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)
Contents Introduction Aims and Activities Partnership Achievements
Introduction SPICYCLES: Sustainable Planning & Innovation for Bicycles; Programme: Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE): SAVE, ALTENER, STEER and Horizontal Key Actions; Duration: 1 st January 2006 31 st December 2008; EC funding: 1.361.363; Total mobilised resources: 2.722.726; Website: http://spicycles.velo.info.
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.
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 http://velo.info/questionnaire/index.
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).
Achievements (1): Barcelona Marketing with schools: 12 schools and around 2.500 students; 28 km of new lanes being implemented in 2007/8 (total of 155 kms); 7.000 new bike parking places only in 2007 (14.646 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 6.000 bikes and 400 stations, 150.000 subscribers; 45.000 rides/day; Ridership (manual counts): from 27.111 average trips/day in 2006 to 36.917 in 2007 (+36.2%)!!
Achievements (1): Barcelona
Achievements (2): Berlin Call a bike (bike sharing): extension of the existing DB Rent system (15 new rental station and 1.500 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).
Achievements (2): Berlin
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
Achievements (3): Bucharest
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 45.000 employees of the municipality; Distribution of 55.000 cycle maps; Bicycle highways : 4 bicycle lanes identified, 2 already upgraded; Cycle infromation centre at central Station planned.
Achievements (4): Göteborg
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).
Achievements (5): Ploiesti
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): 1.200 subscribers; 7.500 bicycles pickups; 3.500 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.
Achievements (6): Rome
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 18-19 December 2008 The programme will unfold over two days and will be available shortly on http://spicycles.velo.info Do come see us, you are all invited!!
The coordinator ISIS can be reached by: E-mail: Mario Gualdi (mgualdi@isis-it.com), Stefano Proietti (sproietti@isis-it.com) Phone: +39.06.3212655 http://www.isis-it.com http://spicycles.velo.info
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