Cycle Highway Policy: A strong mobility product Tina Caers (Province of Antwerp) Sofie Pues (Province of Flemish Brabant)

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1 Image: Provincie Vaams-Brabant Cycle Highway Policy: A strong mobility product Tina Caers (Province of Antwerp) Sofie Pues (Province of Flemish Brabant)

2 Cycling Policy the Belgian / Flemish way Beeld: Provincie Vlaams-Brabant 2-9 mei 2017

3 Belgium Flanders - Provinces Belgium: 11,35 million inhabitants Provincie of Antwerp: 1,85 million inhabitants = 642 inhabitants/km² Flanders (region): 6,5 million inhabitants Province of Flemish Brabant: 1,13 million inhabitants = 568 inhabitants/km² Brussels region: 1,2 million inhabitants = 7428 inh/km² Leuven: inhabitants Beeld: Wikipedia & Provincie in cijfers.

4 Borders reflected in Strava? Image: Heatmap Strava, 2017

5 Belgium & Mobility Federal state Regions Provinces - Municipalities Belgium: responsible for Railway traffic Air traffic Traffic security and road legislation Flanders (region): Streets, water ways, public transport by bus (De Lijn), general mobility policy, sensibilisation traffic safety, traffic regulations, regional airports, Provinces: Municipalities: Local mobility policy Provincial Mobility tasks: Functional cycling: > Mobility department Cycling Mobility planning Traffic education Consulting Recreational cycling: > Provincial Tourism Department (bike node system)

6 Build environment Mobility context to work in/with

7 Bicycle: huge potential Flanders Flemish Brabant De Rand 53 % of all the trips is less than 5 km (OVG 2013) 78% of all the trips is less than 15 km (OVG 2013) 12,6 % of all the trips by bike (OVG 2013) 11 % commutes by bike (OVG 2013) 51 % of all the trips is less than 5 km ( FietsGENstudie) 77% of all the trips is less than 15 km (FietsGENstudie) < 4 % of all the trips by bike (FietsGENstudie, cijfer incl. BXL) 6 % commutes by bike (OVG 2001)

8 Supralocal network of functional cycle routes (BFF) Cycle highways Functional 11 routes Alternative routes Network of cycle nodes (touristic)

9 Supralocal functional cycling network (BFF) Cycle highway Alternative cycle route Functional cycle route 9 Departement Ruimtelijke Ordening en Mobiliteit Dienst Mobiliteit

10 Realisation of these networks 1. Subsidy system for municipalities 40% Functional 90% routes 110% 2. Cycle highway realisation by provinces (supralocal routes, in cooperation with municipalities and other partners) 3. Cycle infrastructure on state roads and towpaths: Flanders / Vlaamse Waterweg /

11 Cycle highways Vision in Flanders Image: Provincie Antwerpen 11-9 mei 2017

12 Cycle highway? Features Speed Safety Comfort Construction preferences Cyclist has priority on other road users Mainly vehicle free Maximum split between cyclist and pedestrian Free of conflict crossings (tunnel, bridge, ) Width: 4m double direction Hard covering (concrete, asphalt) Lightening and coherent green structure Consistent within the landscape Recognizability continuity (Signage!) Logical connection to other (upper)local routes As less detours as possible Image: Provincie Antwerpen

13 Belgian reality A B C D Image: Provincie Antwerpen

14 A definition

15 Looking at cycle higways 1 Noord-Brabant CHIPS- fietssnelweg Tilburg-Waalwijk

16 1 4 meters optimistic It is a cycle highway if it works (more or less) as a cycle highway Leuven - CHIPS- fietssnelweg F3 Leuven-Brussel

17 Or a combination of these two

18 We start with the pieces we have

19 We grow cycle highways We make cycle highways grow Image:

20 Pieces of infrastructure (bad, medium, good) Branding => Glue between pieces Fertiliser for cycle highways: Bigger support for better infrastructure (political + bottom-up) touch points : learn to know the mobility product More users

21 Recognisable mobility product

22 The importance of touch points, and a great brand, in the customer journey

23 110 cycle highways, each one with unique code: F + number km; 58% realised

24 Image: Vlaams-Brabant Proefproject Leuven/Herent F3 Leuven-Brussel

25 Image: Provincie Antwerpen Proefproject Kalmthout F14 Antwerpen-Essen

26 Fietssnelwegen.be

27 Cycle highways: Use, users & juridical 27-9 mei 2017

28 Cycle highways: use Antwerp Ghent Brussels Source: Dataplatform Fiets 2016 Leuven

29 Performance of cycle highways More distance in less minutes with the cycle highway (Leuven, F3)

30 Cycle highways: users

31 Who uses the cycle highways? Functional cyclist Leuven- Man Brussel (F3) 40 years old Highly educated 22 99% 71%

32 Users City bike MTB, race bike E-bike Speed pedelec

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34 Legal instruments cycle highway & speed pedelec Except Except Except Except

35 Questions?

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