Electric mobility in small and medium sized cities

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1 Introducing electric mobility as intermodal transport mean in small & medium sized cities of the Southern Baltic area Dipl.-Ing. Edzard Hildebrandt Dipl.-Geogr. Annika Wittkowski Planungsgemeinschaft Verkehr, Hannover (PGV) Adelheidstraße 9b D Hannover Tel.: / Fax: / pgv@pgv-hannover.de Folie 1

2 Who we are? Free traffic planning company in Hannover Founded in1986 by the 3 managers Alrutz/ Dargel/ Hildebrandt Actual 2 connected PGV-teams working in 1 office Alltogether 18 employeers and student workers PGV means particulary long and intensive experience in bicycle planning and research Just have a look at Folie 2

3 Topics 1. Introduction 2. Requirements and potentials of bicycle highways 3. Bicycle highways in European countries 4. Bicycle highways in Germany Best practice 5. Pedelecs and bicycle highways 6. Conclusion / Summary Folie 3

4 Bicycle Highways and future?? already launched! Folie 4

5 Developements daily length of ways increases Folie 5

6 Requirements on bicycle highways Radschnellweg fietsnelweg bicycle super highway.. What we are talking about? Surroundings: High density of destinations, working areas, university High potential and high usage frequency to expect (upwards from / day rated to be normal ) Main target groups: Commuting people (working, education) Required: Sufficient features of width, surface and traffic control Recommended: Integrated in a bicycle or mobility strategy Advancing and accompanying by marketing and publicity in short: priority ambition = fast and safe trafficability Folie 6

7 Requirements on bicycle highways Particular features for high standards: Sufficient width: 4.0 m width in two-way traffic Spatial separation from pedestrians necessary Main road junctions with motor traffic: at best intersection-free solutions or synchronized progressive traffic lights or at least use of frequency controlled green-time extensions (induction loops) Secundary roads: giving preference at junctions : Waiting time: distance-related limit at about 30 s/km., Sufficient conditioned surface, low gradients Obligatory service facilities: Illumination, bicycle pumps, information boards and others Folie 7

8 Principle of connecting systems by bicycle highways Inner-city connection Connection between a bigger and a smaller sized city Connection between several cities Reference: M. Haase, ISUP Folie 8 Connection between city and suburban areas or external workplaces

9 Prospective solutions from bicycle highway studies in Germany Cycle track, not road-accompanying independent track, two-way-direction Cycle track, road-accompanying One side only, two-way-direction Folie 9

10 The Netherlands Originally birth of fietsrouten at late 1970s (Den Haag, Tilburg) Actual 14 realized bicycle highway projects all over the country In most cases radial suburbancentre form of networks Further projects in planning process High daily usage frequency, e.g. Almere cyclists Groningen cyclists Utrecht cyclists Folie 10

11 The Netherlands National bicycle highway support program given by the government 2006: First bicycle highways launched Since 2008: Program according to the motto Fiets filevrij Ca. 30 mio. annual support Contribution on construction costs: max. 50% by the state (max. 1,5 mio. / route) Supporting projects that effect reducing motor traffic High estimated bicycle highway standards: As far as possible intersection-free solutions At least 4 m width of bicycle ways Folie 11

12 Great Britain London Super Cycle Highways Realization period: Length of single routes: 5 15 km Radial system of 12 bicycle highways connecting suburban with centre areas (6 routes being realized today) Total costs estimated: converted 111 mio. (2010/ 2011) Funding: City of London Transport for London (TfL) Sponsoring by Barclays (50 mio. ) Route conditions: Almost only one-way cycle lanes Folie 12

13 Denmark Cycle Super Highways Copenhagen Realization: First route realized 2012 (Albertslund) ca. 48 km routes realized until the end of 2012 Prospective length: ca. 300 km Meshed network of 26 routes connecting 16 municipals with City of Copenhagen Total costs: up to 134 Mio. Funding: Region of Copenhagen 16 municipals Danish Road Directorate Folie 13

14 Summary Bicycle Highways in Europe Evaluations and impacts London Increasing cyclists, esp. commuters Cyclists feel safer High satisfaction with new features Netherlands Up to 17% more cyclists on different routes after starting bicycle highwayprogram 8% increasing from car to bike (what was intended) Denmark Not evaluated yet London: Main journey purpose London: Cycle flow along BCS7 Folie 14

