Baden-Württemberg cycling strategy

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The Baden-Württemberg cycling strategy is the basis for promoting cycling in Baden-Württemberg. By systematically promoting cycling, the southwest wants to become a bicycle-friendly state. The main goal is to double the proportion of cycling to 16% by 2020 compared to 2008 and to increase it to 20% by 2030. To this end, the aim is to accelerate the expansion of the cycling infrastructure, which has been laid down in a total of 60 individual goals and over 200 measures.

In contrast to the National Cycling Plan , which uses the route as a basis, the proportion of cycling in Baden-Württemberg is generally measured based on the number of routes.

"The state has given itself a nationwide unique cycling strategy", judged the ADFC state chairwoman Gudrun Zühlke.

The situation in Baden-Württemberg

In the nationwide survey of mobility in Germany from 2008, a bicycle traffic share of 7.7% was determined for Baden-Württemberg, measured by the number of trips taken by residents . The state is only in the lower middle range of all federal states in terms of bicycle use and sees a lot of catching up to do.

In contrast to the worldwide pioneering countries Netherlands and Denmark , the landscape in Baden-Württemberg is predominantly hilly or mountainous. The state of Baden-Württemberg is therefore increasingly focusing on the use of pedelecs as a key starting point .

As a land of tinkerers and inventors and as a strong business location, Baden-Württemberg wants to secure a pillar in a growing economic segment in addition to the ecological, transport, health, demographic, social and urban planning goals of the cycling strategy.

Fields of action

Infrastructure

A consistent navigability of the cycle traffic networks is crucial for the promotion of cycling. A nationwide, area-wide network with defined quality standards should therefore exist in Baden-Württemberg by 2020 . By 2025, a network is to be built that is qualitatively 75% up to the target network level .

The cycle network is intended to connect all upper and middle centers across the country via main routes for everyday cycle traffic. It contains the 19 official regional long-distance cycle routes and is to be made accessible as a starting network as soon as possible . The focus is on traffic safety, not driving comfort. In addition, ten rapid cycle connections are to be designated by 2025 .

The state has defined uniform quality standards and sample solutions for the target network . These standards are derived from the recommendations for bicycle traffic facilities (ERA). In the beginning there may be exceptions to agricultural, forestry and water management routes. Conversely, when creating new cycle paths, the increasing speed of cycle traffic, caused by the increased use of pedelecs, and the greater width required through more cargo bikes and bikes with trailers should be taken into account. Therefore, in justified cases, cycle paths that are above the ERA standard should also be implemented.

In order to signal the corresponding need for action to the municipalities, detailed data on the condition of the cycle network including a cost estimate for rectifying defects should be made available. The state supports the municipalities in promoting bicycles together with the Working Group for Bicycle-Friendly Municipalities in Baden-Württemberg (AGFK-BW) through training courses, guidelines and manuals.

Since 2012, the state of Baden-Württemberg has been promoting all forms of management of cycling with a funding rate of 50% with its “Municipal bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure” program. The program is currently financed with EUR 15 million annually.

Under bike path 'guides' u. a. Roger that:

  • Protective strip
  • Cycle lanes
  • Structured cycle paths (e.g. next to sidewalks, separate from the roadway cycle paths)
  • Joint guided tour with pedestrians (i.e. common paths for cyclists and pedestrians)
  • Bi-directional cycle paths

connections

Since the lack of suitable, i.e. H. more secure, parking space is seen as an obstacle to the further market penetration of pedelecs, the goal by 2025 was defined that 10% of the residents of each municipality should have publicly accessible bicycle parking spaces, half of them covered.

While the proportion of journeys in Germany where public transport and bicycle were combined rose from 3% in 2002 to 5% in 2008, the southwest was still 3% in 2008. In this area, Baden-Württemberg clearly lags behind other large states. In Saxony-Anhalt, for example, 10-25% of passengers use the train in combination with a bicycle. In the Netherlands, 40% of passengers use their bicycles to get to the train and 10% use the bicycle to get from their destination station to their destination.

