8th VELOCITY Conference

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Proceedings of the

8th VELOCITY Conference Basel, 26 - 30 September 1995

Max Gerecke, Editor Interessengemeinschaft Velo beider Basel

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Welcome s p e e c h by Minister Jorg Schild, President of t h e Government a n d h e a d of the Police a n d Military D e p a r t m e n t of the Canton of Basel-City Referat v o n Regierungsrat Eduard Belser, Vorsteher d e r Volkswirtschafts- u n d Sanitatsdirektion d e s Kantons Basel-Landschaft Speech by Councillor Terry Butler, Chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council's Environment Committee Preface by Peter Bachmann, Chairman of the Programme Committee ,,The bicycle - a symbol of s u s t a i n a b l e t r a n s p o r t "

Theme A:

Earl Blumenauer Werner Brog Arthur Gillette Gerhard Menckhoff Heiner Monheim Roland Ries Sven Auken Roger Hamel Graeme Preston Klaus Topfer

Joergen Bunde Jean Chaumien Ian Clark Andy Clarke John Fegan Tom Godefrooij Horst Hahn-Klockner Manfred Hellrigl

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Changing over to cycling Plenary lectures The role of the bicycle in Portland's livability Zusammenhange zwischen Verkehrspolitik und Wahlerverhalten ,,World cycling - what can UNESCO do to promote it ?" Non-motorized Transport in developing countries The facilitating role of the World Bank Innovationsblockade der Verkehrspolitik. Was hilft dagegen ? La promotion du velo dans la politique globale des deplacements a Strasbourg The EU White Book on sustainable mobility Les oscars du velo Radfahren als Beitrag zur stadtischen Lebensqualitat Workshop Papers The BikeBus'ters from Aarhus, Denmark Le velo en France: du residuel a l'enjeu electoral. The European Community's Environment Programme "Towards sustainability" Public participation: the engine (drive train) of change Increasing the use and safety of bicycling and walking in the United States Promoting bicycle use, improving conditions: Strategies for bicycle user groups in changing circumstances Fahrradverbande und Initiativen: Unbezahlbare Arbeit zwischen Planungsbiiro, PR-Agentur und Service-Club The FAHR RAD campaign in Vorarlberg

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La ville cyclable: concept, conditions et impacts Cycling as the realistic substitute for the car: burying the conventional urban myth about public transport. Wilhelm Hormann Cities for Cyclists - How to promote cycling ? Christian Jacob Strategie de mise en place d'un reseau cyclable en proche banlieue parisienne. Ulrich F. Jenzer Das Velo bei Ciba - ein System. Achim Kapp Area-wide promotion of the bicycle as a means of transport in Erftkreis. Ian R. Ker Cycling after the collapse of apartheid: Changing to cycling in a changing world. Andrews Kwablah The Accra bicycle path pilot project. Karen Marie Lei Krogsgaard The Potential Bicycle Traffic-Volume in Urban Areas. Jean-Marie Lorentz Le velo est frugal. Don Mathew Successful policies in promoting bicycle use. Claude Morel La promotion du velo a Geneve. Andre Pettinga and Baldsz Tokes 'Ujpest Pilot Project': Bicycle-friendly district in Budapest Stuart Reid National Bike Week Michael Ronkin The Oregon bicycle and pedestrian program Robert Silverman Cuba, une soudaine et massive introduction de la bicyclette. Posters Serge Asencio Le Comite d'Action Deux-Roues (CADR) de Strasbourg. Manfred Comoli Linz sattelt auf. Niels Jensen Car-Free Cities Club. Manja Brouwer, Agnes Loonis, Topy Mudde and An van Bocxstaele Free Energy: a promotion campaign inciting secondary students to use bike toward school in Brussels. • Antero Naskila Cycling policy in Finland. Jean-Luc Saladin The subsidiarity principle applied to the problem of transport. Hannes Uhlig und Walter Braun UmweltstraRe Ernst-Thalmann-Strafte in Senftenberg. Urs Walter und Conrad Gahler Zurcher Velo-Stadtplan. ErlWilkie Poster campaign in Glasgow. Richard Williams Targets for increasing cycle use.

