PP12 Leipzig Status Quo of cycling

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1 PP12 Leipzig Status Quo of cycling Date: Presentation: Office for Traffic Planning and Road Construction City of Leipzig

2 Leipzig city of trade, culture and traffic

3 Leipzig numbers and facts ( ) Bundesrepublik Berlin inhabitants area ha Leipzig Dresden road net tram net km 146 km tram lines 13 Deutschland bicycle net 376 km

4 Modal Split in Leipzig 100 By public transport 90 22,8 20,1 19,3 17,3 18,8 23, ,1 8,7 8,4 8,7 9,9 11,0 9,0 By car, go with Per cent ,9 17,8 5,2 23,2 27,5 27,3 5,8 5,8 13,2 34,1 28,6 25,0 12,4 14,4 18,0 By Car By bicycle ,0 39,5 38,2 31,5 26,3 27,3 25,0 By foot

5 Cycling in Leipzig good conditions for cycling: plan landscape compact city principle as part of city development number of bicycles: approx length of bicycle net Bicycle lanes: 50 km Bicycle protection lanes: 8 km Bicycle paths: 225 km others: 93 km Overall: 376 km

6 Achievements for cycling in 2011 participation on a national cycling contest called Stadtradeln currently Leipzig will finish 2nd after Dresden bicycle tours for the promotion of cycling consultation hour of the lord mayor on bicycle bicycle tour within the scope of the International Transport forum 2 bicycle tours at the beginning and the end of the contest Stadtradeln appointing of a new contact person for bicycle affairs consultation hour every month contact person for citizens and municipality

7 Achievements for cycling in Round table bicycle strategic meeting for bicycle traffic promotion (every year) panel discussion about bicycle traffic development of a new Bicycle master plan (RVEP) Picture of panel discussion taken from local newspaper LVZ on

8 Bicycle master plan (RVEP) actual bicycle infrastructure bicycle net based on main routes list of measures

9 Bicycle master plan (RVEP) main goals: Z1: increase of bicycle share of modal split from 14.4 % in 2008 to 18 % in 2020 Z2: lowering the risk of heavy or fatal injuries of 25 % in 2025, compared to 2008 Z3: increase of the satisfaction of citizen with bicycle infrastructure conditions

10 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur bicycle lanes A.d. Tabaksmühle Dresdner Straße K.-Liebknecht-Straße width of Bicycle lanes: mostly 1.85 m length: 50 km of 376 km bicycle net

11 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur bicycle lanes alongside to parking Dresdner Straße A.d. Tabaksmühle K.-Liebknecht-Straße Dresdner Straße marking of the bicycle lanes on both sides marking with 0.50 m next to parking, for protection against opening car doors

12 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur bicycle protection lane (alongside parking) Dresdner Straße K.-Liebknecht-Straße William-Zipperer-Straße William-Zipperer-Straße width of the bicycle protection strip: 1.5 m (minimum: 1.25 m) interrupted white line on both sides, with 0.50 m distance to parking

13 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur bicycle paths Georgiring Richard-Wagner-Platz Johannisplatz Waldstraße

14 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur bicycle path against the direction of one way roads Dresdner Straße Dresdner Straße K.-Liebknecht-Straße intersections coloured red and pictograms printed on the lane for improved recognizability bicycles moving in direction of the one way road use the street

15 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur bicycle path against the direction of one way roads Dresdner Straße K.-Liebknecht-Straße seperate traffic light for Dresdner bicycles Straße

16 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur bicycle marking in intersections Advanced stop line for bicycles 3 m 5 m ahead of the car stop line for improved recognizability, to avoid blind spot problems Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße Widened stop area for bicycles Richard-Wagner-Platz advanced stop line, 5 m ahead of all car stop lines to secure left turning bicycle traffic Johannisallee

17 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur guidance of bicycle traffic at tram stops Pfaffendorfer Straße (tram stop Zoo - city bound side) situation: high traffic amount (about 16,000 cars/24h) no separate bicycle guidance before and after the tram stop exists guidance of bicycle traffic at the tram stop: on the road without special markings installation of traffic lights to increase the safety for boarding and leaving passengers elevated road lane to allow access for handicapped passengers 17

18 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur guidance of bicycle traffic at tram stops Pfaffendorfer Straße (tram stop Zoo - out bound side) situation: high traffic amount (about 16,000 cars/24h) bicycle guidance before and after the stop on the road with marked bicycle lane guidance of bicycle traffic at the tram stop: aligned bike lane between waiting area and sidewalk 18

19 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur guidance of bicycle traffic at tram stops Könneritzstraße (tram stop Holbeinstraße out bound side) situation: shopping street with a middle amount of traffic (about 5,350 15,350 cars/24h) no existing bicycle infrastructure (planned after 2011) guidance of bicycle traffic at the tram stop: elevated (over the cap), between entering area and waiting area/sidewalk no need for special signage as cyclists can use the road as well 19

20 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur guidance of bicycle traffic at tram stops Könneritzstraße (tram stop Rödelstraße city bound direction) situation: shopping street with a middle amount of traffic (about 5,350 15,350 cars/24h) marked bicycle lane on road level before and after the tram stop guidance of bicycle traffic at the tram stop: elevated bicycle lane between road/tram way (lower level) and waiting area/sidewalk separation from waiting area/sidewalk with curb stones of 3 cm height 20

21 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur bicycle parking bicycle parking concept for city center use of parking rack Leipziger Anlehnbügel approx parking racks placed in Leipzig

22 Best practice for bicycle infrastructur bicycle parking (bicycle underground parking at the University)

23 Prospect for the next year and pilot actions WP General cycling campain: Exhibition abgefahren Leipzig will participate 3 times in 2011, 2012 and 2013 information at the stand about: traffic rules and behaviour advantages of everyday cycling touristic cycling contact between the municipality and the citizens annualy meetings of the Central German bicycle conference within the scope of this exhibitions

24 Prospect for the next year and pilot actions WP Cycling maps: update of the Cycling city map the cycling city map informs about: Points of bicycle specific interest, like service stations kind of traffic routing for bicycles (none, bicycle protection lane, bicycle lane/bicycle path) Points with extended risks for cycling target date for delivery: April 2012 circulation: 5000 pieces (accordingly to the detailed work plan)

25 Prospect for the next year and pilot actions WP Further promotional material for cycling Leaflets about for example: Bicyle streets Traffic rules and behaviour Bicycle parking Advertising posters: Post up round city Post up on exhibition abgefahren

26 Prospect for the next year and pilot actions WP 5.1. Organisation of the Round table bicycle in 2012 and 2013 strategical meeting for bicycle traffic promotion, annually informs about achievments of the last year provide key aspects for the next year supports the bilateral cooperation between departmens in terms of bicycle promotion

27 Prospect for the next year and pilot actions WP 5.3. Pilot investments: smaller infrastructure measures List of possible markings of bicyle infrastructure call for a list of possible infrastructure measures at the 2nd meeting of the departments decision of which infrastructure measures will be financed by CMB at the next meeting at the end of 2011 marking of the infrastructure measures in 2012 Quarterly meetings of departments concerning CMB Infrastructur measures financed by CMB

28 Prospect for the next year and pilot actions WP 5.3. Pilot investments: bicycle parking facilities because of improvement of local and regional train service trough the completion of the City-Tunnel, there is a need for more parking facilities near the Main Station number of bicycle parking facilities which will be placed in : 2011 => => 80 Main Station of the City of Leipzig Visualization of the entrance to the City tunnel

29 City of Leipzig Department of City Development and Construction Office for Traffic Planning and Road Construction Leipzig Tel.: +49 (341) Fax.: +49 (341)