Design Guidance and Cycle Route Planner Links
Transport for London (Cycling)
This document sets out the principals, guidance and standards for designing to reduce barriers to cycling, in order to support road safety targets and increased levels of cycling in London.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpartners/publications/2766.aspx
Scottish Executive (Cycling By Design)
As Scotland’s own design guidelines, Cycling by Design’s prime objective is to draw together and to rationalise existing cycle design guidelines into a single comprehensive, coherent reference document which may be used as a source of sound technical advice.
http://www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/library2/cbd/cbd-00.asp
Continuous and Integral, The Cycling Policies of Groningen and other European Cities
This Fietsberaad-publication contains a number of accounts concerning the traffic policy of several cities characterised by a relatively high degree of bicycle use, extending over a prolonged period. Each account gives a specific picture of the ‘course of development’ of bicycle use.
http://www.sykkelby.no/Publikasjoner/2278/Groningen.pdf
Cycling in the Netherlands,
Dutch Ministry of Transport
http://www.fietsberaad.nl/library/repository/bestanden/Cycling%20in%20the%20Netherlands%20VenW.pdf
Copenhagen - City of Cyclists
A useful account of the year’s bicycling activities in Copenhagen and future targets. This account is model for other cities world-wide.
http://www.sfbike.org/download/copenhagen/bicycle_account_2004.pdf
Dutch Guidelines “Sign Up for the Bike” (most recently published in 2007)
The pre-eminent bicycling design guidelines which most other guidelines are based on.
http://www.crow.nl/shop/subwebshopResults.aspx?category=90
Bikeway Design Guides, Reports, and Resources
A useful list of guidelines and resources on bicycling planning and design.
http://www.bikeplan.com/manuals.htm
Street Design Information
A useful list of Street Design and regeneration studies and guidelines.
http://www.streetdesign.info/my_site_4_regen_pub_table.htm
Cycle Route Planner
A useful website with new cycle routes up and down the UK added daily.
http://www.cycle-route.com/
Travel Plan Builder
A very useful website which helps organizations build Travel Plan online.
http://www.workplacetravelplan.co.uk/demo/tp/
Road Safety and Perceived Risk of Cycle Facilities in Copenhagen
This before-and-after study covers the construction of one-way cycle tracks and lanes, blue cycle crossings and raised exits. It is the biggest study of its kind so far carried out in Denmark.
http://www.trafitec.dk/publikauk.htm
Ibike
Clicking on the link to the left entitled “Policy, Design and Planning” brings you to a large selection of Engineering and Planning Guidelines, with very useful information on a broad spectrum of design issues.
http://www.ibike.org/ibike/links.htm
Building Health, Creating and Enhancing Places for Healthy, Active Lives
Building Health provides a blueprint for action, including changing transport policies in which ‘the car is king’, and locating housing, shops and services to encourage walking and cycling. It looks in detail at what can be done to reverse the current trend towards an urban environment that discourages physical activity and instead create communities that emphasise quality of life.
http://www.heartforum.org.uk/Publications_NHFreports_Pub_BuildHealth.aspx
Car Free World
A very Useful website containing information in the form of Presentations from around the world on how to revitalise town and cities and create a sustainable future
http://www.worldcarfree.net/conference/2006/presentations.php
