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Designing Bicycle-Friendly Cities: An Engineering Perspective

Explore the Hierarchy of Solutions for designing cities in Europe for bicycles, presented by Tom Bertulis, an expert in urban transportation. Discover how increasing cycling can reduce CO2 emissions and congestion through traffic reduction, calming, and roadway redistribution. Learn from successful case studies in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. Prioritize people and bikes before cars in urban development. Join the movement towards sustainable urban transport!

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Designing Bicycle-Friendly Cities: An Engineering Perspective

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  1. An Engineering Perspective Designing Cities in Europe for Bicycles

  2. ProWalk ProBike Seattle 2008 Designing Cities in Europe for Bicycles an Engineering Perspective Presented by: Tom Bertulis, PE Senior Technical Advisor Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) 31 May 2005

  3. Currently: Tom Bertulis, PE Senior Technical Advisor ITDP Mexico Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Formerly: Tom Bertulis, PE Engineering Manager Cycling Scotland

  4. Urban Transport Benchmarking Project (UTBI)

  5. Presentation Outline Hierarchy of Solutions

  6. Hierarchy of Solutions (1) Traffic Reduction (2) Traffic Calming (3) Intersection Treatment (4) Roadway Redistribution (5) Segregated Facilities First Priority Last Priority

  7. Does increasing cycling … • reduce CO2 emissions? • reduce congestion?

  8. So how does that pertain to the Hierarchy of Solutions?

  9. So how does that pertain to the Hierarchy of Solutions? We just need to be clear of our goals … - Graham McGarva - Benton County (safety, comfort) - Large urban area

  10. Try the Hierarchy of Solutions!

  11. The vicious circle of providing infrastructure for motorized transport More Cars Congestion More roads More roads Congestion More cars

  12. Hierarchy of Solutions (1) Traffic Reduction (2) Traffic Calming (3) Intersection Treatment (4) Roadway Redistribution (5) Segregated Facilities First Priority Last Priority

  13. Traffic Reduction

  14. Traffic Reduction

  15. Traffic Reduction

  16. Traffic Reduction

  17. 1 of every 3 persons go to work by bicycle

  18. Copenhagen 1990s: converted one way streets back into two way streets. 1960s; converted two way streets to one way streets.

  19. Copenhagen

  20. Pedestrian space in Copenhagen increased by 7 times since 1960.

  21. Build a cycle network?

  22. Livingston Livingston, Scotland

  23. Houten, Netherlands

  24. Cycle traffic calming at road crossing Houten, Netherlands

  25. Groningen, Netherlands

  26. 57% of trips to school or work

  27. Amsterdam, Netherlands

  28. DHL goods distributions by boat near Cycle parking Amsterdam, Netherlands

  29. Hierarchy of Solutions (1) Traffic Reduction (2) Traffic Calming (3) Intersection Treatment (4) Roadway Redistribution (5) Segregated Facilities First Priority Last Priority

  30. “People and Bikes before Cars” Signing Findhorn, Scotland

  31. Cycle Route Traffic calming Rotterdam, Netherlands

  32. Delft, Netherlands

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