1. Veloforum | 2011-06-04 | Kyiv | Application of foreign experience in Eastern Europe
IMPLEMENTATION OF CYCLING POLICIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE
PRAGUE & THE CZECH REPUBLIC, 2011
Ing. arch. TOMÁŠ CACH
independent transport urbanist
member of Prague City Council Committee for Bicycle Transport
(especially the integration and spatial planning)
expert advisor to the Czech National bicycle coordinator
member of the bicycle transport working group of Ministry of Transport for changes in legislation
7. PRAGUE
population: 1.3 mil inhabitants
(metropolitan area 2 mil)
area: 496 km2
number of:
– urban districts: 10
– number of urban (administrative) districts: 22
– number of urban areas: 57
11. PRAGUE ~ http://cyklo.praha-mesto.cz
bicycle transport – political support in Prague (in documents)
1993 –Resolution of Prague City Assembly No. 323 on Draft of the Bicycle Infrastructure
Development in the City of Prague up to the end of 2000
1996 – Resolution of Prague City Assembly No. 13/21 on Transportation Policy of the City of Prague
(selected extracts)
2001 – Resolution of Prague City Assembly No. 2283 on the assessment of the fulfilment of
Resolution of Prague City Assembly No. 323/1993
2003 – Resolution of Prague City Council No. 0544 on Draft of the Further Development of Prague
Bicycle Routes System after 2002
2006 – Resolution of Prague City Council No. 1551 on New System of Basic Bicycle Routes Signs
2007 – Resolution of Prague City Council No. 0040 – designation of the Committee for Bicycle
Transport
2010 – Municipal ordinance No. 16/2010 (16.11.2010) Ordinance of Integrated Regional Programme
for Emission Reduction and Air Quality Improvement in the Metropolitan Area of the City of Prague
for the period 2010–2012
2010 – Resolution of Prague City Council No. 1776 on Conception of the Bicycle Transport and
Recreational Cycling Development in the City of Prague up to 2020
12. PRAGUE ~ http://cyklo.praha-mesto.cz
bicycle transport policy in Prague:
“bicycle = recreation + sport“
– nietieth, the end of the 20th century ~ several people
– Department of Transportation Engineering Institute of Prague
1st bicycle transport working group:“alibis“
– 2001 – 2002 (1/2) ~ 10–12 people
– officials, one representative, the public (activists)
2nd bicycle transport working group:“partial attempt to do something“
– 2003 (1/2) – 2006 ~ 15–16 people
– representatives and councillors, officials, activists, and expert public
Prague City Council Commission for bicycle transport:
– 1-1-2007
– 11-1-2011 ~ 16–17 people
– predominance of activists and bicycle-friendly officials and experts
– “things are going on...“
14. PRAGUE ~ http://cyklo.praha-mesto.cz
bicycle transport policy in Prague:
2002–2010 ~ the mayor of Prague was Pavel Bém
soft political auspices of Prague bicycle coordinator,
not real strong political support of bicycle transport
… (…) ...
33. PRAGUE ~ http://cyklo.praha-mesto.cz
THERE ARE STILL PROBLEM AREAS:
– usually difficult to solve
– strangling the functioning of cycling as a whole
– current users are required to overcome them
(usually uncomfortable, often dangerous)
38. CONCEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT:
"SWITZERLAND " AND "DANISH" MODEL
modal split share of cycling:
most units percent mostly tens percent
usually about 15 - 25% usually important or
dominant mode of transport
39. CONCEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT:
"SWITZERLAND " AND "DANISH" MODEL
predominant solution:
INTEGRATION SEGREGATION
sharing of space cycling strips separated from
(especially roads) other modes of transport
improvement of mutual to ensure full functionality
coexistence and the minimum design
redistribution of traffic flows parameters are insufficient
45. Transit Concept from the user perspective
(within a given area / corridor)
taking the diversity of requirements of user groups into account:
46. applicability in the Czech Republic
(of those models of infrastructure)
appropriateness and feasibility of the method of solution
in conditions of Czech cities, villages and regions
?
47. applicability in concrete cities
(of those models of infrastructure)
appropriateness and feasibility of the method
in solving the current conditions of selected sites
Prague, Brno ...
48. applicability in concrete cities
(of those models of infrastructure)
appropriateness and feasibility of the method
in solving the current conditions of selected sites
Pardubice, Břeclav ...
49. applicability in the Czech Republic
!?
(of those models of infrastructure)
possible direction of Czech cities, towns and regions ...
