Planning and Design Guideline for Cycle Infrastructure
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Planning and Design Guideline for Cycle Infrastructure Planning and Design Guideline for Cycle Infrastructure Cover Photo: Rajendra Ravi, Institute for Democracy & Sustainability. Acknowledgements This Planning and Design guideline has been produced as part of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF) sponsored project on Non-motorised Transport by the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The project team at TRIPP, IIT Delhi, has worked closely with researchers from Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans) Pvt. Ltd. and SGArchitects during the course of this project. We are thankful to all our project partners for detailed discussions on planning and design issues involving non-motorised transport: The Manual for Cycling Inclusive Urban Infrastructure Design in the Indian Subcontinent’ (2009) supported by Interface for Cycling Embassy under Bicycle Partnership Program which was funded by Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia. The second document is Public Transport Accessibility Toolkit (2012) and the third one is the Urban Road Safety Audit (URSA) Toolkit supported by Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) provided the necessary background information for this document. We are thankful to Prof. Madhav Badami, Tom Godefrooij, Prof. Talat Munshi, Rajinder Ravi, Pradeep Sachdeva, Prasanna Desai, Ranjit Gadgil, Parth Shah and Dr. Girish Agrawal for reviewing an earlier version of this document and providing valuable comments. We thank all our colleagues at the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme for cooperation provided during the course of this study. Finally we would like to thank the transport team at Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF) for providing the necessary support required for the completion of this document. Planning and Design Guideline for Cycle Infrastructure Planning and Design Guideline for Cycle Infrastructure Project Team Transportation Research & Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), IIT Delhi Prof. Geetam Tiwari Project Incharge Ruchi Varma Project Associate Parvesh Sherawat Project Associate Anusha Vaid Project Associate Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans) PVT. LTD Dr. Anvita Arora MD & CEO Ravi Gadepalli Manager (Transportation) SGArchitects, New Delhi Sandeep Gandhi Principal Architect Satyajit Ganguly Architect / Transport Planner Project Support Mahesh Gaur Office Administrator Planning and Design Guideline for Cycle Infrastructure Table of Contents 1 Introduction to Non Motorised Transport ................................................................................................7 1.1 Why a Planning and Design Guideline for Cycle Infrastructure? ..............................................7 1.2 Current Users and Trends .........................................................................................................7 1.3 Trip Length Frequency in Cities .................................................................................................8 1.4 Potential Vs. Captive Cyclists ....................................................................................................8 1.5 Different Kinds of Cyclists .........................................................................................................10 1.6 Cycling and Health .................................................................................................................... 10 1.7 Cycling and Safety ..................................................................................................................... 10 1.8 Cycle and the Environment .......................................................................................................12 1.9 Current Indian Policy & Guidelines ...........................................................................................12 1.10 Examples from Indian Cities .....................................................................................................14 1.11 Myths ........................................................................................................................................ 15 2 Planning for Non-Motorised Transport ....................................................................................................16 2.1 Planning Requirements .............................................................................................................16 2.2 Planning Development Process ................................................................................................22 2.3 Data Collection and Review of Existing Scenario ......................................................................22 2.3.1 Road Network Inventory ...........................................................................................................22 2.3.2 Travel Behavior Pattern of User Groups ....................................................................................22 2.4 Needs Assessment Through Travel Demand Modelling ...........................................................24 2.4.1 Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) Map Creation..................................................................................24 2.4.2 Trip Generation ......................................................................................................................... 26 2.4.3 Current and Potential Cycle Users and Trip Distribution ..........................................................28 2.4.4 Trip Distribution ........................................................................................................................ 28 2.4.5 Traffic Assignment and Calibration ...........................................................................................30 2.5 Horizon Year Scenarios Analysis ...............................................................................................30 2.6 The Non-Motorized Transport Master Plan (NMT-MP) and Network Plan ...............................32 2.6.1 Phasing for NMTMP Implementation .......................................................................................32 2.7 Network Planning in Existing Built-up Areas and New Cities ....................................................34 3 Design for Non-Motorised Transport .......................................................................................................36 3.1 Basic Information ...................................................................................................................... 36 3.2 Design Requirements ................................................................................................................38 3.3 Data Collection ......................................................................................................................... 40 3.4 Infrastructure Design ................................................................................................................40 3.4.1 Cross Section Design .................................................................................................................40 3.4.2 Intersection and Approach design ............................................................................................44 1 Planning and Design Guideline for Cycle Infrastructure 3.4.3 Special Conditions .................................................................................................................... 46 3.5 Other Design Details .................................................................................................................50 3.5.1 Riding Material Selection ..........................................................................................................50 3.5.2 Integrating Traffic Calming Measures .......................................................................................50 3.5.3 Edge Treatments ....................................................................................................................... 52 3.5.4 Road Furniture and Support Facilities ......................................................................................54 3.5.5 Signage ..................................................................................................................................... 56 3.5.6 Markings ................................................................................................................................... 56 3.5.7 Services and Utilities .................................................................................................................56 3.6 Parking Facilities ....................................................................................................................... 60 3.7 Annexure .................................................................................................................................. 64 3.7.1 Comparison between bicycle and cycle rickshaw .....................................................................64 3.7.2 Total Station Survey – Checklist ................................................................................................64 3.7.3 Activity Survey – Checklist ........................................................................................................65 3.7.4 Traffic Volume and Pedestrian Survey ....................................................................................65 3.7.5 Parking Survey .......................................................................................................................... 67 3.7.6 Provision of Free Segregated Left turns ....................................................................................67