Progress on Germany's 200 mile long bicyclebahn

http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany...-highways.html

"As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost two million people live within two kilometres of the route and will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the roads every day, an RVR study predicts."

Cheers

On 2016-06-27 13:43, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany...-highways.html

"As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just
opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle
highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm
and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks
in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost two million people live within two kilometres of the route and
will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin
Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out
of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the
roads every day, an RVR study predicts."


Here is the whole thing including video links to branch off onto
connecting trails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZdFFt8u6I8

It's mostly a rail trail. Many of the train signals have been left in
place. If we really want to foster bicycle use this is the way to do it.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

On 6/27/2016 6:48 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-06-27 13:43, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany...-highways.html

"As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just
opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle
highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm
and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks
in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost two million people live within two kilometres of the route and
will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin
Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out
of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the
roads every day, an RVR study predicts."


Here is the whole thing including video links to branch off onto
connecting trails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZdFFt8u6I8

It's mostly a rail trail. Many of the train signals have been left in
place. If we really want to foster bicycle use this is the way to do it.

Yes - if you want to foster bicycle use on rail trails, that is. What
if I want to ride to the hardware store instead?


--
- Frank Krygowski

On Monday, June 27, 2016 at 10:41:12 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/27/2016 6:48 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-06-27 13:43, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany...-highways.html

"As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just
opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle
highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm
and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks
in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost two million people live within two kilometres of the route and
will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin
Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out
of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the
roads every day, an RVR study predicts."


Here is the whole thing including video links to branch off onto
connecting trails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZdFFt8u6I8

It's mostly a rail trail. Many of the train signals have been left in
place. If we really want to foster bicycle use this is the way to do it.

Yes - if you want to foster bicycle use on rail trails, that is. What
if I want to ride to the hardware store instead?


--
- Frank Krygowski

With it connecting 10 cities over 100 kilometers (not 200 kms as in the title = Oops) there's a rather good chance you could use it to ride to a hardware store or many other stores.

Cheers

Am 28.06.2016 um 06:13 schrieb Sir Ridesalot:
It's mostly a rail trail. Many of the train signals have been
left in place. If we really want to foster bicycle use this is
the way to do it.

Yes - if you want to foster bicycle use on rail trails, that is.
What if I want to ride to the hardware store instead?

With it connecting 10 cities over 100 kilometers (not 200 kms as in
the title = Oops) there's a rather good chance you could use it to
ride to a hardware store or many other stores.

If you happen to live close to the trail, chances are that a rail trail
offers easy crossings of 'people-separators' (like rivers, freeways,
ground-level railroad lines). Former freight railroads (especially the
freight-bypasses of a city-center rail terminus) can offer an easy,
traffic-free access to the city center, even in the USA (the Cedar-lake
trail in Minneapolis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Lake_Trail gave
to the city in 1995 what this new trail does in 2016).

In Heidelberg, the city has recently developed some 15,000 apartments on
the former freight station, so this is ideally tied in to the route of
the former freight railroads, offering a nice 'linear park' from the new
development towards the old town ;-)

Whether the inter-city aspect of the new 'Ruhr Highway' will be relevant
in the future, only time can tell; from the plans it will be a valuable
addition to the cycling infrastructure of approx. half of the cities
touched, with the trail being completely off-center for the other half.

Rolf

On Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:41:08 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 6/27/2016 6:48 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-06-27 13:43, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany...-highways.html

"As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just
opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle
highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm
and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks
in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost two million people live within two kilometres of the route and
will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin
Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out
of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the
roads every day, an RVR study predicts."


Here is the whole thing including video links to branch off onto
connecting trails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZdFFt8u6I8

It's mostly a rail trail. Many of the train signals have been left in
place. If we really want to foster bicycle use this is the way to do it.

Yes - if you want to foster bicycle use on rail trails, that is. What
if I want to ride to the hardware store instead?

Take the car, of course.
--
cheers,

John B.

Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 6/27/2016 6:48 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-06-27 13:43, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany...-highways.html

"As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just
opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle
highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm
and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks
in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost two million people live within two kilometres of the route and
will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin
Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out
of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the
roads every day, an RVR study predicts."


Here is the whole thing including video links to branch off onto
connecting trails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZdFFt8u6I8

It's mostly a rail trail. Many of the train signals have been left in
place. If we really want to foster bicycle use this is the way to do it.

Yes - if you want to foster bicycle use on rail trails, that is. What
if I want to ride to the hardware store instead?

that rather depends on where the orginal railway went to and where the
shops and what not are now.

have a few of these in uk, on the whole they are nice places to ride,
but don't go anywhere useful.

the ones that would normally have been built on long ago.

Roger Merriman

Oh Frank....the mall IS ON THE BIKE ROUTE

On 2016-06-27 19:41, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/27/2016 6:48 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-06-27 13:43, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany...-highways.html

"As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just
opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle
highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm
and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks
in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost two million people live within two kilometres of the route and
will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin
Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out
of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the
roads every day, an RVR study predicts."


Here is the whole thing including video links to branch off onto
connecting trails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZdFFt8u6I8

It's mostly a rail trail. Many of the train signals have been left in
place. If we really want to foster bicycle use this is the way to do it.

Yes - if you want to foster bicycle use on rail trails, that is.


No, it foster cycling in general. Whether you believe it or not.


... What if I want to ride to the hardware store instead?


Same as where I live. You use ... the bike path. I prefer stores that
can be reached via those over stores that can't be. Currently four large
HW stores can be reached via bike paths and lanes: Home Depot in
Placerville, Home Depot in Folsom, Lowe's in Folsom and OSH (which AFAIR
was bought by Lowe's). Plus a lot more down towards the valley.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 6:44:00 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-06-27 19:41, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/27/2016 6:48 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-06-27 13:43, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany...-highways.html

"As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just
opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle
highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.

It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm
and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks
in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.

Almost two million people live within two kilometres of the route and
will be able to use sections for their daily commutes, said Martin
Toennes of regional development group RVR.

Aided by booming demand for electric bikes, which take the sting out
of uphill sections, the new track should take 50,000 cars off the
roads every day, an RVR study predicts."


Here is the whole thing including video links to branch off onto
connecting trails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZdFFt8u6I8

It's mostly a rail trail. Many of the train signals have been left in
place. If we really want to foster bicycle use this is the way to do it.