50. PRAGUE ~ http://cyklo.praha-mesto.cz
„safety routes“
– especially green corridors
– self-routing, calm communication
– recreation and transport
bicycle transport integration
– surface traffic using of the area
– street arrangements and organization of transport
– integration arrangements (road and traffic signs)
55. Komise Rady hlavního města Prahy pro cyklistickou dopravu ~ http://cyklo.praha-mesto.cz
„safety routes“ / „old connection“ + Vítkov tunnel
before after
57. PRAGUE ~ http://cyklo.praha-mesto.cz
„safety routes“
/ suspended bridge under the Prague ring highway
/ over the river Berounka:
v realizaci (zprovoznění: léto 2011)
71. PRAGUE ~ http://cyklo.praha-mesto.cz
gradual steps – „salami method“
Present:
– isolated fragments
– gradual integration
Full functionality of the system:
– continuity in space
– consistency of routes and connections
88. PRAGUE ~ http://cyklo.praha-mesto.cz
Bicycle transportation conception
is limited by the overall policy of the city,
state superior concepts and strategies, including:
– spatial planning …
– traffic planning, mobility plan …
– strategic urban planning ...
IF THE WHOLE UNIT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY,
IT CAN'T BE WITHOUT INFLUENCE ON ITS COMPONENT PARTS...
89. TRANSPORT CONCEPTION OF PRAGUE
X
ZÁKOS > HUS > NKS > …
60.léta 20.století > X
90.léta 20.století > současnost > ...
90. TRANSPORT POLICY OF PRAGUE
„with more cars under the ground, we are better on the ground“
91. TRANSPORT POLICY OF PRAGUE
„with more cars under the ground, we are better on the ground“
93. non-profit-making organization
public pressure for the improvement of the conditions for bicycle transport
initiative Auto*Mat (http://www.auto-mat.cz)
since 2003, from an activist informal group of a few people to a professionally
working team of about 20 members in 2011
originally concentrating only on Prague (film A*M by the initiative founder,
documenting 2003–2009), since 2010 in some topics and campaigns also on
other towns in the CR
96. initiative Auto*Mat / long-term projects:
(http://www.auto-mat.cz)
watch-dog activities
large transportation structures, transportation policy, spatial planning etc.:
participation in committees, project checking, expert opinion and remarks,
media coverage of problems, pre-election debates
creation of studies (City Circle Road and North-South Artery) and papers
(Cookery Book of Good Ideas)
98. initiative Auto*Mat / long-term projects:
(http://www.auto-mat.cz)
green map
– urban area depicted from the perspective of non-motorized users
– with information on good culture, shops, services a restaurants
(nonsmoking, bio, fair-trade) primarily
– both printed and web version
99. initiative Auto*Mat / long-term projects:
(http://www.auto-mat.cz)
Prahou na kole (“Around Prague by Bike“)
www.prahounakole.cz
– unofficial bicycle map of Prague (both printed and on-line)
– website for user public
100. initiative Auto*Mat / events:
(http://www.auto-mat.cz)
Critical Masses
– a small event every month, big ones twice a year, school critical masses
Experience the Town Differently:
– originally in Smetanovo nábřeží (riverside) with Prague City Council
– then independently in the years of 2009+2010 in Vinohrady
101. initiative Auto*Mat / campaigns:
(http://www.auto-mat.cz)
To Work by Bike, The Bicycle Employer of the Year competition
(collecting of “green” kilometres)
– over 150 subjects involved (private firms and companies, offices and
institutions and other organizations)
– positive wide publicity of bicycle transport, for the present only in Prague
105. non-profit-making & general-profit organizations
pressure for the improvement of the conditions for bicycle transport
www.nadacepartnerstvi.cz (Foundation Partnership) + www.partnerstvi-ops.cz
106. Web site news and information: national / regional level
ex.: www.nakole.cz / www.plzenskonakole.cz
112. The Czech Republic – national level:
National Strategy for the Development of Cycling
– government document from 2004, fundamental strategic backing on
the highest decision level, it is only beginning to be realized step by step
– Cycling as an integral part of transport; from the competence aspect,
it refers to two areas:
– resident traffic of the area (transport department)
– bicycle touring (local development department)
– The primary objective is to support the high-quality and safe bicycle
infrastructure development.
– structure: preference - objective – sub-measures, the necessity to solve
interdisciplinarily in mutual coordination of individual departments
In 2007–2008 coordinated particularly by Czech Ministry of Transport,
which ordered the implementation of National Cycling Strategy
to Transport Research Centre (CDV)
113. Bicycle transport development agenda:
– it is various and related to several departments
– primarily transport and tourist industry
– with overlap to the environment, health area and urbanism
– wide spectrum of subject matters:
– political support
– legislation
– technical solutions
– economic impact
– it must also involve education and marketing,
with the utilization of already proved foreign experience
115. National bicycle coordinator’s team
– an open groupment of active specialists who work in areas
associated with the use of a bicycle (transport and recreation)
– it was formed gradually around Jaroslav Martinek while
implementing the government document National Strategy
for the Development of Cycling approved in 2004
– in the state level, there has not been and still is not an
organization devoted to the support and coordination of cycling
Members of the team:
– specialists in given areas, mostly with interdisciplinary overlap.
