Conserve By Bicycle Program Study

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Conserve By Bicycle Program Study

• Steering Committee Meeting
• October 17, 2006
• Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Conserve by Bicycle Program

• Background
• In 2005, the Florida Legislature created F.S.
  335.07, and the Conserve by Bicycle Program
  within the Florida Department of Transportation.

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Conserve by Bicycle Program

• Program Purpose
• Save energy by increasing the number of miles
  ridden on bicycles, thereby reducing the usage of
  petroleum-based fuels.
• Increase the efficiency of cycling as a
  transportation mode by improving the
  interconnectivity of roadways, transit and
  bicycle facilities.

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Conserve by Bicycle Program

• Program Purpose (cont.)
• Reduce congestion on existing roads.
• Provide recreational opportunities for Floridas
  residents and visitors.

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Conserve by Bicycle Program

• Program Purpose (cont.)
• Provide healthy transportation and recreation
  alternatives to help reduce trend toward obesity
  and reduce long-term health costs.
• Provide safe ways for children to travel to and
  from their homes to their schools by supporting
  the Safe Paths to School Program.

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Conserve by Bicycle Program

• Your consulting team
• Sprinkle Consulting
• Bruce Landis, P.E., AICP, Project Manager
• Theo Petritsch, P.E., PTOE, Deputy PM
• Herman Huang, Ph.D.
• Peyton McLeod, AANG
• Christopher Fellerhoff

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Conserve by Bicycle Program

• Your consulting team
• Kittelson, Inc.
• John Zegeer, P.E.
• Alan Danaher, P.E.
• Paul Ryus P.E.
• Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
• Ken Bryan
• Billy Fields
• Heather Dutch
• Cener for Urban Transportation Research
• Christopher Hagelin

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Conserve by Bicycle Program Study

• The goals of this study are to determine -
• Where energy conservation and savings can be
  realized when more and safer bicycle facilities,
  such as bicycle paths, bicycle lanes, and other
  safe locations for bicycle use, are created which
  reduce the use of motor vehicles in a given area.
• Where the use of education and marketing programs
  can help convert motor vehicle trips into bicycle
  trips.

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Conserve by Bicycle Program Study

• The goals of this study are to determine -
• How, and under what circumstances, the
  construction of bicycling facilities can provide
  more opportunities for recreation and how
  exercise can lead to a reduction of health risks
  associated with a sedentary lifestyle.
• How the Safe Paths to Schools Program and other
  similar programs can reduce school-related
  commuter traffic, which will result in energy and
  roadway savings as well as improve the health of
  children throughout the state.

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Conserve by Bicycle Program Study

• The goals of this study are to determine -
• How partnerships can be created among interested
  parties in the fields of transportation, law
  enforcement, education, public health,
  environmental restoration and conservation, parks
  recreation, and energy conservation to achieve
  a better possibility of success for the program.
  The above stakeholder groups for instance, may be
  brought into new or existing groups such as the
  Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
  operated by Florida Department of Transportation.

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Literature Search Approach
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Marin Safe Routes to School

• Program started in 2000
• Participation in 2004-2005 37 schools with
  16,261 students

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Marin Safe Routes to School

• Program Components
• Education teach children cycling skills
• Engineering develop a plan to provide a safer
  bicycling and walking environment
• Encouragement events, contests, and promotional
  materials
• Enforcement targeted enforcement of speed
  limits and other traffic laws

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Marin Safe Routes to School

• Mode shift to bicycling

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CATS Bicycle Survey

• Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS)
  conducted bicycle and pedestrian survey in 1995
• Bicycle survey
• 54 segments of 18 suburban trails (196 miles)
• 3,230 bicyclists

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CATS Bicycle Survey

• How would you go where you are going now if this
  trail did not exist?
• 43 of work trips and 37 of non-work utilitarian
  trips were diverted from auto to bicycle

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Prediction Method - Delphi Technique
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Case Study Candidates
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Case Study Candidates

• Programmed facilities (imminent construction)
• Sunrise Blvd. (Broward County) bicycle lane
• Spring-to-Spring Trail (Volusia County)
  independent alignment
• Timucuan Route (Jacksonville) bicycle lane
• Existing facilities

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Sunrise Blvd.

• Bicycle lane
• Plantation, Broward County
• From Hiatus Rd to Pine Island Rd
• Construction to start Jan. 2007

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Spring-to-Spring Trail

• Independent alignment pathway
• Orange City, Volusia County
• From Lake Beresford Park to CR 4142
• Phase 4 construction to start Feb. 2007

Phase 4
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Timucuan Bicycle Touring Route

• Bicycle lane/paved shoulder
• Big Talbot Island, Duval County
• Construction proposed in 2007

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Candidate (Existing) Facilities

• Independent Alignments
• St. Marks (Tallahassee)
• West Orange (Orange County)
• Withlacoochee (Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco
  Counties)
• Sidepaths
• M Path (Miami-Dade)
• Warrington (Pensacola)
• 20th Street (Tampa)

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Existing Facilities
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Next Steps

• Develop data collection instruments
• Bicyclist user counts
• Bicyclist intercept surveys
• Collect before data
• Perform analysis
• Next Steering Committee meeting late January
  2007