spokes & Warrington cycle campaign Members, Committee, web site CTC RtR reps Support & information via Yahoo Group Facebook

47. Highway Code Highway Code rule 208 states Near Schools . Drive slowly and be particularly aware of young cyclists and pedestrians . Drive very slowly until you are clear of the area .

48. Highway code

49. Social Marketing

50. Cycling Scotland 2010

51. www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk

52. Transport for London Driver awareness video TV U Tube www.dothetest.co.uk

53. 20 pages of European best practice Bringing Cycling to Life: The LifeCycle Best Practice Handbook June 2010 Editors: Randy Rzewnicki & Claus Koellinger LIFE CYCLE, a project funded by the EU Public Health Programme

54. So what did you like What was inspiring Why was it inspriing What might work in Stirling Place your post it notes