15 Bicycle Highway Göttingen Modal project from the metropolitan region basic studies Declared as trial route for electric bikes and their infrastructural needs Length: ca. 4 km (extension possible) Realization: (2 steps) Connecting points: City centre University Train station Several residential and working areas Total costs (expected): 1,12 Mio Funding: City of Gottingen University of Gottingen, supported by Schaufenster Elektromobilität Folie 15

16 Bicycle Highway Göttingen Route conditions: 2 km as a four meter wide cycle way 1,5 km as a bicycle path (intended for cycle use only, use of other vehicles must be approved, e.g. residents) 0,5 km on a bus lane Photo composition Special conditions: Synchronized traffic lights Special design Cleaned preferably in winter Battery charging facilities along the route (train station, big workplaces) Photo composition Pictures: Kompatibilitaetsmodus.pdf Folie 16

17 Bicycle Highway Rostock Part of the bicycle strategy concept Length: 26 km Realization: Planning process from 2011 (route definition completed) Building in future (ownership discussions in process) Connecting points: several city districts with the city center / main train station Areas with dense population, e.g. Lütten- Klein, ca. 10 km far from city center Warnemünde (touristic hotspot), ca. 12 km far from city center Folie 17

18 Bicycle Highway Rostock Total costs (expected): 3,28 Mio. Funding: City of Rostock + o Folie 18

19 Bicycle Highway OWL Length: 67 km (incl. alternatives) Realization: Planning process on the bicycle highway competition in North Rhine-Westphalia 2013 Final route definition not completed Connecting points: five medium-sized towns ( habitants each) all train stations along the route Total costs (expected): up to 20 mio. Funding: involved cities in case of award on the competition: federal state North Rhine Westphalia Folie 19

20 Bicycle Highway OWL Route conditions: 36 km as a four meter wide cycle way (not along streets, independent) 7,5 km as a four meter wide cycle way (along streets) 19,5 km as a bike path (intended for cycle use only, use of other vehicles must be approved, e.g. residents) 4 km bicycle lines on streets (3 m wide) Special route conditions: preemption for the bicycle highway as often as possible, even for independent ways crossing main roads Folie 20

21 Bicycle highways and pedelecs journey-time comparison during peak-times Folie 21

22 Bicycle highways and pedelecs Facts from Dutch/ Belgium evaluations: Average route distance: km Pedelec-users are up to 20% faster than normal cyclists Bicycle highways can increase the average speed up to another 20% (incl. waiting time) Zone of attraction (habitation workplace) of pedelec-user is up to 100% bigger considerable distance increase between habitation and destination e.g. Flandern: 44% respondents think about covering distances over 20 km daily using a pedelec Folie 22

23 Conclusion Bicycle highway increase depends on: initial position (bicycle-culture) accompanying measures integration in a complete bicycle-strategy public relations Distance of a bicycle-highway is not essential high destination frequency most important high expected user level is important Bicycle highway criteria depend on the cities / regions situations (reasonable compromise possible) Folie 23

24 Summary: Bicycle highways in Europe 1. Drive and Motive: All are boosting daily-bike-traffic esp. commuters 2. Countries: Many differences in expansion and form, correspondence in leading features for fast and safe trafficability 3. Fully separated or road accompanying? All seems usual 4. Responsibilities: Municipalities need cooperation and partners 5. Surely partners: Cycling resp. pedelecs and public transport 6. Accompanying with evaluation and publicity campaigns motto "Do good things and talk about them." Folie 24

25 References Metropolregion Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen- Wolfsburg (2012): Dokumentation des Fachdialogs am 23. November 2011 in Hannover. Hannover PGV Planungsgemeinschaft Verkehr, SHP Ingenieure (2010): Machbarkeitsstudie Radschnellwege in der Metropolregion Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen- Wolfsburg Hannover Pez, Peter (2012): Verkehrsrevolution Pedelec Ergebnisse des Reisezeitexperimentes in Lüneburg; n_energieforum/projektarena Verkehrsrevolution_Pedelec_Pez.pdf Regio Twente (2009): Masterplan fietssnelweg f35. Fietsverkeer 32 (2013), Verder met de E-fiets n/presse/1_dateien_2012/konzeptstudie_radschnellweg_endstand.pdf Folie 25

26 Thank you for your attention! Dipl.-Ing. Edzard Hildebrandt Dipl.-Geogr. Annika Wittkowski Planungsgemeinschaft Verkehr, Hannover (PGV) Adelheidstraße 9b D Hannover Tel.: / Fax: / pgv@pgv-hannover.de Folie 26