Designing for Cycling

Tim Pheby

Engineering Manager NE

RTPI Yorkshire Designing Liveable

Places

15.6.16

Designing for Cycling – Outline

• Sustrans Handbook of Cycle Friendly Design

• European City cycle use comparisons

• Cycling Design Challenges

• Cycling Design solutions – protected space & priority at junctions

• Cycling Access – 20 zones, shared space & permeability

• Cycle Trip facilities – cycle parking

Cycle Friendly Handbook - Main themes

• Principles of user design

• Highway improvements

cyclists & walkers

• On road – links & junctions

• Off road – tracks by road

& traffic free routes

• Cycle Parking, Signing &

public transport links

• Maintenance & Management

Cycling in European towns & city's

Design challenges: common practice UK• Busy roads lack protected space

for cycling

• Reluctance to remove parking

• Cycling Bans in safe areas

• Routes lack continuity and priority

• Narrow cycle tracks/lanes

• Cycling on pavement takes space from pedestrians

• Chicane/barriers on cycle tracks

Design challenges : Urban MWays - Cycle Ban

Design challenges : cycling banned

Promenades City centre shopping streets

Government guidance dated

2016

Design to reflect traffic speeds / volumes

Standard - Space for cycling

Cyclist Riding positionPrimary Secondary

Design to reinforce cycle training and provide adequate space

Source: Sustrans Handbook

Cycling Handbook : Turning Circles

Cycling Handbook: Cycle Networks

Modelling potential cycling trips – to work

Design Solutions: Make cycling easier

• Protected space: along busy fast roads

• Priority at side road junctions

• Restrictions on traffic speeds, parking & access

• Change legal liabilities on roads

• Changes to structure of cities

• Societal and economic changes

• Change the image of cycling

Understanding Walking and Cycling, 2011

Protected space: Cycle Tracks kerbs – not new

Protected space: 2 way Cycle Tracks kerbs

Protected space – Dual C/way to cycle track

Protected Space – Dual C/way to cycle track

Protected space - ‘Stepped’ cycle tracks

Protected space - Cycle tracks

Protected space - Cycle tracks

Protected space – cycle lanes light segregation

Priority crossing at side road

Priority crossing at side road

Bus Stop bypass

‘Cycle Zebras’

Signals for cyclists – early start

Traffic Signals - 2 stage turn - Dutch

Traffic signals – 2 stage turn- UK

20 mph limits / zones

Shared Space – all users can access slowly

Road closures – cycle access

No Entry except cycles

Cycle parking

Plant locks Two tier Sheffield Station

Handbook Promotes UK examples• Avoids ‘not built here’

response

• Shows what can and has been done in UK

• Can talk to those who did it

• Affirms those pushing the boundaries

• Address constrained urban situations

Handbook for cycle-friendly design• Ambitious yet pragmatic

• Accessible guidance on web, free hard copies

• Aims -Educate designers to understand cyclists needs

• Promote examples of UK good practice

• Learning from other countries

• Work in progress: feedback welcome