CHIPS (Cycle Highways Innovation for smarter People Transport and Spatial Planning) will develop and promote cycle highways as an effective and cost efficient low carbon solution for commuting towards and from urban employment poles. CHIPS will demonstrate that, especially in combination with the growing number of e-bikes, cycle highway innovation can effectively get commuters out of their cars.
Project partners from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK will develop solutions that will help regions and mobility stakeholders to:
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CHIPS Linkedin Group
1 PO Box 9090
Arnhem
6800
Netherlands
16 Poststrasse
Frankfurt am Main
60329
Germany
35 Kronprinzenstraße
Essen
45128
Germany
20-21 P7
Mannheim
68161
Germany
28 Franklinstraat
Brussels
1000
Belgium
85 Beverlosesteenweg
Paal Beringen
3583
Belgium
2 Cathedral Square, College Green
Bristol
BS1 5DD
United Kingdom
1 Hopmanstraat
Breda
4817 JT
Netherlands
1 Provincieplein
Leuven
3010
Belgium
Lead partner
| Organisation | Address | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincie Vlaams-Brabant |
1 Provincieplein Leuven 3010 Belgium |
wietse.hermanns@vlaamsbrabant.be | www.vlaamsbrabant.be |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincie Gelderland | Frank Eggen | f.eggen@gelderland.nl | Netherlands |
| Regionalverband FrankfurtRheinMain | Reinhard Henke | henke@region-frankfurt.de | Germany |
| Regionalverband Ruhr | Thomas Pott | pott@rvr-online.de | Germany |
| Verband Region Rhein-Neckar | Klemens Groeger | Klemens.groeger@vrrn.de | Germany |
| European Cyclists’ Federation | Aleksander Buczyński | a.buczynski@ecf.com | Belgium |
| Flanders’ Bike Valley vzw | Bert Celis | bert.celis@flandersbikevalley.be | Belgium |
| Sustrans | Gordon Clarke | gordon.clarke@sustrans.org.uk | United Kingdom |
| Stichting NHTV internationale hogeschool Breda | Joost de Kruijf | kruijf.j@nhtv.nl | Netherlands |
On 10 October 2018, the two-day Cycle Highway Academy took place in Leuven. Some 50 bicycle experts from all over Europe came to Leuven to discover the F3 cycle highway between Leuven and Brussels and experienced the Flemish Brabant cycle highway policy. Read More
During this year's Bike + Business Congress, the 9th Bike and Business Award was presented by the Hessian Minister of Transport Tarek Al-Wazir. Thus, the event follows on from previous successes and honors the most bicycle-friendly companies in the region. Read More
A special edition of Cycle Highway Academy on Wayfinding took place on 13 September 2018 in Tilburg, Netherlands, with new networking, information exchange and bicycle experience for all the participants. Read More
Up to 48 thousand cyclists per day cross Queen Louise Bridge in Copenhagen. We revisit Nørrebrogade on the cycle highway C95 to check how traffic lights were adjusted to facilitate the flow of bicycle traffic. Read More
Up to 48 thousand cyclists per day cross Queen Louise Bridge in Copenhagen. One of the key measures that contributed to reaching such a high number is closing of short sections of the street leading to the bridge for motorised traffic. Read More
A new elevated section of the F1 cycle highway next to the Antwerp-Berchem train station bypasses two crossings with traffic lights, enabling faster and more comfortable travel into the centre of the city. Read More
Car traffic can be “filtered out” on selected streets to create better conditions for walking and cycling, and at the same time maintain necessary access to every location. On the cycle highway Batavierenpad Zuid filtered permeability improves safety by radically reducing the number of crossings with motorised traffic. Read More
The liveability and attractiveness of a city can be improved by smarter transport choices. A change from car-dependent lifestyles towards less polluting transporting modes, such as cycling, is needed, and cycle highways can be part of the solution. How can governments plan and build the best cycle highways? How can they monitor the impact of their investments and encourage more cycling? Read More
One of the key elements of the 3rd Mobility Package launched by the European Commission on May 17th is a proposal for amending the Road Infrastructure Safety Management directive (2008/96/EC, also known as the RISM directive). The directive currently defines procedures that were supposed to ensure safety of the trans-European road infrastructure (TEN-T) but up until now were focused nearly exclusive on safety of car-occupants. Read More
Instead of cutting trees to widen carriageway, an old car connection between Nijmegen and Beuningen was turned into a cycle path. Now this tree-lined avenue is a particularly scenic section of cycle highway Batavierenpad Zuid. Read More
A Cycle Highway is a mobility product that provides a high quality functional cycling connection. As backbone of a cycle network, it connects cities and or suburbs, residential areas and major (work)places and it satisfies its (potential) users.
A definition of a Cycle Highway according to CHIPS
The CHIPS project partners have created a four-stage approach to develop cycle highways.
tage 1 PLAN involves planning the cycle highway where the focus is on the potential use of the new infrastructure and the impact for the region. A cycle highway facilitates citizens to move by bicycle from one place to another. It connects residential areas with business districts, city centers or transportation hubs. To determine the right location and make the right connection a calculation of the expected use is needed, taking into account the future developments to plan a future proof cycle highway. The virtual planning tool is one of the useful tools of this stage.
In the second DESIGN AND BUILD stage different criteria are distinguished to design a cycle highway. The challenge is to design the best suitable cycle highway for that specific location. Therefor different criteria such as attractiveness, wayfinding, size and directness have to be taken into account. Guidelines for the infrastructure and best practices of cycle facilities can be used for this stage.
Stage 3 SELL focus on promoting the cycle highways by using different campaigns. Communication and campaigns will help to stimulate (new) cyclists to use the cycle highway. Commuters are the main target group. The engagement of employers is key to reach the commuters and create a modal shift from car to (e)-bike. How do you brand and sell the cycle highway?
In the last stage EVALUATE the use of the cycle highway is monitored to get insights in the effects of the development. Are people using the new cycle infrastructure? There are several methods to collect data about the use of the infrastructure. By monitoring the use the effect on CO2 reduction can be calculated.
