Shane Snow, DfT Love Cycling Go Dutch Newcastle upon Tyne, 5 November 2013 "Get Britain Cycling: what next?"

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Shane Snow – 5 November 2013

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Cycle
Policy

5. Government shift
cycling up a gear
Cycling revolution shifts
into top gear
It’s been a bumpy ride but the
bike has gone from a muchmocked contraption to an icon
of our urban future
Times 12 August
Cycling groups welcome
announcement of £77m
government fund
Campaigners also urge
long-term push to establish
nationwide system of cycling
infrastructure similar to the
Netherlands
Guardian 12
August
A nationwide drive to promote
cycling in cities and national
parks across England will be
launched today.
The Prime Minister announces
the biggest ever single injection
of cash for the country alongside
plans to make roads safer for
those on two wheels.
GOV.UK
Cycling gets £94m push
in England
A number of English cities and national
parks are to share a £94m cash
injection to promote cycling.
Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham,
Newcastle, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford
and Norwich will share £77m, with four
national parks getting a further £17m.
The money is to improve existing and
fund new cycle routes. The government
says it also wants to cut red tape to
facilitate cyclist-friendly planning.
BBC Website 12 August
David Cameron urges Britons to get on their bikes
David Cameron says a £94m cash injection to promote cycling will make
a "real difference" and will help to make Britain's roads "safer" for people
who want to get on their bikes.
Telegraph 12 August

6. Cycling networks fit for growth: safe
attractive and convenient
European infrastructure is
different. Separate from
pedestrians and cars. Cycling
is safe, easy, attractive.
In US now doing it for all
NYC avenues.

8. Aim 10% mode share by 2025. *
2001 to 2011 for journeys to work
Cycling increase 3% to 4%

9. Birmingham * 2017 Network (red is new
routes) aim 5% 2023 10% 2033
* 2008 to 2011 cycling increased 37%

10. Leeds plan to deepen network over next
decade to get to 7.5% mode by 2023

11. Cambridge going for world best mode share –
from 27% to 40% over a decade.
Some of the key drivers of
the international high-tech
and knowledge-based
economy are
based in South
Cambridgeshire, for
example at Granta Park and
the Genome Campus in
Hinxton. Many of these
business and research
parks are notoriously
difficult to access by
means other than private
car – although some put on
shuttle buses for staff, there
is evidence to
suggest there is a
suppressed demand for
cycling to many of these
sites. Several of these sites
are located within cycling
distance of a rail station that
is connected to both
Cambridge andLondon, but
there are few options to
cycle to/from these
interchanges. This
represents a

12. Action for Roads
A network for the 21 Century (July 2013)
We also want to
cycle –proof our
network, and
minimise the
situations where
major roads are a
barrier to walkers
and communities

13. PM Announcement 12 August:
What about 97% roads run by LAs?
• The announcement includes a commitment from
the government to cut red tape that can stifle
cycle-friendly road design and to encourage
changes to the way roads are built or altered.
• Councils will be expected to up their game to
deliver infrastructure that takes cycling into
account from the design stage.

14. Clearer technical guidance on best practice to
prevent inadequate schemes and promote good
practice.
Good practice: Hills Road Bridge – Cambridge:
2.1m cycle lanes, not pavement cycling
BAD Tower Hamlets,
new ‘cycle lane’
scheme, May 2013

15. Cyclists like segregation e.g. Tavistock Place
Where space is limited there
may be:
•Congestion
•Risk of head on collisions
•Need to redesign scheme
as cycling increases (as
constantly happens in NL,
DK etc)

16. The problem – side road crossings of 2-way cycle
tracks in particular can be hazardous
Royal College Street 1collisions
in 3 years involving cyclists
mostly at side roads
– Data suggests drivers
were not anticipating
cyclists in both directions
– Street design failed to
deliver low speeds
(average speed was 30
mph despite a 20 mph
speed limit (straight,
smooth tarmac - Dutch
use textured red surface
on carriageways)

17. Innovation: Dutch infrastructure
Camden style ..

18. Shoreham Road, Brighton

19. We are working with TfL trialling
possible revisions to TSRGD at TRL

20. Feasibility Study for Cycleway
associated with HS2
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21. Directors of transport, environment and
planning + LEP leaders
• Leeds, Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 December
• Secretary of State to send personalised
invitations
• Target 100 attendees

22. Monday afternoon / evening –
Robert Goodwill MP
Steve Kent (Pres ADEPT)
The role of cycling in delivering social,
economic and health outcomes
Alex Plant (ADEPT)
Director Transport Cambridgeshire CC Increasing cycling levels in rural areas : a
Cambridgeshire case study
David Ogilvie (CEDAR)
Looking at the evidence base:
Peter Soulsby (Mayor)
View from a wave 2 city that did not secure
City Ambition Grant
Neil Gibson/John Lamb
the view from Buckinghamshire: funding future
cycle ambition in a world of lEPs AND LTBs
Sue Percy CEO CiHT -
The role of the professional bodies in
promoting cycle proofing
Steve Gooding DG Roads
Reflections on the afternoon

23. Tuesday afternoon
John Orcutt director Policy NYC The economic case for cycling in the US
Matt Sweating
Highways
Highways Agency, Regional DirectorBuilding cycling schemes into the
Agency Core Business
City Ambitions outside London
8 breakouts, followed by 2 minute pitches.
Ben Plowden
TfL Director of Surface Transport
Steve Norris
Been there, done that, so what?