– scattered in different parts in the Czech Republic
but in permanent contact with each other
– they apply themselves to other activities connected
with the support of cycling in the CR also outside the team
(wit the exception of national coordinator – full time)
120. cycling conferences:
– since 2003
– bicycle transport and bicycle touring
– cooperation + coordination + partnership
121. cycling conference in 2009:
– four-day programme,
touring in regions
– presenting the biggest
legislative problems inhibiting
bicycle transport development
– the visits of two ministers (of transport and local development)
– the result: official appointment of the national bicycle coordinator
+ working group for the incorporation of bicycle transport development
into the road legislation
– in autumn: the first Slovak cycling conference in Žilina, arranged by Mulica
122. cycling conference in 2010:
– one-day programme, at the Ministry of Transport
– the visit of the minister of transport
– cooperation with the Swiss (Schweiz Mobil – Markus and Lucas)
and the Danes (The Embassy of Denmark, participation of MC Anderson
and Jan Gehl on behalf)
– in autumn: the second Slovak cycling conference in Liptovský Mikuláš,
arranged by Mulica
123. cycling conference in 2011:
– four-day programme, gradually in two regions, always presentation
and workshops on the first day and a field trip on the other day
– Uherské Hradiště – transport
– cycling “laboratories”: Pardubice and Uherské Hradiště,
the project of Meetbike
– signature of “Hradiště Charter”: political support
– presentation of the legislation development by the Ministry
of Transport representative
– etc.
– Velké Karlovice – bicycle touring
124. international cooperation:
Schweiz Mobil (Switzerland Mobility)
cooperation with the Czech Republic
(as a pilot international project of the transfer of Swiss know-how)
due to Nadace Partnerství (Environmental Partnership Foundation)
Swiss project for complex solution for non-motorized traffic and recreation:
– the linchpins of calm transport and recreation:
– Veloland (bicycle touring)
– Mountainbikeland (mountainbiking)
– Wanderland (hiking)
– Skatingland (skating)
– Kanuland (canoeing)
– cohesion of service providers and infrastructure
– eating, accommodation, public transport, culture, sport...
– infrastructure (also for bicycle transport):
– directional signs, revision of standard traffic signalization
(including legislation and technical literature) etc.
125. SchweizMobil
– transfer of know-how CH > CZ
www.nadacepartnerstvi.cz /
127. SchweizMobil
– transfer of know-how CH > CZ
April 2010: a week-long excursion and workshops for twenty experts from the Czech
Republic around Switzerland (Bern, Luzern and surroundings)
October 2010: three-day tour of the Czech Republic for Switzerland Mobility
representatives
128. SchweizMobil
– transfer of know-how CH > CZ
up to now:
mutual communication and help with the solution of concrete problems in progress
129. project „Česko jede“ ~ „Czech goes (rides)“
www.ceskojede.cz
– complex links and promoting bicycle tourism and recreation
in the Czech republic
– actually preparing the launch
130. project „Česko jede“ ~ „Czech goes (rides)“
www.ceskojede.cz
– complex guidepost and support of bicycle
touring and recreation in the CR,
its preparation and launching are under way
– the new web portal www.ceskojede.cz
– top bicycle-touring offer in the CR in one place
– cooperation and interconnection of all portals
cyclo-marketing product specification according to the type of target groups
and route length:
– families with children
– thematic products (less and more able recreation cyclists)
– long-distance cyclists
– bikers, off-road cyclists
prospect:
– map application – GPS mapping of all long-distance routes and products.
– campaign “Česko jede“, marketing: “active holiday“
133. international cooperation:
Central Meetbike
spring 2008 and 2009: two-day cycling conference in Dresden
2010: preparation of the mutual project of international cooperation
2011-2014: transfer and sharing of know-how, financed from EU funds
Transport Research Centre (CDV) – Transport Research Centre is a public research institution and the only scientific research public institution under the Ministry of Transport. The basic
purposes of the centre are research and development activities, processing expertise, ensure projects and services for Ministry of Transport, as well as providing expert opinions for
authorities, both public and commercial entities.
www.cdv.cz
Central MeetBike Project (3CE343P2) is realized through Central Europe Programme, which is supported by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Central MeetBike Project is
a collaboration of the Polish-Czech-Slovak-German partnership. Experience from German cities and towns is to be applied in partner states and their selected pilot towns. Project
participants: Transport Research Centre, plus Pardubice and Uherské Hradiště on behalf of the Czech Republic; The Transport Research Institute in Žilina, plus Žilina and Prešov on
behalf of the Slovak Republic; non-profit organization PSWE, plus the towns of Tczew and Gdaňsk in the north of Poland; and Dresden University of Technology, plus Leipzig and Dresden
on behalf of Germany.
