BENEFITS OF LOCAL BICYCLE POLICY

BATEN VAN GEMEENTELIJK FIETSBELEID

Municipalities have to be able to distinguish the financial costs and benefits of their bicycle policy. Therefore, an eight-step methodology is developed. The starting point of this methodology is to determine the costs and benefits of cartrips and to quantify them. The saving on costs by reducing the amount of short distance cartrips as a result of the bicycle policy has to be regarded as a benefit of this policy. A pilot study in the city of Dordrecht with three alternatives of car restraint policy for the years 1993 - 2000 showed that the benefits will vary between 6 and 56 million guilders. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 871533.

• Corporate Authors:

  Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

  P.O. Box 45
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • SLANGEN, HMG
  • RENES, G
  • BOSCH, T
• Conference:
  • COLLOQUIUM VERVOERSPLANOLOGISCH SPEURWERK 1994. IMPLEMENTATIE VAN BELEID.DE MOEIZAME WEG VAN VOORNEMEN NAAR ACTIE. 24-25 NOVEMBER 1994, ROTTERDAM.DEEL III
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1209-28

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bicycles; Bikeways; Conferences; Energy conservation; Investments; Local government agencies; Methodology; Policy; Traffic restraint
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 1211: Bicycle; 8525: Conference; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 2722: Cycle track; 212: Energy conservation; 227: Investment; 192: Local authority; 9102: Method; 8078: Netherlands; 173: Policy; 633: Traffic restraint
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Policy; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00712308
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 24 1995 12:00AM