New Zealand walking and cycling strategies – best practice

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Appendix 8 - Examples of targets

Kapiti Coast District

Combined walking and cycling strategy

1. To double the number of primary school children and college students cycling to school and sports in the district by the end of 2010.

2. To double the number of cycle commuters and residents who cycle on trips less than 5 km by the end of 2010.

Dunedin City

Cycling strategy

1. Increase the proportion of people who cycle to and/or from work from 2.9% of all commuters in 2001 to 3.8% (increase of 30%) by 2006 and to 4.9% (increase of 70%) by 2011.

2. To increase the length of on-street cycle lanes, off-street cycle paths or wide road shoulders with cycle route markings by 5 km per year.

3. To increase the number of public bicycle parking spaces by 20 spaces per year.

4. The Cycling Interest Group should meet at least twice a year.

5. To maintain or increase funding levels at $100,000 per annum for the cycling infrastructure programme.

6. To provide one full-time DCC staff equivalent dedicated to implementing this cycling strategy.

Hastings District

Walking strategy

1. Increase the number of recreational walkers by 20% by 2015.

2. Reduce public complaints about footpath damage by 50% by 2015.

3. Increase the percent of children walking to school by 20% by 2015.

Central Otago District

Combined walking and cycling strategy

1. To maintain the proportion of commuter trips made by walking and cycling at 18% in 2006 (same as 2001 level) and to increase this proportion to 25% by 2011 (based on Census “Travel to Work” data).

2. To provide adequate resources so that the proportion of students who have the opportunity to undertake LTSA-sanctioned cycle training by Year 7 (Form 1) is 100% per annum, by 2006.

3. To achieve and maintain a level of at least 20% more cyclists who are satisfied with Central Otago’s road and cycle path surfaces from the 2004 level by 2007.

4. To achieve an improvement in the overall quality of cycle facilities available each year.

5. To increase the length of on-street cycle lanes, off-street cycle paths or wide road shoulders by 10 km per year (for example, cycle lanes on both sides of a 5 km stretch of road).

6. To increase the number of public bicycle parking spaces by 10 spaces per year.

7. To reduce the percentage of cyclists that think cycling on the road is either dangerous or very dangerous from 2004 levels by 20% by 2007.

8. To reduce the percentage of non-cyclists that think cycling is dangerous or very dangerous from 2004 levels by 20% by 2007.

Oxfordshire

Cycling strategy

1. To increase the proportion of trips for the journey to work from 9.2% in 1991 to 20% in 2011.

2. To increase the proportion of travel to school undertaken by non-car modes, from a baseline in 2000 of 56% for primary schools and 89% for secondary schools.

3. To achieve a 10% reduction in the number of reported cyclist casualties by 2010, compared with the average of casualties for the period 1994-98.

4. The County Council will implement the identified cycle networks for Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester and Witney by April 2006. A network for Didcot will be implemented within 5 years of being agreed.

5. The Council will introduce 75 km of new cycle routes in smaller Oxfordshire and 85 km of rural cycle routes by April 2006.

6. To introduce Vulnerable Road User Audit procedures by the start of 2002.

7. To achieve year-on-year reductions in the number of reported cycle thefts.

8. The Council will provide, or secure the provision of, 500 new cycle parking places per annum at locations which are accessible to the general public. Priority will be given to key destinations such as town centres, shopping developments, employment locations, public transport nodes, schools and colleges, public buildings, hospitals and leisure facilities. The Council will seek to ensure that all new cycle parking provision is designed and installed in accordance with the standards set out in Appendix C.

Bayside

Cycling strategy

1. 5% of commuter trips to be made by bicycle by 2008.

2. 0.1-0.15 bike trips per person per day within Bayside by 2008.

3. Bike ownership to increase from 0.54 to 0.58 by 2008.

4. Cycling accidents to decrease by 15% each year.

5. A 5% increase each year in bikes parked at a representative selection of key locations.

6. 10% of council staff to cycle to work by 2008.

7. 80% of cyclists to rate cycling positively, 50% of non-cyclists to rate cycling positively.

8. 20% increase in cycling volumes by 2008.

 

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