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
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
Almada s context
TAGUS RIVER ATLANTIC OCEAN
TAGUS RIVER ATLANTIC OCEAN
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 70 000 inhabitants Almost 8 000 000 visitors per year! 13 km of Atlantic beachfront attracts great part of the annual visitors during the summer
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
Transport impacts in Almada
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 57 000 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%
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
CARBON INTENSITY Car Bus Moped Motorcycle Boat Carbon intensity of several transport modes in Almada
AIR QUALITY A typical day CO and NO 2 average hour concentration
E Noise Chart DAY Almada City Council, Portugal Velo-City 2005 Dublin June 2005
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%
Local Policies to promote sustainable mobility in Almada
MOBILITY IS A KEY ISSUE IN LOCAL POLICIES Specific Guidance on the Council Corporate Plan (2002-2005)... 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
Campaign Almada, Better without Cars
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
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
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
METHODOLOGY CYCLING SUITABILITY MAP LOCAL ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE SCHEME POTENTIAL CYCLING NETWORK CYCLING NETWORK HIERARCHY
CYCLING SUITABILITY MAP Almada s declivity map Protected area of the Fossil Cliff
CYCLING SUITABILITY MAP Based on road and paths network Cycling suitability map 0-3% - optimum cycling conditions 3-5% - average conditions
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
CYCLING NETWORK HIERARCHY Ranking paths according to importance and use (daily basis or leisure) Are they or not overlapping the Local Ecological Structure?
CYCLING NETWORK HIERARCHY Prevision: 223 Km
Rua Cândido dos Reis - Cacilhas - Anos 60
Rua Cândido dos Reis - Cacilhas - 2004
PRIORITY AXES
Connecting the two banks of Tagus river
13 km of beachfront Popular summertime destinatio
Week days, 8.30 am 10.30 am: ~ 40 000 children/day
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
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
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
TYPICAL CROSS SECTION
EXAMPLE OF A ROUNDABOUT DESIGN
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
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
cfreitas@cma.m-almada.pt