"The key to achieving high levels of cycling appears to be the provision of separate cycling facilities along heavily travelled roads and at intersections, combined with traffic calming of most residential neighbourhoods." I believe that we have reached the same conclusion but we continue to add bike lanes on arterial streets rather than provide separate cycling facilities. Case in Point: we are required to add bike lanes on University Avenue between Segoe and Allen (scheduled for 2011). To do so will require the acquistion of right of way, which will be quite costly. Those resources could be better spent on a separate facility, such as the construction of a bike path on the rail corridor about a 1/2 mile to the south. Now that facility would get people out of SOVs.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Meiers, Steve Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 7:48 AM To: bikies@danenet.org Subject: [Bikies] encouraging cycling This is in a British Journal Transportation Review- you may be able to get a copy of it through your local library. Journal Article Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons From The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. Pucher J, Buehler R. Transp Rev <http://www.safetylit.org/week/journalpage.php?jid=6004> 2008; 28(4): 495-528. DOI: 10.1080/01441640701806612 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01441640701806612> What is this? <http://www.safetylit.org/definitions.htm#doi> (Copyright (c) 2008, Taylor and Francis Group) This article shows how the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany have made bicycling a safe, convenient and practical way to get around their cities. The analysis relies on national aggregate data as well as case studies of large and small cities in each country. The key to achieving high levels of cycling appears to be the provision of separate cycling facilities along heavily travelled roads and at intersections, combined with traffic calming of most residential neighbourhoods. Extensive cycling rights of way in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany are complemented by ample bike parking, full integration with public transport, comprehensive traffic education and training of both cyclists and motorists, and a wide range of promotional events intended to generate enthusiasm and wide public support for cycling. In addition to their many pro-bike policies and programmes, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany make driving expensive as well as inconvenient in central cities through a host of taxes and restrictions on car ownership, use and parking. Moreover, strict land-use policies foster compact, mixed-use developments that generate shorter and thus more bikeable trips. It is the coordinated implementation of this multi-faceted, mutually reinforcing set of policies that best explains the success of these three countries in promoting cycling. For comparison, the article portrays the marginal status of cycling in the UK and the USA, where only about 1% of trips are by bike. Language: Eng Steve Meiers Safety educator (608) 267-1102 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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