PROGRAM
Building a Cycling Region – Workshops and seminar
Tuesday May 13, 2014, 09:00-17:00Scandic Hotel Opalen, Engelbrektsgatan 73, Gothenburg
Schedule
Building a Cycling Region – W
orkshops and Seminar
09:00 Welcome by chairman, Michael Koucky
09:15 Introduction and presentation of the Dutch team and cycling in the Netherlands Erik Tetteroo
09:45 Presentation Dutch Cycling Design Principles Rico Andriesse
10:15 Introduction to Move Meter Rico Andriesse
Short break
10:45 Workshop Round 1
1. Bicycle 2. Gaining (political) 3. Stakeholder- 4. Influencing
Infrastructure commitment and management, cycling
Design, Cost benefit Analyses, Nathan Hooghof behavior,
Rico Andriesse Erik Tetteroo Birgit Couwenberg 12:15 Lunch
13:00 Workshop Round 2
1. Bicycle 2. Gaining (political) 3. Stakeholder- 4. Influencing
Infrastructure commitment and management, cycling
Design, Cost benefit Analyses, Nathan Hooghof behavior,
Rico Andriesse Erik Tetteroo Birgit Couwenberg 14:30 Wrap up workshops
Birgit Couwenberg
15:00 Comparing Dutch and Swedish bicycle policies and (bicycle) infrastructure solutions Nathan Hooghof
15:30 Comprehensive view on mobility and urban (city) planning in the Netherlands Erik Tetteroo
Short break
16.00 Costs and Benefits of (cycling) infrastructure including movie on decision-making in The Netherlands Birgit Couwenberg
16:30 Questions and discussion
About the workshops
1. Bicycle Infrastructure Design - Rico Andriesse
After a short introduction of the Dutch bicycle design principles, this workshop discusses bicycle infrastructure design on three levels:
• the relation between network planning and infrastructure design • design on road sections
• design on crossings
Participants are kindly requested to bring their own cases to be discussed. Are there any (new) solutions looking from a Dutch bicycle infastructure design point of view?
2. Gaining (political) commitment and Cost benefit Analyses - Erik Tetteroo
Why should we invest in bicycle infrastructure and facilities? What’s the use of promoting cycling? Individuals cycle because it’s practical, cheap and convenient, but what are the societal benefits?
In this workshop we investigate the costs and the benefits for the city and the region. We discuss the results of some Dutch studies on the effects of changes in the modal split. Themes involved are urban quality, transport value, sustainability, public health costs, urban quality, easing congestion, improving accessibility, environment & climate.
The participants are challenged to discuss the main issues in the Göteborg region. In which way can cycling contribute to a better and more attractive city?
3. Stakeholder-management - Nathan Hooghof
The province is a regional government that has only a few formal tasks on cycling stimulation. However, as a ’director’, it is responsible for the overall vision on mobility and cycling. There are a lot of partners of the province, including communities, cyclists, knowledge institutes and companies. All have their own (local) responsibility.
The Dutch province of Noord-Brabant succeeded in joining them together to create and implement a new regional vision on cycling. This presentation explains the process and the lessons learned.
4. Influencing cycling behavior - Birgit Couwenberg
In this workshop we present the basics of influencing behavior and the way we use these principles in our cycling and mobility projects in the Netherlands. We‘ll show you some examples of our projects and discuss the underlying behavioral theories.
In this interactive session we discuss how the principles can be used to stimulate cycling in Sweden and the region and city of Göteborg or in what way the
participants already use these principles in their daily work.
Building a Cycling Region – W
About the team of the Dutch Cycling Embassy and speakers
Rico Andriesse
Rico is a traffic consultant from Goudappel Coffeng. He is responsible for the bike knowledge in his company and has done a lot of bicycle projects in the last 15 years, merely on bicycle infrastructure planning and design. For the National Centre for Knowledge on Traffic and Transport (CROW) he wrote the manual for Bicycle Highways (2013), the manual for bicycle parking (2010) and for Bicycle streets (2003). Rico has teaching experience in Netherlands to both students and professionals and abroad (most recent: bicycle workshop Helsinki).
Birgit Couwenberg
Birgit is an enthusiastic and innovative urban planner at APPM. Birgit’s main drive is to manage processes and involve people in her projects. She focusses on interaction with stakeholders within a project, next to managing the content. Birgit has a degree in Urban Planning and in Communication Studies. Combining both backgrounds leads to creative solutions and synergy within her projects and the workshops/sessions she organizes. Birgit loves to organize interactive workshops, participation sessions and network activities. Birgit is founder of the Dutch network ‘De Jonge Ruimtemakers’ (Young Spatial Planners). For this network she organizes each year three excursions together with a varying co-host.
Nathan Hooghof
Nathan works for the province of North-Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. He is program manager of the provincial cycling stimulation program ’Fiets in de Versnelling’ (Cycling in the next gear). He is responsible for the implementation of the provincial projects and for the (organization of the) collaboration with the partners of the province. He is also project leader of the ’B-Riders’ project which stimulates the use of the (e-)bike amongst commuters in Brabant using behavioral sciences and acquired information (GPS) on the use of the bike.
Erik Tetteroo
Erik’s interest lies in the interaction between city development and (sustainable) mobility. As a former architect Erik attaches great importance to nice design solutions and a useful design of public space. Erik has a broad experience in working as a (project) manager for municipalities. Since 2008 Erik works at APPM as a consultant on various topics such as real estate and infrastructure, and from cost benefit analysis to organizational issues. He now focusses on the role of bicycle-inclusive mobility in a metropolitan region.
Michael Koucky, chairman
Steering group member of CyCity and senior consultant at Koucky & Partners, a consultancy specialized in sustainable transport. Michael has recently finalized a study on cycle highways, including an overview on international experience and suggestions for Sweden.
Building a Cycling Region – W
Building a Cycling Region – Workshops and Seminar About the seminar:
Tuesday May 13, 2014, 09:00 - 17:00
Scandic Hotel Opalen, Engelbrektsgatan 73, Gothenburg Fee of participants:650 SEK, coffee and lunch will be included
Registration: Register to the seminar at www.grkom.se/kurser
Last date for registration is the 29th of April. The registration is binding but it can
be handed over to a colleague, if you should not be able to participate. Cancellations after the 29th of April will be charged full price.
If you have any questions about the registration, please contact: Petra Lavås 031-335 50 76.
Questions? For more information, please contact:
Malin Månsson, Göteborgs Stad, Malin.Mansson@trafikkontoret.goteborg.se Nikolina Verovic, Göteborgsregionens kommunalförbund, Nikolina.Verovic@grkom.se Max Falk, Västra Götalandsregionen, Max.Falk@vgregion.se
Agneta Nordström, Trafikverket, Agneta.Nordstrom@trafikverket.se
Other information: Minor changes in this preliminary program might occur. An updated version will be available at the seminar.
Please fill in which two workshops you would like to attend when you register. There will be a limited number of participants to each workshop, and we will try to fulfill your wish as best as possible.
The seminar will be held in English.