Central Europe Programme – is a European Union programme that encourages cooperation among the countries of Central Europe to improve innovation, accessibility and the
environment and to enhance the competitiveness and attractiveness of their cities and regions. Central Europe invests €231 million to provide funding to transnational cooperation projects
involving public and private organisations from Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. The programme is financed by the
European Regional Development Fund and runs from 2007 to 2013.
www.central2013.eu
134. Central Meetbike
Germany (Dresden University of Technology, towns: Leipzig and Dresden)
Czech Republic (Transport Research Centre, towns: Pardubice and Uherské Hradiště)
Poland (non-profit organization PSWE, towns in the north of the country: Tczew and Gdaňsk)
Slovakia (The Transport Research Institute in Žilina, towns: Žilina and Prešov)
135. international cooperation:
Central Meetbike
topics:
Work package 1:
Project management and coordination
Work package 2:
Communication, knowledge management and dissemination
Work package 3:
Cycling strategies & analysis, action plans, recommendations
Work package 4:
Transnational Tool for the Development of Bicycle Transport
Work package 5:
Cycling pilot investments (cycling lines, small measures and cycling parking)
136. Uherské Hradiště Charter
– Czech answer to Brussels Charter (VeloCity 2009, Brussels)
– individual towns and cities, urban neighbourhoods and municipalities
can join gradually
– political act of the support of bicycle transport development with concrete
requirements
137. Uherské Hradiště Charter
Political act of the support of bicycle transport development
with concrete requirements, in particular:
– The increase of bicycle transport share in the division of transport labour
– Eliminating places and sections with high cyclist accident risk
– Eliminating bicycle transport barriers.
– Upgrading conditions for bicycle parking.
– Implementation and support of the projects leading to the wider use
of bicycles for commuting to work or to school.
– Making promotion of cycling more efficient, both towards the residents
and visitors.
– Tourism development through activities and arrangements resulting
in the improvement and expansion of bicycle touring.
141. Uherské Hradiště Charter
creating the post of the bicycle coordinator (work load),
strong political mandate and whose scope of employment will involve particularly:
– Coordination of the internal city working group of „Bicycle Transport“
(close cooperation with responsible and respective authorities, municipal
authorities and other partners, such as the police, consulting and technical
centres, architects, planners, nonprofit organizations and initiatives acting
in the municipality).
– Performance of the clearly defined tasks, set on the basis of a resolution
of the Municipal Council
– Preparing background documents for the Municipal Council, proposing
sufficient budget for financial support of cycling arrangements (so-called
“hardware“), including promotion, and other “soft arrangements“ of bicycle
transport support (so-called “software“).
– Close cooperation with the working group of National Cycling Strategy
and with other urban bicycle coordinators.
145. Legislative changes
summer 2009:
– establishment of the working group for the incorporation of bicycle transport
development into the road legislation
– it assembles at the Ministry of Transport, MT and expert public representatives,
discussions and preparation of background documents for possible revisions
of the law on the land traffic and executive ordinances
14th September 2010:
– updating of the Act No. 30/2001 Coll., new bicycle route signs are validated
spring 2011:
– within the framework of the Statute Law Amendment Act,
partial pro-cycling revisions will be passed
present:
– revision and revaluation of individual items, creation of thematic packages,
efforts to more complex changes instead of partial supplements
147. Legislative changes (and challenges)
one example of recent Czech legislative problem:
crossing of paths for pedestrians and cyclists (with common traffic)
and communications with traffic of vehicles
148. Legislative changes (and challenges)
one example of recent Czech legislative problem:
crossing of paths for pedestrians and cyclists (with common traffic)
and communications with traffic of vehicles
149. Technical literature revision
– first of all, ordinances, norms and technical conditions do not usually
take bicycletransport into account, in some case only marginally (as a rule
inappropriately):
at present their application often results in worsening of bicycle transport
conditions (e.g. in the course of highway planning with inappropriate repairs,
which are solved just from the motor-vehicle traffic viewpoint)
– an effort to incorporate the subject matter of bicycle transport into all
regulations which can influence it, so that it could be adequately solved
everywhere and every time, similarly to motor-vehicle traffic
– “cycling” technical condition revision (TP 179): under the way, an effort to
change from the contemporary summary of some technical sub-measures
to the complex manual for qualified approach to space and the improvement
of conditions for bicycle transport and recreation
155. Thank you for your attention.
Ing. arch. Tomáš Cach
+ 420 739 425 891
tomascach@gmail.com
http://picasaweb.google.cz/foto.tomas.cach
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