National Cycle Network - Engineers Ireland

104 Pages·2013·6.58 MB·English

by  Eoin Ó Catháin

Presentation to
Engineers Ireland

11th September 2013

Michael Aherne
National Transport Authority

Séamus MacGearailt
Roughan & O’Donovan – Aecom Alliance
GDA Cycle Network Plan
Michael Aherne
• Head of Transport Development Division at The National Transport
Authority
• Chair, POLIS Mobility and Traffic Efficiency Working Group (Brussels)
• 29 Years Experience of Transport Planning, Design and Construction

• Director, Velo-City Dublin 2005
• Project Leader, National Cycle Manual
• Responsible for NTA Sustainable Funding Programme GDA
The NTA Greater Dublin Area Cycle
Network Plan
• NTA is partner in multi-agency multi-
stranded “Cycling Project”

– Tax-saving Bike-to-Work
– Dublin Bikes, and Expansion
– Bicycle Counting System
– National Cycle Manual
– Funding Stream (over €13m in 2012)
The NTA Greater Dublin Area Cycle
Network Plan
• Cycling = migrating from “activity” to “transport mode”
GDA Cycle Network Plan
The Project Team
National Transport Authority
• Michael Aherne
• Robert Parkinson
• David Clements

ROD-Aecom Alliance Consultants
• Seamus Mac Gearailt
• Joe Seymour
• Louise Aherne
• Dan Brennan
• Eoin O’Mahony
• Catherine Ahern
Some of our team on a Cycle
• Eoin O’Catháin
Study Trip to Denmark
• Sinéad Gavin & Maura Daly (Environmental Assessment)
• Up to 10 others at peak.
Key personnel are all cyclists with extensive local knowledge of routes
Study Area

7 Local Authorities

1. Dublin City
2. Fingal
3. South Dublin
4. Dun Laoghaire-
Rathdown
5. Wicklow
6. Kildare
7. Meath

Population: 1.8 million
7,000 km2
GDA Cycle Network Plan
Dublin Metropolitan Area:
1.1 million people
Cycle network in
development for 20+
years

Rest of GDA:
0.7 million people
Limited cycle network to
date
GDA Cycle Network Plan
Scope of Study
1) Map Existing Cycling
Facilities
2) Assess Quality of Service
3) Review Strategic Planning
Context
4) Evaluate Cycling Trip
Demand: Present and Future
5) Develop Strategic Cycle
Route Network Proposals
Methodology
National Cycle Manual (2011)

Chapter 3 – Planning for the
Bicycle

– What is a Cycle Network?
– Components of a Network
– Networks and Quality of
Service
– Seven Steps to Planning a
Network
What is a Cycle Network?
“A Cycle Network is a defined collection of connected
routes”.
“Routes are a set of connected links and junctions that
follow logical corridors between zones or urban
centres”.
“The purpose of the cycle network is to connect the
main zones of origin and destination within an urban
area and should provide effective through movement
for cyclists”.