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Theme B

Bicycle-friendly infrastructure

Ton Welleman

Plenary lecture The autumn of the Bicycle Master Plan: after the plans, the facts

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Workshop papers Wilhelm Angenendt Reinhold Baier

Verkehrsfiihrung des Radverkehrs auf Hauptverkehrsstrassen. Entwurf von Radverkehrsanlagen nach den "Empfehlungen fur die Anlage von Hauptverkehrsstrassen EAHV 93"

Coen Bosselaar and Theo Zeegers Testing the quality of bicycle infrastructure. Karol Dargiel Cycling in Torun (Poland) Armin Falkenhein Radverkehr im Straftenverkehrsrecht. Patrick Frenay Conakry (Guinee): etude pour la definition d'un reseau urbain d'itineraires cyclables Gilles Gardet Le jalonnement des itineraires urbains: trois experiences Coen R. van Haasteren and Geert H.A.M. Fuchs (presented by Theo Michels) Cycle track pavement management. Albert Herrmann Ein Beispiel von Verkehrsfbrderung aus der Schweiz: Wie entstehen Radwege im Kanton Zurich ? Boris Jagodic and Branka Berce-Bratko Bicycle-friendly infrastructure in Slovenia - the case study of Ljubljana. Ulrich Kalle Radspuren als neue Art der markierten Radverkehrsfuhrung im Fahrbahnraum Wolfgang Kienle Die VerkehrserschlieRung durch Fahrradstrassen als Standortfaktor fur den Einzelhandel im Raum Koln. Ursula Lehner-Lierz Radverkehr als System: von der Entwicklung blofter technischer Infrastruktur zum nutzerspezifischen Rundum-Service furs Fahrrad. C. J. Louisse Quantifying and communicating the effects of bicycle policy James Mackay Bicycle facility signs and pavement markings in the USA Willem Mulder and Gabrielle Dijkstra-van der Burg Showing one's colours. Mauri Myllild The pedestrian and bicycle transportation system of Oulu. Christian Pestalozzi Leichter Zweiradverkehr im schweizerischen Normenwerk Wolfgang Rauh Bicycle infrastructure in small towns and villages. Melanie Rickman Effective cycle route planning: the application of modelling techniques to the UK. Ulric Schollaert Designing a bicycle routes network for Brussels.

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Geetam Tiwari, Udesh Jha and Dinesh Mohan Lessons from heterogeneous traffic flows for planning integrated facilities. J.M.C. van Vliet and Cees Louisse Evaluation of the bicycle network of Delft: Lessons for integral urban traffic policy. Ben Wassink QUOVADIS BIKE: The bicycle model. Alan R. Woodside, Irvine Lavery and David Woodward Highway surfacing problems for cyclists. Posters Ken Barker ,,Cyde-friendly" infrastructure. A survey from the City of Cardiff. Ivo Berweger Massnahmen zugunsten der Velos und Mofas im Kanton Basel-Stadt. Karl-Ludwig Biedermann Better crossing for cyclists, cars and pedestrian. David Davies and Hugh McCHntock Cycle-friendly infrastructure: guidelines for planning and design. Philippe Gasser How does bicycle and moped traffic vary during the day? Jan Hartman Both wheels on the ground. HansKummer Tatigkeit und Ziele der SVK/CORAC Jaap Rijnsburger and Andre Pettinga INTER-FACE. An international transfer point for cycling experience and expertise. Jenny Samanez de Testino The non motorized pilot project in Lima, Peru. Susanne F. Schulz and Pete Mijnssen Interessengemeinschaft Velo Zurich. Michel Schuppisser Kanton Jura: Teilrichtplan Veloverkehr. Ein Beispiel der Grundhaltung Andreas Stdheli Velo-Wegweisung in der Schweiz. Rooney Tolley Greening your campus: an information exchange network. City of Valencia Bike lane network in Valencia. Andrzej Zalewski Le velo et l'amenagement cyclable: le cas de Tychy

Theme C

Oskar Balsiger Jean-Rene Carre Gianni Catania Johanna Cleary

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Safety aspects Workshop papers Cycling in roundabouts: safety aspects. ,,No: the bicycle is not dangerous!". Refuting a prejudice harmful to the promotion of the bicycle. Traffic law and the bicycle in Europe. School travel - Health and the environment.

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Nigel Coates Routes to School Study in North Oxford. Linda B. Crider A school pedestrian and bicycle safety plan. Lene Herrstedt, Lariis Agustsson, Michael Nielsen and Karen Lei Krogsgaard Safety of cyclists in urban areas. Danish experiences. William W. Hunter, Wayne E. Pein and Jane C. Stutts Bicycle/motor vehicle crash types in the United States. Ruedijager Betrieb und Sicherheit der Radwege im Kanton Zurich. Alexander Kennedy The pattern of injury in fatal pedal cycle accidents and the possible benefits of cycle helmets. Dorothee Klockner Begleitverkehr: Uberlegungen zu seiner verkehrs- und umweltpadagogischen Bedeutung. Walther Knudson and Thomas Krag Safety behaviour of cyclists and attitudes to cycling. Peter Ott Cycling in pedestrian zones. Suggestions for the co-existence of cyclists and pedestrians on the road. Carlo Putignano An analysis of traffic accidents involving pedal cyclists. Vinzenz Saurugger Untersuchung von Radverkehrsunfallen in Graz. innerhalb der letzten 3 Jahre (1991 - 1993). Jean-Baptiste Tricaud Repartition modale, coefficient de mobilite, kilometrage parcouru et securite du velo. Jiirg Tschopp Langsamverkehr-Zonen Fussganger/Velos Gudrun Uranitsch und Ernst Plaimauer Radfahrtrainerlnnen an den Grazer Volksschulen. Video Roloef Wittink Objectives, content and approach of educational programmes for bicycle safety Posters Birgitte Hej and Thomas Krag ,,Cyklisternes faerdselshandbog". Stephen Lawson, Colin Graham, Barry Walsh, Fred Offen and Simon Tyrell The Automobile Association/Cyclists' Touring Club/Department of Transport Leaflet: 'drive safe, cycle safe'. Liv Ovstedal, Trine Stene and Ingvild Gaasemyr Local prevention: an investigation of bicycle and pedestrian accidents in Trondheim, Norway. Justin True Overview of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration Bicycle Research Program

