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International Seminar on Cycling Policies and CIVINET

26th February 2015

Málaga, Spain

Jiří Černý, Brno Public Transport Company Co. (DPMB)

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Bicycles on Board in Public Transport Vehicles

Bicycle Transportation in the public city transport

• Specific case of transportation• Different approaches in various cities• In some cities not allowed at all

Content

• Technical solutions• Organisational solutions• General recommentadions for public transport providers• Introduction of new solution into operation• Practice in the cities of Central Europe

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Bicycles on Board in Public Transport Vehicles

Why do passengers take the bicycle on board?

• To cross the crowded and jammed area (city centre)

• To transport the bicycle from the city center to the countryside

• To transport broken bicycles• To transport the bicycle in the case of bad weather• To transport the bicycle when the bicycler is in bad

condition (tiredness, tired, after alcohol…)

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Technical solutions

Trailers for bicycles

• Trailer coupled to the bus

Advantages

• Capacity up to 20 bicyclesDisadvantages

• Less convenient for operation in the city• Longer loading and unloading• Driving licence group D + E needed

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Technical solutions

Specially modified vehicles for bicyclers

• Reconstruction of standard vehicle• Removal of seats• Instalation of fixation system (hooks)

Advantages

• Large bicycle capacityDisadvantages

• Limited usage of modified vehicle on standard lines

• Usually worse cost-effectiveness

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Technical solutions

Backide racks

• Constrution designed for fixation on the rear side of the bus

• Used for hanging and fixing bicycles• Capacity: 4 – 8 bicycles

Advantages

• Simple and fast fixation of the bicycle• Low investment costs• Bus equipped with backside rack can be used on

standard linesDisadvantages

• Passengers do not see the bicycle during the ride

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Technical solutions

Frontside rack

• Steel or plastic construction for fixation in the front part of the vehicle

Advantages

• Driver sees the bicycle all the time during the transport

Disadvantages

• Not allowed in some countries (Czech Republic)• Low capacity

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Technical solutions

Kit for fixation of the bicycle inside the vehicles

• Construction used for fixing bikes inside the vehicles

• Various shapes, ways of fixation and capacity

Advantages

• Cheap, simpleDisadvantages

• Low bicycle capacity• Can be obstacle for other passenngers• Can be the reason why there are less seats

inside the vehicle

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Technical solutions

Shared place with prams/wheelchairs

• Place in the vehicle without seats for prams/wheelchairs

• Marked by the symbol• Conditions of usage by bicyclers is different according

to the city

Advantages

• Simple, no need to purchase special equipmentDisadvantages

• Lower bicycle capacity• Bicycles can be obstacles for other passengers• Possible conflicts between passengers with bike and

passengers on wheelchairs or prams

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Organisational solutions• Legislation• Area• Tariff• Placement of the bicycle• Time regulation• Transport integration

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Legislation

• Law of the EU or particluar states can regulate technical solutions of the vehicles

• Law can also involve the transport conditions

Area

• Network-wide bicycle transport• Part of the city• Particular line

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Tariff

• Regular fare/reduced fare • Special fare for bicycles• Bicycle transport for free

Placement of the bicycle

• Shared place in the vehicle• Special place in the vehicle• Backside or frontside racks• Trailers

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Time regulation

• 24 hours a day/7 days a week• Weekends only• Combination (weekends + selected time during

working days)

Transport integration (Integrated transport systems)

• Bicycle transportation integrated into existing system

• Bicycle transportation separated from transport system

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General recommendations• 24 hours a day/7 days a week• All lines, all means of transport, all vehicles• Unified tariff in the whole system• Fare shouldn‘t be higher than regular single

ride• Benefit for passenger with prepaid ticket• Shared place in the vehicles with prams

and people on wheelchairs• Priority for passengers on wheelchair and

prams• Using of special equippment on lines with

higher demand for bicycle transportation

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Issues needed to be solved before introduction of additional bicycle transport service

• Selection of the type of the vehicle• Route• Places for loading and unloading the bicycle

• First and the last stop• Selected stops• All stops

• Provider of loading and unloading• Responsibility for the bicycle• Safety of the bicycle• Tariff integration

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Practice in the cities of Central Europe

• Cycling share on modal split in the cities of central Europe: usually up to 5%

• Depends on• Level of cycling infrastructure• Terrain type in the city• Social factors…

• Bicycle transport in public transport vehicles is one of the factors that involve the share on modal split

• Possibility of bicycle transport is making leisure cycling more popular

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Practice in the cities of Central Europe

• Most cities allow bicycle transportation in the whole network• Tariff

• Most of the cities classify the bicycle as small luggage, pays ½ of regular fare

• Usually other cities allow to transport the bicycle free of charge

• Regulations• Some cities set the time, when the bicycle transport is

not allowed (peak hours, working days)• Some cities don‘t allow bicycle transportation in some

means of transport• Some cities allow to transport the bicycle only on some

line or on some part of the route/line• Some cities charge more for bicycle transport in some

time periods

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Practice in the cities of Central Europe

• Transport conditions• Bicycle must be clean• The owner of the bicycle must put it in the place

for bicycle• The owner of the bicycle must fasten it• Passenger on wheelchair or passenger with

pram always has the priority when entering the vehicle

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Examples• Brno (CZE)

• Backside rack planned within CIVITAS 2MOVE2

• Cyclobus in the past• Praha (CZE)

• Funicular• Underground• Trams (only some parts of the network)

• Salzburg (AUT)• Special places in all trolleybuses

• Szczecin (POL)• Simple fixation sets in new buses

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Examples of special examples• Stuttgart (DE)

• New backside rack• Underground non-stop• Trams not allowed during peak hours

• Most and Litvínov (CZE)• Cyclotram, cyclobus (trailer)

• Olomouc (CZE)• Cyclobus in the past• Bicycles not allowe at all

• Košice (SVK)• Bicycles not allowed in common lines• During summer season one line allowed

with special conditions

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Thank you!

Jiří ČERNÝ

Contact DetailsContact Details

Brno Public Transport Company Co.

Hlinky 151, 656 46 Brno, Czech Republic

jicerny@dpmb.cz, www.dpmb.cz

http://www.civitas.eu