The goal in Baden-Württemberg is to double the number of Bike & Ride users by 2025 and 3% additional customers for public transport are to be won by Bike & Ride by 2025.

In the south-west there are already bicycle stations at the train stations in Freiburg and Mannheim as well as the fully automatic bicycle parking garage Radhaus at the main station in Offenburg. The expansion goal here is that there should be at least 35 mobility stations by 2025 .

So far, there are larger bike rental systems in six cities in Baden-Württemberg. Two rental bikes are to be offered for every 1,000 residents by 2025.

Existing bike rental systems:

  • Rhein-Neckar Verkehrsverbund (Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen) - with 0.7 rental bikes per 1000 inhabitants
  • Stuttgart - with 0.9 rental bikes per 1000 inhabitants
  • Karlsruhe (station-independent) - with 1.2 rental bikes per 1000 inhabitants
  • Offenburg - with 1.5 rental bikes per 1000 inhabitants
  • Tübingen - with 0.6 rental bikes per 1000 inhabitants

safety

The state's road safety concept from 2012 is based on the Vision Zero model . A clearly positive trend, such as that achieved with motor vehicle traffic, has not yet been achieved for bicycle traffic. Due to the increase in cycling, the relative risk of accidents has decreased, but the absolute numbers are increasing. 2,000 casualties with serious personal injuries per year clearly show the need for action to increase the road safety of cycling.

The economic damage caused by traffic accidents involving cycling in Baden-Württemberg amounts to over 300 million euros annually. An increase in road safety in bicycle traffic therefore offers considerable potential for reducing economic burdens. This exceeds the annual infrastructure costs for cycling several times over. Conversely, the health effects of cycling also exceed the health risks from accidents many times over.

The goal by 2020 is to reduce the number of people killed and injured by 40% compared to 2010. Overall, a driving culture of togetherness and mutual caution and consideration, especially towards pedestrians, should be established.

Social dimension

The bicycle ensures the independent mobility of many people and increases their radius of action. It therefore makes an important contribution to participation in social, cultural and economic life and to the fulfillment of social tasks.

By 2020, 50% of the municipalities are to take measures to improve the framework conditions for social participation through cycling.

According to calculations by the World Health Organization (WHO), every additional kilometer by bike reduces health costs by 12.5 cents. Employees who cycle to work have been shown to cause fewer sick days.

Communication and behavior

Since 2012, Baden-Württemberg has been the first state to systematically invest in professional public relations work on cycling. The communication initiative bike culture was prepared by the Energy Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment in the pilot communities Heidelberg and Filderstadt and at the country level evaluated . Accordingly, satisfaction with the municipal cycling policy has increased since the initiative began. It was rated 80% in Heidelberg and more than 90% in Filderstadt as good or very good .

As the first federal state, Baden-Württemberg has created a work unit for mobility management in the Ministry of Transport , which promotes the issue within the administration and towards companies. Mobility management is understood to mean soft measures that provide incentives to change mobility behavior, such as job tickets and parking space management .

Bicycle tourism and sports

Baden-Württemberg wants to become the most attractive cycling destination in Germany. Baden-Württemberg currently generates a turnover share of 12% of the tourism industry, in Brandenburg it is 25%. The basis of the cycle tourism offer is formed by the 19 national long-distance cycle routes, of which 10 have so far been classified as ADFC quality cycle routes. Since 1997, 750 bicycle-friendly restaurants have been awarded the ADFC Bett & Bike quality seal. Further bike parks are to be set up to profile the country as a mountain bike destination . The 400-kilometer route E-Bike-Region Stuttgart is to be designated as a joint project of the districts in the Stuttgart region .

Electromobility, research and innovation, market and technology

Baden-Württemberg wants to become a pioneering region for the development and use of electric mobility and pedelecs within the EU. That is why e-mobility should be strategically promoted and new areas of application should be opened up quickly. Local organizations, municipalities and housing associations will be provided with cargo pedelecs if they can demonstrate concepts with which these cargo bikes can be made accessible to a wide range of users.

Baden-Württemberg wants to distinguish itself as an international bicycle innovation center and strengthen its economic position by expanding its technological position. To this end, an endowed professorship for bicycles and cycling is to be established in the university sector and a leading trade fair for pedelecs and e-bikes is to be established.

