Changing habits by combiningbicycles and public transport
Tim ASPERGESTIMENCO bvba
Director
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Cycling trips (14%) Train trips (2%)
Alternative for car trips (65%)
Cycling trips (14%) Train trips (2%)
Stimulating bicycle use to / from stations
1. Bike – PT ride (B&R) +
2. Bike – PT - Bike ++
Bicycle stations / Bicycle points
The Netherlands
– 98 bicycle stations / ca. 100.000 bicycles
– Improving capacity / quality bicycle parking facilities AND services (1999 – 2012: “Ruimte voor de fiets”)
– operated by NS Fiets
30 40 % bicycle trips to stations !!
6 % car trips to stations
The Netherlands
Victim of it’s succes !
More demand than supply !
The more quality – the more demand
Introduction of parking management
Germany (NRW) – Switzerland
▪ Smaller scale
▪ Improve quality station
+Employement programmes
▪ Operated by user group associations
▪ Support from higher authorities
▪ Increase of 25% cycle use to station
Bicycle points SNCB - Belgium
• 2007: The first 7 bicycle points were installed
• 2011: 39 bicycle points covering 37.000 bicycle parking (51%).
Quality label
Social entrepreneurship + focus on mobility + high quality services = Bicycle Points
FIETSenWERK co-ordinating embrellaorganization
B NL NRW CH
Population 10 million 17 million 18 million 8 million
Population density
(per m2)
Ca. 330 ca. 400 ca. 530 ca. 190
# Bicycle stations 39 98 62 28
# parking places
in bicycle stations
37.000 100.000 18.000 10.000
average 950 1.000 290 350
Initiator SNCB Pro Rail City/town City/town
Coordination Fiets en
Werk
NS-Fiets ADFC Pro Velo
Future challenges
1.Bicycle parking and services at stations – a combination of responsibilities
▪ Railway companies
▪ Local authorities
▪ Higher authorities
▪ Clients
2.Cost reductions :
guarded parkings automatic parkings (24h)
3. Setting-up extra services linked to the bicycles points (e.g “Blue Bikes”)