ISIS. Overview of SPICYCLES BYPAD Final Conference in Tartu (18-19 September 2008) Stefano Proietti & Mario Gualdi

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1 Overview of SPICYCLES BYPAD Final Conference in Tartu (18-19 September 2008) Stefano Proietti & Mario Gualdi ISIS (Istituto di Studi per l'integrazione dei Sistemi)

2 Contents Introduction Aims and Activities Partnership Achievements

3 Introduction SPICYCLES: Sustainable Planning & Innovation for Bicycles; Programme: Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE): SAVE, ALTENER, STEER and Horizontal Key Actions; Duration: 1 st January st December 2008; EC funding: ; Total mobilised resources: ; Website:

4 Aims and Activities (1) Increasing the modal share of cycling in 6 European cities with 4 types of actions: Introduction of bike-sharing (also known as public bikes) schemes; Implementation of communication and awareness raising campaigns; Integration of cycling planning in the overall process of spatial and transport planning; Building local partnerships of cycling-relevant stakeholders.

5 Aims and Activities (2) A further stream of action concerned the benchmarking of activities: Issuing Velo.Info Status Award in Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum for their cycling policy; Compiling City Characteristics Report published on the SPICYCLES Interactive Map for Europe on cycling planning; Producing a Comparison Report amongst participating cities; Developing the Velo.Info Benchmarking Tool available at

6 Partnership Mix of organisations (Local Authorities, Research & Consulting, University, Commercial Companies); ISIS, coordinator (IT); Barcelona (ES), Berlin (DE), Bucharest (RO), Göteborg (SE), Ploiesti (RO), Rome (IT); ATAC (IT), CPI Progetti S.P.A. (IT), DB Rent GmbH (DE), Goudappel Coffeng BV (NL), University of Rome La Sapienza DITS (IT), Velo Mondial (NL).

7 Achievements (1): Barcelona Marketing with schools: 12 schools and around students; 28 km of new lanes being implemented in 2007/8 (total of 155 kms); new bike parking places only in 2007 ( in total); 30 km/h zones implemented in initial four areas; Comissió Cívica de la Bicicleta : Bicycle Week and Bicycle Guide (5.000 copies); Bicycle Registration System: 1227 registered bikes / 20 stolen bikes; Bicing (bike-sharing): from a pilot with 200 bikes to bikes and 400 stations, subscribers; rides/day; Ridership (manual counts): from average trips/day in 2006 to in 2007 (+36.2%)!!

8 Achievements (1): Barcelona

9 Achievements (2): Berlin Call a bike (bike sharing): extension of the existing DB Rent system (15 new rental station and bikes) and integration with many other services (hotels, PT, etc.); Motivation and image campaign joined by the German Car Driver Association (ADAC) and the German Cyclist Association (ADFC) ; Second Level bicycle route network (with guidelines for planning); Bicycle parking infrastructure (with guidelines for planning).

10 Achievements (2): Berlin

11 Achievements (3): Bucharest More than 50 km of dedicated cycling paths; 1% increase of bicycle usage; Release of Technical study for the development of cycling infrastructure and Study for adapting the PT vehicles for bikes transport Guide for Cycling as a decision tool for cycling projects Bike sharing centre with 100 bicycles launched in August 2008

12 Achievements (3): Bucharest

13 Achievements (4): Göteborg Bike sharing pilot scheme in Lundby: 125 bicycles, 11 stations, 315 cards sold, extension to city centre planned; Campaigns behavioural change: Lighting project (1.000 cyclists) and Cycle course for migrant women (11 courses, 120 participants); Cycling marketing to employees of the municipality; Distribution of cycle maps; Bicycle highways : 4 bicycle lanes identified, 2 already upgraded; Cycle infromation centre at central Station planned.

14 Achievements (4): Göteborg

15 Achievements (5): Ploiesti Bike-sharing pilot scheme: 100 bicycles, 300 users; Communication campaign for cycling; Bicycle-friendly reconstruction of the 22 most dangerous intersections; 15% reduction of accidents; Local partnerships with several companies interested in bike sharing and bike infrastructure development (Timisoreana, Coca-Cola, Petrom, Distrigaz, Unilever, Raifeisen Bank).

16 Achievements (5): Ploiesti

17 Achievements (6): Rome Roma'n'bike : bike sharing pilot scheme with 19 pick-up and drop stations, 200 bicycles, 271 intelligent bicycles racks; First results (June July 2008): subscribers; bicycles pickups; phone calls; Update of ATAC Infopoint database for routing calculation; Production of cycling and pedestrian network s map Roma a Pedali ; Cycle lanes: from 100 kms in 2004 to 230 in 2008; 400 new racks. Local partnerships allowing bike transport on metro trains and on bus lines.

18 Achievements (6): Rome

19 Final Conference of SPICYCLES The Final Conference of SPICYCLES, with detailed results on the impacts of the project, will take place in Bucharest (RO) on December 2008 The programme will unfold over two days and will be available shortly on Do come see us, you are all invited!!

20 The coordinator ISIS can be reached by: Mario Gualdi Stefano Proietti Phone:

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22 Thank you for your attention!