Theme D

Richard Jones

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The environment-friendly transport combination Workshop papers Cyclists and the Channel Tunnel.

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Velo-City Conference '95 in Basel

Peter Rufenacht

Velotransport in den Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen

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Lise-Lotte Petersen

Poster Bikes and trains in Denmark. The bicycle as accompanying luggage.

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Theme E

Health and environment

Paul Gtinter H. Knoflacher

Plenary lectures Das Velo als gesundheitsforderndes Mittel. Bicycle traffic - its cultural and ecological impact.

Workshop papers Adrian Davis The Bike For Your Life Project: Building alliances with the health sector. Colin Graham Towards a UK cycling strategy by costing the health and environmental benefits of cycling. JngridJ.M. Hendriksen and Ulbo Zuiderveld The effects of commuter cycling on physical fitness and CHD risk factors.

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Cycling and leisure

Workshop papers Robert Boivin and Suzanne Lareau Le Grand Tour: A powerful tool to promote bicycle tourism. Thomas Froitzheim Handreichung zur Forderung des Fahrradtourismus. Entstehung, Konzeption und Wirkungen eines Planungsleitfadens fur Entscheidungstrager in der Tourismuswirtschaft. Frank Hofmann Radfernwege in Europa - Bestand, Bewertung und Realisierungsmoglichkeiten eines europaischen Routennetzes. Wolfgang Lierz Learning for the European future: maps from cycling history. LesLumsdon Cycle tourism in Europe Johannes Lund The co-operative ,,Bicycle network Funen". David Mozer Eco-tourism, less-developed countries and bicycle tourism Samuel Neulet Itineraires cyclables ou veloroutes en France

Markus Capirune

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Posters Die Schweizer Radwanderwege. Eine Investition in die Zukunft des Schweizer Tourismus.

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Arne Enger Re - cycling Rail - roads. 329 Jens Erik Larsen Cycling in Central America. 331 Jens Erik Larsen and Ulla Kramer Terkelsen New Danish development in bicycle tourism based on the National Cycleroutes 332 Johannes Muhr ,,Lagerplatze fur Radwanderer" at (farm-) houses in Austria: simple camp / overnight facilities for overland cyclists. 334

Theme G

Bicycle parking facilities and protection from theft Workshop papers

Jaap Rijnsburger Bicycle theft prevention for cities of the South. Sergio Rizzoli und Andreas Stdheli Zweirad-Abstellanlagen in der Schweiz. Hermanus Petrus Weijers Government policy for reduction of bicycle theft in the Netherlands

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Posters Frans de Baan Wie Wo Velo - Zweiradabstellanlagen planen. Barbara Buser und Klara Kldusler The story of the construction of a bicycle stand on a public car parking place Luu Due Hai Bicycle parking facilities and protection from theft in Hanoi capital Fernand Portenier and Christian Immer bike safe® brings safety for the biker and his bike. Thomas Reusser Bicycle parking facilities, safe and transparent. Martin Wdlti Velodiebstahl - Verhindern statt bezahlen. Pilotanlage und Engagement der IG Velo Schweiz, SBB, Stadt Burgdorf und Helvetia Patria Versicherungen

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Various topics Workshop papers Mohammed Salifu

Enhancing the load carrying capacity of the bicycle in Ghana - the need and the means. Hugh Stuart-Buttle Gearing up for science and technology: The Bicycle - a novel way to learn. Timm Delfs und Stefan Schdftler Kommerzielle Transporte mit dem Velo in Europa, speziell in der Schweiz: Geschichte, gegenwartige Situation, Ausblick.

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O. J. Godwin Okeaduh

The role of bicycle in rural agricultural production in Nigeria. Christine Zimmerli und Stefan Schdftler Botendienste mit dem Velo. Anforderungen und Organisation am Beispiel des Basler VeloKuriers.

Giuliano Broggini

Poster Peclot 13 - Recycling bicycles in Geneva.

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Sponsors

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