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Planning for Cycling 
 
City of Ploiesti Bicycle
 
The Spicycles Team met at November 29 & 30, 2007 in Ploiesti Romania, for a Workshopon Planning for Cycling and for a Project Management Group meeting.In this Newsletter Spicycles reports the results of the Workshop on Planning for Cycling
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Planning for Cycling
 What is it all about?
This is how the cities formulate what they intend to achieve by Planning for Cycling.
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Improve the cycling infrastructure development and planning.
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Strengthening the planning capacities, improving the institutional co-operation,improving the quality of services for parking infrastructure as well as forintegration of cycling and bike sharing into public transport.
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Tackle the issue of encouraging cycling by integrating cycling planning in thebroader framework of spatial and transport planning and accordingly provideadequate infrastructure for deployment.
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Design and development of the full range of technical and administrativeactivities required by the elaboration, submission, approval and adoption of theMunicipal Cycling Action Plan;
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Preliminary and final elaboration of a study for the improvement and equipmentof cycling paths leading to public transport exchange nodes;
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Coordination and supervision of detailed traffic planning for what concernscycling.
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Development of properly equipped PT exchange nodes.
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Promoting the use of bicycles for the initial part of commuting (home
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Design and development of capillary cycling network capable of connecting allmajor districts and all suburban areas.
 
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Implementation of a programme of counts, including automatic cycle counters soas to develop a systematic monitoring of cycle use.
Euronews
has made a nice overview of the reasons why cities want to plan for cycling.They focus on Bucharest, Bolzano and Bromley.
In this reportagean overview of thereasons for cycling planning are well summed up.
Have a look and be inspired.Please be aware of the LONG BUFFERING TIME of this movie.
 
 
 3Overview of actions for cycling planning in the Spicycles Cities
Action for planning for cycling Barcelona
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Develop and gain consensus onCycling Master Plan
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Creation of bike sharing in the city
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Development cycling network
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Development and implementationof cycle use monitoring programmemeasures considering bicycles
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Stationing and Parking of BicyclesPlan
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Program against theft- “Protectionof bicycles against robberies”Action for planning for cycling Berlin
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Improve inter-modality betweenpublic transport and bicycletransport
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Decrease bicycle-related accidents
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Ensure appropriate financingapproach
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Improve bicycle network
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Extend and innovate the bikesharing systemAction for planning for cycling Bucharest
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Planning cycling network byorigin-destination matrix (worktrips)
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Studying access with bicycles to theleisure points
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Analysing the parking needs (inter-modal nodes, shopping centres,home)
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Intercepting associations initiatives
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Analysing the possibility for bike
 
rent and share developingAction for planning for cycling Ploiesti
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Planning of a real network withoutinterruptions
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To implement cycling facilities inthe central area
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To create areas with priority forcyclists
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Promoting campaigns by all mediachannelsAction for planning for cycling Göteborg
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Increasing the attractiveness of theCycling network encouragingpeople to use the existing Cyclelanes by providing good servicesand facilities (air-filling stations,service-stations, information etc.)
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To establish a modern cycle centreat the central station offering: bikesharing, parking, repairs, airstations, cycle information, etc.Action for planning for cycling Rome
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Creation of the Office of the Bicycleto plan, implement and maintaininfrastructures and services forcycling
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Development of main and localcycling networks
 
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Development of inter-modalitybicycles – public transport by:parking in the interchanges nodes,routes to nodes, transport onboard, bike sharing
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