getting children riding again: making local streets safer for cycling
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Title
Getting Children Riding Again:Making Local Streets Safer for Cycling
Phil Gray – GTA Consultants 8 September 2016
Overview
The Need
• Decline in riding
• Increased obesity
• Car dependence
• Safety perceptions
Why?
• Active children
• Reduced congestion
• Connected communities
The Challenge
• Speed
• Safe routes
• Perceptions
• Priorities
Then
Riding to School Was Fun
Now
2015 Progress Report Card on Active Transport for Children and Young People | AHKA
The Road Less Travelled
Travel to School Facts
Source: www.bicyclenetwork.com.au
Stranger Danger
Group Description Characteristics
A Vulnerable to traffic Children, elderly, hearing impaired
B “Fair weather” riders Lacking confidence, average riding skill
C Active adultsMedium speeds, 'road aware’, good
riding skills
D Sports and fitnessHigh speed, prefers ‘main road’
environments
Who Uses Local Streets?
Rider Characteristics & Environment
Group Rider Characteristics Rider Environment
Primary School
Children
Cognitive skills not developed,
little knowledge of road rules,
requires supervision
Off-road path, footpath (where
permitted), or very low volume
residential street
Secondary
School Children
Skill varies, developing
confidence
Generally use on-road facilities or off-
road paths where available
Austroads 2014, Guide to traffic management: part 4: network management, AGTM04-14, Austroads, Sydney, NSW.
Local Street Elements
On-street parking
Raised side-
entry treatment
Lower
speed limitCyclists!
LATM
Kerb-outsands
Source: www.8-80cities.org/8-80-rule
Infrastructure – for ALL users
Source: Sydney’s Cycling Future, 2013
>75% feel safe
>75% feel unsafe
= feel safe &
unsafe
Source: NSW Bicycle Guidelines
• Vehicle speeds < 50km/h
• Parking one side
• Bikes share lanes equally with vehicles
• Narrow (2.7m) lanes discourage
overtaking
• Best when speeds equitable (e.g. ≤ 30
km/h)
Mixed Traffic
Mixed Traffic vs
Separation?
• Still current?
• Constrained environments
• Retrofit
• Equitable Speeds (30km/h)
• Education/legislation changes?
• Network improvements
• Priority/provision for riders at intersections
• Safe routes to schools
• Bicycle parking at both trip ends
What to Do?
Source: Austroads Research Report – Cycling on Higher Speed Roads (AP-R410-12), Figure 2.1, pg. 4 (Austroads, 2012)
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Modified from Garrard, J, 2008
30 km/h / 20 mph Examples
Bicycle by-passes
LATM
Source: Streets for People Compendium
LATM Speed Profile
Rugby Street, South AustraliaSelf-enforcing speed reduction
• Radial better than tangential
• Equitable speed
• “Claim the lane”
• Shared lane markings
2 Refers to roundabout negotiation or maximum entry design speeds
Roundabouts
Rugby Street, South Australia
Filtered Permeability
Burchett Street, Brunswick
Contra-Flow
Nash Street, Brunswick
Nash Street, Brunswick
Tendency to overprotect
1m passing rule (<60km/h)
New Trial Laws
Source: Ellison and Gray, 2011
‘Car is the Guest’
New Treatments – Bicycle Boulevards
Shared Spaces/Naked Streets
Outside the square?
Intuitive road designs
Equitable speeds (≤30 km/h)
Direct, low volume routes
Innovative designs - bike priority
N u r t u r e a c u l t u r e o f r e s p e c t
Key Points
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