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    Vulnerable, Yet Sustainable: Needs, Nature and Conditions For Successful Cycling Policies

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    Velo Mondial's Pascal van den Noort contributed to the debate at the PIARC World Congress 2007 with a presentation on the 'Vulnerable Road users'; Title: Vulnerable, yet Sustainable, Cycling as a challenge for many cities This is the presentation.

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    Velo Mondial's Pascal van den Noort contributed to the debate at the PIARC World Congress 2007 with a presentation on the 'Vulnerable Road users'; Title: Vulnerable, yet Sustainable, Cycling as a challenge for many cities This is the presentation.

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    Vulnerable, Yet Sustainable: Needs, Nature and Conditions For Successful Cycling Policies

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    Vulnerable, yet sustainable

    Needs, nature and conditions


    for successful cycling policies
    • Pascal van den Noort
    • Executive Director Velo
    Mondial

    • Then at the age of 11


    Velo Mondial has been involved in:

    • NATCYP (first European Cycling Project)


    • LUTR
    • Velo.Info
    • Spicycles
    Innovative & Sustainable Infrastructure
    Other projects for cycling:
    • Baltic Sea Cycling
    • UrBike
    • MoCuBa
    • Bypad
    • Eurovelo
    • etc
    Vulnerable Road Users
    (VRU)
    Pedestrians, Cyclists, PT Users
    KSI Worldwide in 2002
    • 1.2 million people killed
    • 20 and 50 million injured

    • Most in cities
    Cost elements of accidents

    Monetary Costs:
    • material damage,
    • administrative costs,
    • production losses

    Non-Monetary Costs:
    • risk costs
    Risk
    • Young bicyclists (10-14 yrs)
    • bicyclists advanced in years (60-74)
    The potential for cycling
    Civil Incentives for
    cities to promote
    Sustainable mobility:
    • Cost (fuel price)
    • Time
    • Flexibility
    • Personal health
    • Nice Life style
    Political incentives for
    cities to promote
    sustainable mobility
    • Environmental laws,
    rules and regulations
    • Avoiding noise nuisance
    • Fighting Obesity
    • Solving Congestion
    • Preserving cultural
    heritage
    • Improving Quality of life
    Disincentives for citizens to cycle
    Needs of measures
    Cities who want to create sustainable mobility
    require:
    • vision & political commitment
    • research
    • regulation
    • financing
    • education
    Needs of measures
    Vision & Political commitment
    Needs of measures
    Research into the impact of cycling
    on politically relevant issues
    Needs of measures
    Regulation
    Needs of measures
    Financing
    Needs of measures
    Education
    Behavior change & Awareness through
    Education
    Nature of measures
    • Conceptualize full fledged Networks
    • Integrate cycle networks in existing road
    infrastructure
    Not like this:
    Conditions of measures
     Implement bicycle networks
     of high quality
     recognisable,
     safe & comfortable
    Conditions of measures
    Sustainable mobility should be studied in the
    context of:
    • Car policy
    • Public transport policy
    • Cycling policy
    • Traffic safety policy
    • Management and maintenance of the
    infrastructure
    Bridge to the future?
    Thank You!

    &

    Thanks to Benoît Beroud for his research

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