Planning cycling networks: Human factors and design processes

Deegan, Brian; Parkin, John

Abstract

Developing a network for cycle traffic is a complex process, particularly in a dense and heavily motor trafficked city such as London. The London Cycle Network Plus has delivered cycle routes on strategic highways, and local cycling stakeholders have assisted in the design process through cycle route implementation and stakeholder plans. Stakeholders were trained in aspects of highway engineering and used the London cycling design standards as a reference tool. The paper summarises the lessons learnt, and concludes that knowledge from stakeholders is needed to help in the design process, and such intense involvement was novel in transport planning. The current proposals for cycle superhighways and other borough transport schemes seek to build on previous participative successes and also emphasise planning issues in the geographical neighbourhood of routes.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2011
• Deposit Date: Jul 22, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 20, 2016
• Journal: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability
• Print ISSN: 1478-4629
• Electronic ISSN: 1751-7680
• Publisher: Thomas Telford
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 164
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 85-93
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.1000018
• Keywords: traffic engineering, bicycle, stakeholder engagement
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/966178
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/ensu.1000018
• Contract Date: Sep 20, 2016