Requirements for High Quality Cycling Infrastructure Design
Cycling is increasingly recognized as a significant component of an integrated urban transport system. Following leading bike cities like Copenhagen or Amsterdam, many other European cities have been working to improve conditions for cycling. Thus, two trends can be observed: a) a general increase of bicycle use and b) in particular an increase of pedelecs. The rising popularity of cycling calls for an appropriate infrastructure supporting both intra–city cycling and suburbia–city commuting. This paper presents two results from an Austrian research project on new perspectives for cycling in the suburban–urban relation. On the one hand this paper presents requirements for providing a high quality cycling infrastructure, on the other hand it introduces a new organizational element for road junctions – the 'Viennese diagonal'. The design and construction requirements focus on capacity, speed and curve radii and the effects of surface quality on body energy expenditure. The 'Viennese diagonal' is especially aimed at top–level high capacity cycling routes and allows a 'one–step crossing' in contrast to the traditional and widespread 'two–step–crossing', where cyclists need to wait at least one period at traffic lights and are being confronted with limited space and sharp turns before they can go on. This is because the cycling infrastructure continues on the other side of the road – similar to pedestrians
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- Abstract reprinted with permission of University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Transportation.
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University of Zagreb
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Transportation
Kačićeva 26
Zagreb, Croatia 1000 -
Authors:
- Brezina, Tadej
- Ibesich, Nikolaus
- Niegl, Martin
- Lemmerer, Helmut
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Conference:
- 2nd International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure – CETRA 2012
- Location: Dubrovnik , Croatia
- Date: 2012-5-7 to 2012-5-9
- Publication Date: 2012-5
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; References;
- Pagination: pp 953-959
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure – CETRA 2012: Road and Rail Infrastructure II
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Serial:
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure CETRA
- Publisher: University of Zagreb
- ISSN: 1848-9850
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bicycles; Bicycling; Bikeways; Design; Improvements; Infrastructure; Intersections
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01584362
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9789536272501
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 31 2015 9:05AM