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The 20 Most Bike-Friendly Cities In The World

  • 29-04-2013 2:25pm
    #1
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭


    Dublin comes in 9th :confused:

    Hmmm, not sure about that Dublin is the 9th best city in the world for cycling - it's not bad, but I'm not sure it justifies a top 10 position.

    EDIT:- No UK cities on it?


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  • #2
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    That's a silly list. As if we're better than places like Rotterdam.

    They obviously don't want to list off the actual best cities, because that would be too Benelux-heavy...


  • #3
    check_six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭check_six


    When you add up the different factors we probably do quite well. However, this may only be a theoretical thumbs up...

    -The city is relatively flat.
    -The weather is not too hot or too cold.
    -The rain is frequent but not prolonged.
    -The Dublin Bike scheme has been a huge success.
    -If Dublin Corpo add up all the rubbishy little bits of track we have a good bit of cycle track.
    -Daft rules regarding the selfsame cycle tracks have been removed.
    -The Bike To Work scheme has been another big success.
    -Trucks are banned from the city centre.
    -Lots of cyclists around nowadays mean motorised traffic look out for you.

    Actually, looking at it now, why aren't we further up the chart?!! :)

    Who would like to have a go at the bad points?


  • #4
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    They're probably keen to provide some encouragement and recognise the recent efforts.

    As somebody used to say "Lots done, more to do"


  • #5
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    1. Advocacy, strong advocacy but with no political influence, 2
    2. Bike culture, fairly broad usage and acceptance, 3
    3. Facilities, we have some bike racks in some places 1
    4 Bicycle infrastructure, some separated cycle traps in poor repair, 2
    5. Bike share program, DBS 4
    6. Gender split, improved balance , 3
    7. Modal split, I don't have the figures, but based on my workplace just under 10%, 2
    8 increase in modal split since 2006, huge, 4
    9. safety perception, moderate levels of "you suicidal freak" from officialdom (ASAI and Flora), 2
    10. Politics, bike is not an unkown topic in local politics, 2
    11. Social acceptance. Some drivers despise us, some realise it's jealousy ;), 2
    12. Urban planning, Not much thought given to anything other than car use with a few token painted pavements, 2
    13. Traffic calming, 30kph zone, trucks excluded from city, 3

    So I make that 50% before the bonus (20%) got handed out, allowing 10 percentage points for the DBS and increase in usage that brings us to 60% (and I'm being generous here)


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