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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Eric,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for your inspiring mail! I would like to
react on your bikeability indicators, as a dutch urban designer specialised on
cycling and cycling infrastructure. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<OL>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>City size and density:</STRONG> In the
Netherlands we reckon that medium sized towns and cities ( 50.000 to
200.000 people) are more bikeable than big cities. In big cities the
urban transport tends to get that well that it becomes a serious competitor
for cycling (wich means less cyclists, which often leads to less
infrastructure etc). In that respect I would give Paris a 3 to 4. The same
holds good for density I guess, as soon as a city is dense enough public
transport can flourish and people can "avoid" cycling.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Cars:</STRONG> Nice indicator but what
about bicycles?? In Holland as a whole we do have more bicycles (almost 20
Million) then people ( 17 Million), and about 7.2 Million cars. In terms
of households in Holland we do have 77.3% with a car, but we do cycle a lot
more than the average Parisien.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Transit system coverage</STRONG>: If you
mean public transport in Paris it certainly is a 5! But like I said, public
transport is a competitor to cycling so should you give it a 5 in this context
as adding to bikeability?</FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Kms
of cycle path, protected space</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Important BUT let's not forget that every trip has a starting point and a
destination. If there are no parking facilities they are of little use. The
chain is as strong as the weakest part! <FONT color=#0000ff>So I would like to
add <STRONG>Bicycle Parking facilities</STRONG></FONT> as an indicator, both
at home and at destination points (at schools, stations, at work, shops
etc). In Holland 45% of the people sometimes do not use their bike
because they are afraid it will be stolen.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Slow
streets</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
or zones: maybe to take together with the km of cycle
paths?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></LI></OL>
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class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">On
the following six points I would say that you know Paris better then I do. They
seem reasonable indicators to me</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<OL>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">%
city area easily cyclable:</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Cyclable</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
days /year: ca. 90% (personal estimate), ditto, <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">between 4 and
5.</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Cycle
clubs/voice</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Strong/active, plugged in to policy. <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">3
close to 4</SPAN></B> I would say, not least because of their role and
performance in the Mobilien and Velib’
projects)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Vandalism/public
facilities:</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
Not too bad, with some clear exceptions in troubled areas. Let me go for
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">3+</SPAN></B> for now, and we will know a
lot more about it after a year of the Velib’.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Driver
skills</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Gradually getting better as the density of cyclists increased, but still
plenty room for improvement. At best <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2-3.
</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Police
on bikes (and skates)</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
– Yes, and a great feedback mechanism for the city. I’d say <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">3 going on 4.</SPAN></B>
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></LI></OL>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff>An other point to add might be <STRONG>cycle
services</STRONG></FONT>. In the south of France where I live it is
difficult to find a place where you can buy a decent bike, let alone have it
repaired or get spare parts. This discourages people to invest in cycling here.
You have to be part of an incrowd to be able to find the right places, if they
exist at all. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Just
think of cycling as of car driving; without parking facilities or mecanics
you would not use your car either.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff>A last indicator to add might be <STRONG>Sexiness of
cycling</STRONG> or <STRONG>Image</STRONG></FONT> if you like. Again, cars are a
lot about image and status, so is clothing and your address or house. It is not
so different for bicycles. In Holland we do have several ministers that do cycle
to work, five generations of Royalty by bike. At the Eurotop in Amsterdam Wim
Kok, then our Prime minister, gave away bikes to Tony Blair, Chirac,
etc in Amsterdam. The picture went all over the world. The sales of bikes had
been stagnating for a long time in the 70 and 80, but began to pick up when
you finally could choose between more models, notable the all terrain bike, and
between more colours then black, brown and blue. As long as cycling is seen as a
pooor mans solution to travel, the great masses will not be attracted to
it.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">You
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=eric.britton@ecoplan.org href="mailto:eric.britton@ecoplan.org">Eric
Britton (Commons)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=LotsLessCars@yahoogroups.com
href="mailto:LotsLessCars@yahoogroups.com">LotsLessCars@yahoogroups.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=sustran-discuss@jca.apc.org
href="mailto:sustran-discuss@jca.apc.org">Sustran Resource Centre</A> ; <A
title=citycycles@newmobility.org
href="mailto:citycycles@newmobility.org">citycycles@newmobility.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 04, 2007 9:54 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Local cycling environment
indicators: Let's have a look at . . . </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Thanks
Anzir, Roland, Dave, John, Carlos, Chris, Simon, Martin and you in case I
forget,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Let
me see if I can quickly recall we are trying to do here, and put it before you
in a form which may with more thought and several more exchanges lead to
something useful.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Bikeability
indicators - Quick introduction:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
idea is to see if we can hammer together a fast and dirty (but not too dirty)
set of indicators giving a compact idea of “cyclability” in a given place:
ease, safety, comfort. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think
Stephen put it quite well when he reminded me: “</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Provided that the
settlement is reasonably compact, so that most journeys are within the range
of an ordinary person rather than a cycling enthusiast, by far the most
important thing is to give cyclists a safe and agreeable environment.”
