Hi Gail andmore
 
You mightwant to follow the studies reported a www.bikeability.dk
 
Recently astudy of three Danish bi-cycle infrastructure cases were
reported. It can bedownloaded from 
http://www.bikeability.dk/2011/05/29/bike-infrastructures/
 
In the - nottoo far - future (August/September 2011) two other studies
along the same lines will be published:
1)   A questionnaire based study afDanish municipalities*
experineces/strategies/activites in relation to
bi-cycleplanning/management/facilitation
2)   A comparative study of the same inHolland vs Denmark
 
Cheers
HansSkov-Petersen
Coordinatorof the bikeability project
Universityof Copenhagen
Demark


>>> john meudell  06/15/11 11:40 AM >>>
Hi Gail

 

From the lack of response I suspect many over here have become
disenchanted
with the (lack of) progress on cycle development or don't think much of
the
so-called "best" practices that have been implemented.  Personally I'm
very
wary of the term "best practice" as, all too often, the context within
which
the measure has been introduced or the claims of "best practice" by the
bodies introducing them (having spent time as a benchmarking
practitioner in
international private industry I know the psychology!).

 

That said, I would recommend looking at North America.  Although I can't
be
specific I've found that, when the engineers and planners do get around
to
doing something, they tend to do better than elsewhere.and it tends to
be
more cost effective too (always an advantage when budgets are tight). 
So,
some sources:

 

First stop would be the  National Center for Bicycling & Walking:
http://www.bikewalk.org/

 

They organise a bi-annual Conference along the lines of Velo-City, and
all
the papers are available on their website, along with a number of
free-to-download publications (some of which claim to have done what you
are
looking for).

 

I'd also talk to some of the more successful city authorities,
particularly
the west coast ones, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, etc.,
who
seem to do both the bread-and-butter stuff and the more original stuff
reasonably successful.  

 

I'd also note that City of Edmonton recruited a group of consultants to
advise, develop and implement a cycle policy about two years ago.  It
might
be interesting to see what they came up with and how well the
implementations have gone (I have the job spec if it's of interest).

 

To be honest I wouldn't bother too much with Northern Europeans who,
with
the exception of the UK, tend to be farther ahead in evolution and
approaches (many, many, years in fact).  And I would be looking for
cities
and states where they are going through a period of change starting from
a
low base.  And I would avoid looking at those that implemented helmet
legislation in that this tends to mask and undermine other measures, so
it's
difficult to tell the wood from the trees.

 

Hope this is of some help.

 

John Meudell

Research Associate

Swansea University

Department of Business and Economics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Subject: Any recommendations for papers on learning from international
best
practice (cycling)

 

Hi all

 

Is anyone able to recommend good / useful papers on the above - learning
from international best practice in building cycle-friendly cities
(there's
a lot out there about how to / what is / what is not, but I'm interested
in
work around context, uncritical 'copying' of what works in one place,
etc).

 

thanks and all the best

Gail

 

 

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