Reducing the supremacy of the car is a movement that has been percolating in cities across the globe. Celebrated advocate for urban mobility, Chris Bruntlett uses his knowledge and passion to share practical bicycle solutions. Join us, as we deep dive from Delft in the Netherlands to talk all things sustainable safety design, and even learn a little bit about Vancouver's very own "Jane Jacobs"... Shirley Chan.
Episode Notes:
The first 25 years of cycling infrastructure change in the Netherlands was full of innovation and experimentation. It was also full of high profile failures that led to the sustainable safety policy. This policy shift was realised once the Netherlands began viewing road fatalities as preventable.
Half of all cycling infrastructure in the Netherlands has been built since 1996.
Some key aspects to the change towards safer cycling and mobility:
- Improve cycle intersection design
- Networks of safer streets
- Sustainable Safety Design
- Mandate physical separations between a range of users
- In the Netherlands, kids under 12 ride completely free
- Minimise stoppages
- Encourage cycling so that it becomes a time competitive journey
Chris.bruntlett@dutchcycling.NL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbruntlett/
Useful Links & References:
http://www.modacitylife.com/curbing-traffic - Curbing Traffic - The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Lives
https://islandpress.org/books/curbing-traffic
https://dutchcycling.nl/en/news/blog/5-design-principles-for-successful-bicycle-infrastructure
https://crowplatform.com/product/design-manual-for-bicycle-traffic/
https://www.swov.nl/en/publication/sustainable-safety-3rd-edition-advanced-vision-2018-2030
https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-strait-and-narrows/episode/episode-3-from-a-to-b-49342131 - Interview with Shirley Chan about the Vancouver freeway fight.
https://www.placesthatmatter.ca/location/walter-and-mary-lee-chan-house/
https://youtu.be/0JtoSafhvLM - Not Just Bikes video about garbage collection.
