The Department of Transport of Lisbon metro region launched a tool to support the planning, design, assessment and development of a metropolitan cycling network – biclaR – based on the Propensity do Cycle Tool methods. It is a platform accessible to citizens and organizations, at biclar.tmlmobilidade.pt._x000D_
biclaR is an online tool with information on estimates of the effects of strategic policies to promote cycling: 1) increasing to the government targets of 4% (2025) and 10% (2030) of the total number of trips made by bicycle, 2) investing in a cycling network oriented to the first and last mile of intermodal trips, and 3) incentives to purchase electric bicycles._x000D_
Their results provide insight into which connections between districts most need cycling infrastructure improvements to accommodate the transition to more people commuting by bicycle, and to make the existing network safer – following the principle that a safe infrastructure will have a better impact on leveraging cycling levels. In addition, biclaR provides information on the socio-economic benefits for each section of infrastructure, thus supporting policy makers in communicating their decisions and to apply to other funds._x000D_
This presentation aims to present the tool, which was developed in open source, in a collaboration between the University of Lisbon and the University of Leeds, and its entire process from the beginning, which involved the participation of the 18 municipalities and local stakeholders, including the presentation of the Project, an OpenStreetMap editing and updating training, workshops for estimating socio-economic impacts using the Heat for Cycling tool from the World Health Organization, and workshop for using the biclaR tool._x000D_
We believe that this experience, evolving all the stakeholders and resulting in an open source tool, may strengthen the use of biclaR to support decision making at different levels and communicate the cycling infrastructure strategies to a broader audience.

Rosa Félix, Filipe Moura
CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa

 
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