Designing an integrated bicycle-transit network
Development of a design approach and a network design for the case study Binckhorst, The Hague
Simone Geurts (TU Delft - Civil Engineering & Geosciences)
Serge Hoogendoorn – Mentor (TU Delft - Civil Engineering & Geosciences)
Niels van Oort – Mentor (Transport and Planning)
Danique Ton – Mentor (Transport and Planning)
Wijnand Veeneman – Mentor (TU Delft - Technology, Policy and Management)
Sander Buningh – Mentor (BAM Infraconsult)
Marc Kaelani – Mentor (BAM Infraconsult)
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Abstract
The increasing urbanisation leads to more traffic movements in cities. Since car traffic in particular has a negative impact on the livability in the city, an alternative for car travel should be investigated to discourage car use. A possible alternative for car use could be the integrated bicycle-transit mode. Although more and more research is being conducted on shared bicycle systems and the combination with public transport, there is still no clear approach to design such an integrated system. The aim of this research was to develop a design approach for bicycle-transit, and subsequently this approach was applied to a case study. First, a spatial multi-criteria analysis was used to find suitable locations for shared bicycle docking stations. Secondly, an assessment framework was drawn up to determine the indicators on the basis of which different network designs were assessed. Finally, traveller flows have been investigated to analyse several alternative network designs. From this research, it was concluded that the optimal network for the case study Binckhorst in The Hague consists of four shared bicycle stations and a tram line between the train stations Den Haag CS and Voorburg.