THE TWO BANKS OF THE TAGUS RIVER BY INTEGRATING THE BYCICLE INTO A MULTIMODAL SYSTEM

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1 TH 1.E Cycling to work, school, retail and for leisure LINKING THE TWO BANKS OF THE TAGUS RIVER BY INTEGRATING THE BYCICLE INTO A MULTIMODAL SYSTEM

2 Summary A glimpse of Almada Transport impacts in Almada Local Policies to promote sustainable mobility in Almada The Almada Cyling Plan Connecting the two banks of Tagus river Almada City Council, Portugal Velo-City 2005 Dublin June 2005

3 Almada s context

5 TAGUS RIVER ATLANTIC OCEAN

6 TAGUS RIVER ATLANTIC OCEAN

7 South bank of Tagus river across Lisbon urban pressure 160,000 inhabitants in 72 sq. km (High density population, more than 2,000 people/sq.km) Fluctuating population of inhabitants Almost visitors per year! 13 km of Atlantic beachfront attracts great part of the annual visitors during the summer

8 The bridge crossing serves to funnel nearly 150,000 vehicles a day to and from Lisbon, along a highway that bisects the municipality. 168,000 vehicles/day summertime

10 Transport impacts in Almada

11 MODAL SPLIT IN ALMADA Foot 11% Public Transport 34% Car 55% Bicycle represents 0.00 % Annual traffic increase of 6% (observed in the last 4 years) In 1998, there were private cars in Almada: 0.35 cars/inhab. 65% of the journeys in South of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) are done by car In 25 years the number of journeys grew 111%

12 TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY SECTOR Services 17% Other 8% Transport 43% Services 19% Other 9% Transport 28% Household 17% Industry 15% Household 25% Industry 19% ALMADA (2001) TYPICAL EU MUNICIPALITY

13 CARBON INTENSITY Car Bus Moped Motorcycle Boat Carbon intensity of several transport modes in Almada

14 AIR QUALITY A typical day CO and NO 2 average hour concentration

15 E Noise Chart DAY Almada City Council, Portugal Velo-City 2005 Dublin June 2005

16 PEOPLE PERCEPTION Traffic Congestion Air Polution Noise Loss of natural spaces 10,6% 28,0% 19,4% 17,7% ~ 70% problems come from traffic? In your opinion what were the areas that had negative evolution in Almada the last 5 years Garbage Street cleaning Water quality Soil contamination No answer 10,2% 6,2% 3,5% 3,4% 1,0%

17 Local Policies to promote sustainable mobility in Almada

18 MOBILITY IS A KEY ISSUE IN LOCAL POLICIES Specific Guidance on the Council Corporate Plan ( )... Create new mobility modes, improve access and parking Introduction of a light rail tram Mobility Plan Awareness and information on sustainable mobility in the scope of the LA 21 ALMADA CYCLING PLAN

20 Campaign Almada, Better without Cars

23 MAIN GOALS Create a cycling network covering all municipality, based on the following concepts: continuity security cycling suitability (adequated slopes) intermodality integration with PT (tram, boat, train) environmental quality (integration with the Local Ecological Structure) functionality integration with relevant municipality's equipments (schools, leisure centres, sports facilities, PT interfaces) Promote the use of the bicycle on both leisure and daily basis

space through the integration of cycleways

24 AIMS AT WORKING ON Intermodality and reinforcement of partnership with transport operators Suitable infrastructures and parking facilities Improvement of public space through the integration of cycleways Safety and security Information and awareness campaigns

25 INFORMATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS Example: Energy Efficiency of the bike Distance that can be covered by foot, bike or car with the amount of energy contained in a hamburger

26 METHODOLOGY CYCLING SUITABILITY MAP LOCAL ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE SCHEME POTENTIAL CYCLING NETWORK CYCLING NETWORK HIERARCHY

27 CYCLING SUITABILITY MAP Almada s declivity map Protected area of the Fossil Cliff

28 CYCLING SUITABILITY MAP Based on road and paths network Cycling suitability map 0-3% - optimum cycling conditions 3-5% - average conditions

29 POTENTIAL CYCLING NETWORK Result of the integration of the suitability map with the following factors: Concept of continuity of the Network Accessibility of public transports Accessibility of relevant equipments Superposition with the LES

30 CYCLING NETWORK HIERARCHY Ranking paths according to importance and use (daily basis or leisure) Are they or not overlapping the Local Ecological Structure?

31 CYCLING NETWORK HIERARCHY Prevision: 223 Km

32 Rua Cândido dos Reis - Cacilhas - Anos 60

33 Rua Cândido dos Reis - Cacilhas

34 PRIORITY AXES

35 Connecting the two banks of Tagus river

36 13 km of beachfront Popular summertime destinatio

39 Week days, 8.30 am am: ~ children/day

40 TRAFARIA COSTA DE CAPARICA Why starting with this project? Trafaria Flat Terrain (extension 4 km) Existing stretch of cycle-way Boat terminal in Trafaria Create a tourist cycling-way, for leisure journeys Opportunity to shift journey cars to bicycle combined with public transport (boat) Costa de Caparica

41 CYCLE-WAY DESIGN S CRITERIA Total segregation between cars and cyclists wherever car speeds are too high Do portuguese people drive in an agressive way? 72% Do you driveinanagressiveway? 4%!!! National Survey, 1999 Width of the cycle-way between 1,5m and 2,5m Creation of green areas as a natural barrier between cars and cyclists and for its shading effect

42 CYCLE-WAY DESIGN S CRITERIA Adoption of traffic calming measures - reduction of the road section - raising of the pedestrian crossings to the pavement and cycleway level emplacement of LED lines in some problematical crossings - slight curb between cyclists and pedestrians to avoid conflicts between them

43 TYPICAL CROSS SECTION

44 EXAMPLE OF A ROUNDABOUT DESIGN

in Almada) In the framework of the project and through negociations with the

46 INTERMODALITY The boat operator is now offering transport services across the river that allow the daily transport of bicycles (Announced during the Mobility Week 2004 in Almada) In the framework of the project and through negociations with the transport operator, the first monthly ticket for bicycles + users in Portugal was created

47 CONCLUSIONS The integration of the bicycle in a multimodal transport system is one of ACP s most important aspects, for which the Trafaria Costa da Caparica cycleway project aims to contribute. It will contribute to the improvement of the accessibility to the beachfront of Almada

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