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1 Montreal, Canada Jun 17-21, 2013 Transportation Planning and Engineering Department of Transportation Management Chair Faculty of Information Management and Media Dean

2 Agenda Cycling Some Aspekts out of the German Guidelines Some Examples The Karlsruhe 20 Spots Program 2

3 BMVBS: Nationaler Radverkehrsplan Cycling Europe Bike Share in Europe The Netherlands = 100% HU Hungaria DK Denmark SE Sweden BE Belgium DE Germany FI Finnland SK Slovakia PL Poland AT Austria 3

4 Mode Share in European Cities Sorted by Bike Share 4

5 Mode Share in European Cities Cities > Inhabitants, sorted by Bike Share 5

6 BMVBS: Nationaler Radverkehrsplan Index Cycling Bike Walk Public Transit Car (Driver) Car (Passenger) 6

7 Cycling National Cycling Master Plan Regional Master Plans City Master Plans 7

8 8

9 BMVBS: Ride your Bike Cycling as a System 9

10 Guidelines 10

11 Cycle Facility Solutions Diagram of cycle facility solutions based on motor traffic volume and speed [veh/hr] Two lane roads I: shared road II: advisory bike lanes or shared road with opportunity of using sidewalks III/IV: segregated cycle lanes or paths or tracks 12 [km/h]

12 Cycle Facility Solutions Diagram of cycle facility solutions based on motor traffic volume and speed [veh/hr] Four lane roads I: shared road II: advisory bike lanes or shared road with opportunity of using sidewalks [km/h] III/IV: segregated cycle lanes or paths or tracks 13

13 Advisory Lane Marking: 0,12 m width, 1,00 m Length, 1,00 m Gap in the middle Sidewalk Parking Safety clearance Advisory lane Advisory lane Sidewalk 14

14 Advisory Lane 15

15 Advisory Lane 16

16 Advisory Lane 17

17 Cycle Lane Marking: 0,12 m width in the space of the cycle lane; cycle lane may be colored in red Sidewalk Parking Safety clearance Cycle lane Cycle lane Sidewalk 18

18 19

19 Cycle Path Sidewalk Cycle Path Safety clearance Parking Safety clearance Cycle Path Sidewalk 20

20 Cycle Pathes: Capacity and Pedestrian Number of cyclists and pedestrian per hour avoid cycling at the sidewalk possible: joint sidewalk/cycle path (cyclist are obligated to use) sidewalk with cycling opportunity width of the sidewalk [m] Advice: The share of cyclists should be lower than two third in case of a high total volume 21

21 Cycle Pathes: Avoid Conflicts with Pedestrian 22

22 Cycle Lane to Cycle Path 24

23 Cycle Track: two direction Cycle Lane High Accident Rate Junctions: unexpected direction Midblock: need of crossing the road Width 3,00 m one side 2,50 m both sides Example: Design of a two direction Cycle Path at a junction Special Markings at junctions 25

24 Cycle Track: two direction Cycle Lane 26

25 Bicycle Street 27

26 Bicycle Street 28

27 Bicycle Street 29

28 Riding in wrong direction 30

29 Some Signage 31

30 Signalised junctions 32

31 Example: Capacity vs. Safety 33

32 Example: Capacity vs. Safety 34

33 Example: Capacity vs. Safety 35

34 Example: Capacity vs. Safety 36

35 Example: Capacity vs. Safety 37

36 Trixi Mirror 38

37 Signalised junctions 39

38 Left turning (indirect) 40

39 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe Cycling Program Bicycle Climate Index 2005: Karlsruhe: Rank 10 of 28 Cities 20 Spots-Bike-Program 20 Spots-Program to stimulate Cycle traffic in Karlsruhe in the basis of the guiding principles Cycle Traffic as a System 41

40 1: Bike Capital of South Germany Rank 2012 City Grade Rank 2005 Shift 1 Münster 2, Freiburg im Breisgau 3,10 3 Karlsruhe 3, Kiel 3, Oberhausen 3, Hannover 3, Bremen 3, Rostock 3,64 9 Frankfurt a.m. 3, Leipzig 3, München 3, Bielefeld 3, Aachen 3,76 14 Bonn 3, Dortmund 3,

41 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 2: Increase Bike Share 43

42 April 2013 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 2: Increase Bike Share till April 2013: 300,000 cyclists in 2013 till June 2013: 525,000 44

43 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 4: Consideration of Cycles Equitable at all reconstructions and new facilities 45

44 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 5: Cycling at arterial roads Redistribution of Space and Capacity 46

45 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 6: Advisory and Cycle Lanes Redistribution of Space and Capacity 47

46 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 7: Network and Signage 48

47 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 9: 2 Cycle Routes per year 49

48 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 9: 2 Cycle Routes per year Neureut Kirchfeld - Downtown Cycle Lane and left turning lane Willy-Brandt-Allee Joint Cycle Path/Sidewalk Willy-Brandt-Allee Joint Cycle Path/Sidewalk Willy-Brandt-Allee 50

49 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 9: 2 Cycle Routes per year Advisory Lane Blücherstraße Neureut - Weststadt - Messe Alter Flugplatz Richtung Franz-Lust-Str. Franz- Lust-Straße 51 Lückenschluss Pulverhausstraße

50 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 9: 2 Cycle Routes per year Daxlanden - Downton Umbau UHP Vogesenbrücke Cyclist Traffic Signals in Coordination 52 Fahrradstraße Sophienstraße

51 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 10: City Bike Routes Zirkel / Waldstraße Zirkel 53 Amalienstraße Friedrichsplatz

52 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 11: Minor Roads Reduce Restrictions Oneway-Roads for Cyclists in two directions Signage of dead end roads Less turning restrictions 54

53 12: Regional and recreational Bike Network 55

54 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 13/14: Bike-Parking facilities 56

55 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 15: Public Relations Drais day Mobil without a car Bicycle fair Brain on Campagne 57

56 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 16: Services Rent a bike Take your bike with Streetcars Service Station at Main Station Wintermaintenance Cleaning and Cullet Phone 58

57 Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe : Administrative structures Workshops Meetings Master Plans 18: follow Bycicle Guidelines 19: fight against thievery 59

58 20: Tolerance and Consideration Basis: Adminstration of the City of Karlsruhe 60

59 Transportation Engineering Department of Transportation Management Chair Faculty of Informationsmanagement and Media Dean Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft University of Applied Sciences fon fax christoph.hupfer@hs-karlsruhe.de Postal Address: Postfach 24 40, Karlsruhe Visitors Address: Amalienstraße Karlsruhe Raum

60 Transportation Engineering Department of Transportation Management Chair Faculty of Informationsmanagement and Media Dean Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft University of Applied Sciences fon fax christoph.hupfer@hs-karlsruhe.de Postal Address: Postfach 24 40, Karlsruhe Visitors Address: Amalienstraße Karlsruhe Raum

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