Cycling safety: practical education for primary school pupils and residents of Lublin

Aleksander Wiącek, Bicycle Agreement of Lublin

www.LublinRowerem.pl

History of organisation

• 2007 – beginning Bicycle Agreement of Lublin

• 2009 – we are members

of the organization

„Cities for Bicycles”• 2011 – Bicycle Agreement of Lublin is already

a part of Society for Nature and Man

Year Teoretical(2x45 min)

Practical(2/3x45 min)

Total participants

2011 10 - ~ 250

2012 20 - ~ 500

2013 70+20* 36 ~ 3500

2014 60+20* 40 ~ 4000

Statistic of education (all)

Projects and funding

• „Cycling Acceleration” – 2011/12 – as a partner of Wrocławska Inicjatywa Rowerowa

• „Bicycle School” – from 2013 to present as a partner of Wrocławska Inicjatywa Rowerowa

• „Lublin by Bike. A campaign for sustainable transport behavior” – from 2013 to present (our project)

Project’s Funding

• National Fund For Environmental Protection And Water Management

• Swiss Grants• City Hall of Lublin• Fund of Civil Initiatives

Project’s Funding

• National Fund For Environmental Protection And Water Management

• Swiss Grants• City Hall of Lublin• Fund of Civil Initiatives

Cycling education in Poland (present)

• In 4 or 5 class of primary school every pupil can do it „bicycle card” (but it’s not obligatory)

• „Bicycle card” exam includes theoretical (test – 20 question) and „practical” part at school but without riding on a bike in real traffic conditions.

so…

So… „Bicycle card” – is a paper for nothing

Cycling education in Poland (present)

so…

Without „bicycle card” you can’t ride (and training) by bike on the streets (zone 30 km/h f.e.), but with „bicycle card” you must riding on a bike together with cars and trucks on many dangerous street without any abilities! (if don’t have bike infrastructure).

Part one: Meeting in front of school

(about 45 min, only for pupils)Since 2014 (new)

Meeting at school playground

• Rules of a bicycle ride• Checking mandatory bike equipment (lights,

reflector, brakes, bell)• Checking the bike condition (brakes,

derailleurs, pressure, handlebar and others)• Excercise of coordination (emergency braking,

turning, riding in the column)

Meeting in front of school

School playground

Emergency braking

Coordination

Turns

Ride in pairs

Look behind you and signal

Technical support

Compressor

Part two:

Riding in real traffic conditions (90 min for pupils, 2,5h for residents)

Bikeway

Bikeway

Bikeway

Bikeway

End of bikeway – „dark age”

End of bikeway – yield

Bikeway and street intersection

Bikeway and street intersection

Bikeway and street intersection

Bicycle roundabout without signs

Contra flow on one-way streets

Contra flow on one-way streets

Contra flow on one-way streets

Virtual „Contra flow” on one-way streets

Bike lanes

Bike lanes

Bike lanes

Sidewalk – when you can?

Streets without cycling infrastructure

Streets without cycling infrastructure

Streets without cycling infrastructure

Streets with bus-lane

Preparation for individual exercise

Intersection with yield sign

Intersection with yield sign

Intersection with yield sign

Intersection with yield sign

Zone 30 km/h

How to turning left?- steps

• Look behind you• Signal (left hand)• Change your position on the lane (from right

side to middle of street) or change lane• Yield (if necessary)• Turn with both hands on handlebar!

Turning left – right-of-way intersection

Turning left – right-of-way intersection

Turning left – right-of-way intersection

Turning left - from the middle of street

Turning left – from the middle of street

Turning left – from the middle of street

Turning left – from the middle of street

Turning left – from the middle of lane

Riding on roundabout

Riding in the middle of the lane on the intercestion

3 principles of safe parking

• Good bike rack (U-rack), not cable lock!

• Good bicycle lock (U-lock, chain)

• Common sense

Bicycle parking

Bicycle parking

Bicycle parking

Lublin City Bike

Lublin City Bike

Lublin City Bike

Lublin City Bike

Lublin City Bike

Future?

Future?

• Cooperation with The Voivodship Center of Road Traffic

• Training for teachers (maybe on the example of France – FUB)

• Change the current system of training (experience from Holland, mass and obligatory practical cycling eduaction)

Thank you for your attention