Structures and framework conditions

Since 2012, the Ministry of Transport has had a department for bicycle and pedestrian traffic, municipal traffic concepts, which coordinates the promotion of bicycle traffic. The cycling strategy is also supported by the environmental group at the Baden-Württemberg local transport company (NVBW). At the district level, bike coordinators should play a key role in implementing the strategy.

The working group for bicycle-friendly municipalities in Baden-Württemberg (AGFK-BW) was founded in 2010. At the beginning of 2016, it comprised over 50 cities, municipalities and rural districts and thus represented more than 50% of the population of Baden-Württemberg.

So far there are eight bike-friendly cities in Baden-Württemberg:

  • Freiburg
  • Heidelberg
  • Karlsruhe
  • Kirchheim unter Teck
  • Offenburg
  • Tübingen
  • Loerrach
  • Mannheim

and with Göppingen a bicycle-friendly district.

By 2025, all urban and rural districts should be members of the AGFK-BW and by 2025 50% of all urban and rural districts should meet the criteria for the state award for bike -friendly municipalities .

Funding framework

The construction program for 2016 includes 16 projects along federal roads with a total length of 13 kilometers, including three bridges, with an investment volume of seven million euros. 88 further projects are planned from 2017.

In 2016, 34 new projects with an investment volume of around 24 million euros and a total length of 60 kilometers are to be started for cycle paths on state roads .

Overall, Baden-Württemberg sees the framework set by the National Cycling Plan of around 15 euros per inhabitant and year for cycling funding as realistic. With 10.5 million inhabitants, this corresponds to an annual financial requirement of approx. 160 million euros.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ In the documents for the network events with the title RadNETZ Baden-Württemberg NETZwerkveranstaltung: Preparation of measures, quality standards and sample solutions , the quality standards and sample solutions are explained in detail. In the set of slides by Michael Öhmann (MVI) from July 15, 2014 (title: The RadNETZ Baden-Württemberg is starting), the quality standard “Routes suitable for everyday use according to ERA and VwV-StVO” is defined for the destination network . Some sample solutions are also listed in this set of slides. Second source: Set of slides by Judith Schelkle, Department of Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic, Municipal Transport Concepts (MVI), June 2015 (Title: A bicycle network for the country, The importance of the bicycle network).
  2. ↑ There is very good information on the subject of mobility management from the Mobility Management Transfer Office ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. who works on behalf of the Ministry for Building, Housing, Urban Development and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mobilitaetsmanagement.nrw.de

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 7
  2. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 34
  3. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 114
  4. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 12
  5. ↑ Southwest is to become a pioneer country for bicycle traffic ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Badische Zeitung, March 20, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.badische-zeitung.de
  6. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 11
  7. ↑ Sustainable Mobility - For All , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), April 2015, p. 26
  8. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 95
  9. ↑ a b c Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 26
  10. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 28
  11. ↑ a b c d Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 27
  12. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 32
  13. ↑ a b c Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 29
  14. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 35
  15. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 42
  16. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 46
  17. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 47
  18. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 52
  19. ↑ a b c Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 54
  20. ↑ a b c d Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 57
  21. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 58
  22. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 64
  23. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 68
  24. ^ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 71
  25. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 78
  26. ^ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 79
  27. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 85
  28. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 84
  29. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 88
  30. ↑ a b c Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 89
  31. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 93
  32. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 97
  33. ^ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 100
  34. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 98
  35. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 101
  36. ↑ a b c Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 103
  37. ↑ a b Cycling Strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 115
  38. ↑ State award for bicycle-friendly municipalities ( memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Fahrradland-BW.de, accessed on March 21, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fahrradland-bw.de
  39. ^ State award "Bicycle-friendly commune" , Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg, undated, accessed on March 18, 2019
  40. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 109
  41. ↑ Minister Hermann presents cycle path plans for 2016 ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , State Gazette, February 25, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staatsanzeiger.de
  42. ↑ Cycling strategy Baden-Württemberg , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MVI), February 2016, p. 116