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">That
is to say a place in which (a) you would want your family to cycle and (b)
which also provides a good prospective environment for city or public bikes of
the sort that has recently come into plan in the world of new mobility and
whose potential transformation potential is something that I believe we are
only now starting to scratch with the new 20,000 free bikes Paris Velib’
project that is to open on 15 July.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">First-cut
Paris indicators – example, for comment and
correction:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Now, here is how I
am looking specifically at the situation here in Paris – based on my own,
on-street observations and admittedly very subjective indicators. I might add
that I received a number of very interesting suggestions for digging deeper,
and indeed if this is possible in your city <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I hope you will give it a try. My
concern is not to let the whole thing get too long or too complicated.
Otherwise, as we say in the language we tend to speak around here,
‘</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR">le
mieux devient l’ennemi du bien</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">”. So
modest does it!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Here is how my
first cut looks this morning for Paris:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<OL style="mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">City
size/density:</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2.1 million people living in 105 sq.
kms, with more than half a million more pouring in from the suburbs, and
most often by public transit, every day:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>– i.e., we have a compact central
city that is as such potentially well suited to cycling – if we were to put
it on a quasi-arbitrary scale of 1-5, I would give it <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">5</SPAN></B>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Cars:</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ca. 0.5 per household – Nice. Maybe
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">4 out of 5</SPAN></B> and working on it.
(Availability of carsharing might be another good car indicator. After all
if you share you are not likely to own and that makes you a prime candidate
for other ways for getting around in the city. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However in Paris we are still in
early days. But fast developing.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Transit
system coverage</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Excellent/dense. (Sure this is subjective, but I an neither selling nor
abusing the city, so let’s try for <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">5</SPAN></B> in this important bikeability
context)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Kms
of cycle path, protected space</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
370 (planned to 500 kms). I’d give it something <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">between 3 and 5</SPAN></B>. (But that said it’s
the kind of situation that most North American cities can for now only dream
about)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Slow
streets</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
or zones: ?? kms. (got to find it) – and expanding quite rapidly.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2
out of 5</SPAN></B> for now, but fast
gaining.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">%
city area easily cyclable: </SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">ca.
90% (my personal estimate, to be cross checked with more informed
sources)<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></B>So call it<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> between 4 and 5.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Cyclable</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
days /year: ca. 90% (personal estimate), ditto, <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">between 4 and
5.</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Cycle
clubs/voice</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Strong/active, plugged in to policy. <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">3
close to 4</SPAN></B> I would say, not least because of their role and
performance in the Mobilien and Velib’
projects)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Vandalism/public
facilities:</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
Not too bad, with some clear exceptions in troubled areas. Let me go for
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">3+</SPAN></B> for now, and we will know a
lot more about it after a year of the
Velib’.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Driver
skills</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">:
Gradually getting better as the density of cyclists increased, but still
plenty room for improvement. At best <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2-3.
</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Police
on bikes (and skates)</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
– Yes, and a great feedback mechanism for the city. I’d say <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">3 going on 4.</SPAN></B>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Philosophy,
Politics, Usefulness:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Cycling
in cities has until very recently and in almost all cities been considered
barely a detail as a daily mobility form. But, and suddenly and strange enough
for most of us, it is starting to pierce into the mainstream of
transportation, let’s call it new mobility policy and practice. In a fast
expanding number of cities, it is no longer trivial, and because of rapid
evolution in terms of our knowledge of what needs to be done to create safe
cycling environments as well as new forms of organization and intermodal
collaboration, we now are seeing it as significant means of getting around in
our cities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">My
thought is that if we can work up something along these lines and then share
it and make it known, we will have a small but possibly useful tool to advance
the cycling agenda in our cities. That would be a great thing to help make
happen.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><B><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Next
steps:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Now
based on this clearly very rough first cut, what I am doing is sharing this
with you for comment – and perhaps with the thought that you might run this or
a similar drill on your own city and let us see how it looks. In parallel, I
am putting this in front of some of the most knowledgeable people here in
Paris, and I am sure that they will have their own ideas on
this.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Once
I have some useful feedback, I will then circulate it to the list in the most
efficient way I can put my hands on.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Hope
this works for you. Keep on peddling.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=EmailStyle15><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Eric
Britton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PS. I you would care
to share this with your lists and networks that would be great. Please invite
them to get back to me on this so we can add theri contributions to the rest.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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