This document summarizes a webinar about best practices for leveraging bicycles to build better cities globally. The webinar featured a panel of experts including Angie Schmitt from Streetsblog Network, Fabian Küster from the European Cyclists’ Federation, Joe Peach from This Big City, and Areli Carreón from Bicitekas A.C. in Mexico City. They discussed topics like how cities around the world have increased cycling rates through measures like traffic calming, safe cycling infrastructure, restrictive car policies and investing in cycling infrastructure. The webinar also looked at the relative costs of bicycles versus cars for both individuals and societies. [/SUMMARY]

2. Leveraging Bikes to Build a
Better City:
Best Practices from Around the Globe
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3. About this Webinar
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4. About the Panel
Angie Schmitt manages and edits the Streetsblog Network, a collaboration between more
than 400 transportation and urbanist bloggers from throughout the United States and
around the world. Previously Angie worked as a newspaper reporter covering municipal
governments throughout her home state of Ohio.
Fabian Küster is a Senior Policy Officer at the European Cyclists’ Federation and is
regularly following EU developments and legislation, liaising with key stakeholders. He has
wealth of experience in and around the EU institutions, and is an expert in the EU policy
field of bicycles.
Joe Peach is the founder of This Big City - a social media movement encouraging
discussion about sustainable cities. Joe founded This Big City in 2009 while studying for a
Masters in Sustainable Communities and the Creative Economy and researching the role of
urban bicycle infrastructure in developing sustainable communities.
Areli Carreón is a founding member of several environmental NGOs in Mexico, notably
Bicitekas A.C., the largest and most influential cyclist group in Mexico City. She is coauthor
of the Mexico City's Urban Cyclist Manual and member of the promotion committee of the
Urban Cyclists National Network, which gathers 32 cyclists organizations in Mexico.
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5. Cycling modal share in %
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6. How do we get more people cycling more
often?
T r a f f ic c a lm in g / m o b ilit y S a f e c y c lin g
ma na g e me nt in f r a s t r u c t u r e
30 km/h speed limits on 70 - 85 % of NL: € 25 /per person annually for
road network in many German and cycling (97 % for infrastructure);
Dutch cities CPH: €16 Euro per capita in cycling
infrastructure in 2010
Reduce car ownership/ car use by e.g. Every km cycled costs local authority
restrictive car parking policies: ex: about 1/10 of every km driven by car
Amsterdam € 5/ hour in the whole city
ECF position: 30 km/h default speed ECF position: at least 10 % of
limit in all built-up areas (Resolution transport budgets into cycling
European Parliament: 30km/h should
be speed limit in all residential areas
and where is no separate cycling lane)
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7. Costs for the Overall Economy: Bicycle vs. Car
Indicator [€-ct/km] Internal External Total
Bicycle Car Bicycle Car Bicycle Car
Health 0 0 89.89 0 89.89 0
Noise 0 0 0 -1.02 0 -1.02
Accidents -6.29 -1.44 -8.42 -1.85 -14.71 -3.29
Running costs -10.2 -38.3 0 - -10.2 -38.3
Travel time -66.53 -54.29 0 - -66.53 -54.29
Pollutants 0 0 0 -0.63 0 -0.63
CO₂ 0 0 0 -0.85 0 -0.85
Total -83.02 -94.03 81.47 -4.35 -1.55 -98.38
Difference bicycle - car 11.01 85.82 96.83
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