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Cycle Campaigners Factfile

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  • Started 10 years ago by kaputnik
  • Latest reply from Arellcat

  1. kaputnik
    Moderator

    The point in this thread is to save facts about cycling / cycle infrastructure so they can be easily accessed by anyone wanting to do a spot of campaigning / write a letter etc. Useful stuff about costs of infrastructure, journey statistics, that sort of thing.

    Just add your facts / data and a source for them below.

    I will kick us off;

    Fact - The estimated cost of providing a sign, pole, road and kerb markings adjacent to one dropped kerb would be approximately £150.

    Source - Transport and Environment Committee, Date: Tuesday, 04 June 2013, Report 7.12

    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. sallyhinch
    Member

    Sustrans Connect 2 Cost guidelines http://www.sustrans.org.uk/sites/default/files/images/files/migrated-pdfs/17%20costs%5B1%5D.pdf

    in summary:

    cycle track: £116,500 – £933,000 per km
    segregated path: £116,500 £466,000 per km
    kerb segregated lane: £116,500 – £933,000 per km
    home zones / cycle streets £350,000 – £933,000 per km
    traffic calmed / managed streets £116,500 – £350,000 per km

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Chdot shared this tweet on another thread;

    Adrian Davis (@Adrian4Davis)
    04/06/2013 11:35
    Waste of space: A car at 50 km/h occupies 150 m2 of public space. At 30 km/h - 20 m2. A pedestrian 1 m2.

    See http://www.eltis.org/index.php?mainID=&id=34&forum_id=&add_entry=153#entry153 4 maths

    "

    Posted 10 years ago #

  4. kaputnik
    Moderator

    In 2012...

    1% of private cars were Band A (i.e. pay no "Road tax")
    3% were Band B i.e. pay £20 p.a.
    6% were Band C i.e. pay £30 p.a.
    0.7% were estimated to be evading altogether

    So 1 in 10 cars don't really "pay road tax", and Band B and C emit only 1-20g / CO2 / km less than Band D, so aren't really that "green" either.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. fimm
    Member

    One mile on a bike is a £0.26 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a £0.12 loss

    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. sallyhinch
    Member

    Some handy links

    Research wiki page from the Cycling Embassy (this is where I add links to any open access papers and other useful documents)

    There is also the Travel West evidence page (compiled by Dr Adrian Davies, cited above). Loads and loads of one-pagers compiling the best available evidence for almost everything active-travel related

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. neddie
    Member

    Links to Designing Streets & CAPS
    http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/links/legislation-national-policy/

    Crow design manual for bicycle traffic & loads more:
    http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/links/technical-documents/

    Posted 10 years ago #

  8. neddie
    Member

    Also, does anyone have a link to the presentation given by the Dutch guys at the Cycling Summit last year?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  9. sallyhinch
    Member

    Edinburgh conference details here

    Some good presentations at the Newcastle one as well - I thoroughly recommend Phillipe Crist's on the Economic benefits of cycling

    Posted 10 years ago #

  10. fimm
    Member

    http://www.streetsaheadedinburgh.org.uk/downloads/file/58/cycle_incident_analysis_2004-2010

    Analysis of cycle incidents in Edinburgh 2004 - 2010.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  11. sallyhinch
    Member

    Does anyone have the link for spending per head on cycling for all European countries? I know the NL is about £25 and the UK is £1-2 but what about all the others in between?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  12. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Q. How much does it cost to design a bit of dual carriageway?

    A. £1,000 a metre at current Scottish rates (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-31360743)

    A £30m contract to design a 19 mile (30km) stretch of dual carriageway between Inverness and Nairn has been earmarked for Jacobs UK Ltd.

    That's just the design cost folks.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  13. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    Drivers at fault in majority of cycling accidents
    Naturalistic Cycling Study: Identifying risk factors for on-road commuter cyclists' by Marilyn Johnson, Judith Charlton, Jennifer Oxley and Stuart Newstead at Monash University Accident Research Centre in Melbourne (54th AAAM Annual Conference, Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine, October 17-20, 2010)

    Posted 9 years ago #

  14. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    Almost half of male drivers admit to experiencing micro-sleeps at the wheel.
    It's estimated that almost 20% of accidents on dull, major roads are sleep-related, according to the Department for Transport.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  15. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a condition that causes sufferers to briefly stop breathing while they are asleep. This interrupts sleep and causes excessive daytime sleepiness.
    Professional drivers such as truck drivers are known to be at higher risk for sleep apnoea. Studies in the USA, Australia and Sweden have indicated that 12% to 17% of professional drivers may have OSA. Research has suggested that up to 41% of UK truck drivers have a sleep disorder of some form, with 16% suffering from severe sleep apnoea requiring immediate treatment.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  16. kaputnik
    Moderator

    cycle track: £116,500 – £933,000 per km
    segregated path: £116,500 £466,000 per km
    kerb segregated lane: £116,500 – £933,000 per km
    home zones / cycle streets £350,000 – £933,000 per km
    traffic calmed / managed streets £116,500 – £350,000 per km

    Found a document referencing the Meadows to Innocent improvements were budgeted at £500k. Given that it's a 500m total length, that's a nice round £1 million per km. Either something's not quite right or Edinburgh is exceptionally inefficient at building cycle paths!

    Posted 8 years ago #

  17. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Chancelot Path costs to resurface and add lighting were £105,000 on 750m of path (£133 a metre)

    Posted 8 years ago #

  18. SRD
    Moderator

    "Found a document referencing the Meadows to Innocent improvements were budgeted at £500k. "

    that rings a bell. suspect it includes 'everything' though. toucan crossings are ridiculously expensive.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  19. amir
    Member

    I suspect that maintenance costs are far lower as well

    Posted 8 years ago #

  20. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Maybe a lot of lawyer's fees for drafting TROs?

    Posted 8 years ago #

  21. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Cost of the works to resurface Seafield railway path, provide access at Easter General, install street lighting, new bridge over Seafield Place and new step-free ramp from bridge to the Links was £1.1 million. Total length 690m = £1,594/m. Suspect most of the cost went into the bridge.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  22. acsimpson
    Member

    I can't find the figures with a quick Google but I wonder what the cost of the new A90 path was. The figure of £1.5m sounds familiar for about 1.5 miles of path.

    I'm not sure if that was the council's contribution, the total cost or a made up figure though.

    I suspect the raised section with steel reinforcements cost more tha £1m per km.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  23. gdm
    Member

    If I remember correctly, the M74 had a cost of £1m per metre.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  24. kaputnik
    Moderator

    M74 extension cost £86,500 per metre. Forth replacement crossing, including ~4km of new motorway link roads is £226k per metre. A9 dualling is £26k per metre, A96 dualling slightly less at £22k.

    I'm trying to produce a diagram to compare and contrast all these and other Scottish transport infrastructure projects.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  25. Colonies_Chris
    Member

    Some figures about the risks to pedestrians from cyclists:Cycling and pedestrians - CTC

    Posted 8 years ago #

  26. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Scottish Transport Infrastructure by andy a, on Flickr

    Posted 8 years ago #

  27. neddie
    Member

    @kaputnik.

    You could add to your most excellent diagram the cost of Exhibition Rd in London* - a staggering £35k per metre (£29 million for 820 metres)

    https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/lessons-from-exhibition-road/

    *Although not Scotland!

    Posted 8 years ago #

  28. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Expensive and not particularly effective. I've cycled and walked up and down Exhibition Road and it feels, for the most part during working hours, like a road with lovely paving. At other times it's very quiet and yet people still default to footway/cycle lane vs carriageway.

    Posted 8 years ago #

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