groningen 2006 12 mar07
DESCRIPTION
Cycling in GroningenTRANSCRIPT
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide1
Richard Armitage
Groningen, Netherlands- cycling heaven
Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign Annual General Meeting
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide2
City of Groningen:cycle city
Key city in north NetherlandsResidents: 180,000+ and risingLarge student populationRegional economic powerhousePro-cycling actions since 1970s
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide3
3 in 5 journeys by bike within 3km radius of city centre
2002 data: 37% of all trips
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide4
Supermarket bike park
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide5
Afternoon school run
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide6
How much road for pedestrians and cyclists?
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide7
Bike + pedestrians can mix
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide8
Cars not allowed through the city centre
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide9
It will be
multi-storey bike
parks next
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide10
10,000+ bikes at the rail and bus interchange
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide11
Putting your bikeon level 2 is easy
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide12
Finding it later is harder
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide13
Cycling traffic management
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide14
3,000 bikes in lock-up, beneath the rail station
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide15
Cycle route signs
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide16
Public realm transformed - cycle investment continues
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide17
More new bike parking
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide18
It’s part of the culture
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide19
Quick chat, then off home
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide20
Cycle heaven: divine intervention not required!In Groningen:
1969-1972– all political hues accept new traffic policy– city centre - no through route for cars
1976 Verkeerscirculatieplan- 42% of budget spent on cycling facilities
1989-2000 spent c.£15m (or £210m in Greater Manchester)
2006 budget was €5.5m (GM=£52m)
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide21
Why so little progress on cycling in the UK…
Poor leadershipGM’s LTP2 draft - decline in walking!
Scraps from the funding tableBut the M6 widening gets approval
Cycling engineers & promotersLow salaries, lowly status, no support
Media biasJournalists wedded to their cars
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide22
…and in Manchester?
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide23
The missing ingredients
Ambition, imagination, visionStrategic plan
Large scale investmentProgramme lasting 20+ years
Marketing (at ‘car’ levels)Multi-agency joint action plansSense of urgency
Presentation about cycling in Groningen, Netherlands (12 March 2007)Slide24
Richard Armitage Transport Consultancy Ltd.Oxford House, Smithy Fold Road, HYDE, SK14 5QY
Tel: 0161 368 [email protected]
www.ratransport.co.uk
Visit: www.fietsberaad.nl,go to Rapporten, and download:
Continous and integral: The cycling policies of Groningen and other European cycling citiesFietsberaad-publication no. 7, April 2006