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Germany‘s National
Cycling Plan 20022012
Cooperation between the
Federal Level and the
Länder
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Contents
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Policy resolution
Division of responsibilities for cycling policy
Federal Government-Länder Joint Working Group
Bicycle portal
Bicycle academy
Non-investment cycling projects
Policy Resolution
Resolution to institute National Cycling Plan passed by the German
Parliament in 2002
 Main goal: promotion of cycling
 Supporting municipalities through projects, information and
PR initiatives
 Within the period 2002 - 2012
Cycling as a system
 Not solely about infrastructure
 Non-investment programme
Four pillars
 Federal-Länder joint working group
 Internet Bicycle Portal
 Bicycle Academy
 Federal aid programme for non-investment measures
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Source: German National Cycling Plan
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Division of Responsibilities
Local
 Upkeep and construction of municipal roadways and
paths
 Implementation and planning of specific projects
Länder
 Upkeep and construction of state roads
 Providing the municipalities with funds for specific
projects (e.g. Bike & Ride at train stations)
Federal Government
 Upkeep and construction of motorways
 Providing the legal framework and oversees policy areas
relevant to cycling
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Financing
Federal Level
Regional Level: Länder
Funding noninvestment
measures
Investment Funding
Administrative
District
Local Level (Cities and Municipalities)
Responsible for Cycling: planning and implementation of specific projects
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Government-Länder Joint Working Group (B/L-AK–
pillar 1)
Formed in 1998
Supervised by the BMBVS
Working Group on Cycling
Members representing:
 Several Federal Ministries
 All Länder
 Leading Municipal
Associations
 Deutsche Bahn (German
Railways)
 Cyclist Associations
 Other Players
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B/L-AK (2): Function and Topics
Key organ of vertical integration: exchange of information between
decision-makers and interest groups
Regulatory framework:
optimizing the legal framework
by granting municipalities more
flexibility
Coordination: overview of
target-oriented operational
levels and programmes at
various governmental levels
Tourism: intermodality with
railways, marketing and
enhancing of trans-regional
bicycle paths
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Funding: reviewing
expenditures/funding instruments
for the practitioners database
funding handbook (Förderfibel),
finding approaches to reform the
financing of cycling policy
measures
Communication: exchanging
best-practice, PR measures,
(inter)national knowledge transfer,
organizing expert panels,
workshops, establishing strategic
public-private partnerships
Bicycle portal www.nrvp.de (pillar 2)
Public repository of pooled knowhow with 5000 entries on
 federal initiatives and
funding measures,
 (inter)national practical
examples
 news updates
 literature database
 list of events
Internal area for cooperation and
coordination among cycling
specialists at the federal level
Newsletter to 1500 recipients
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English section www.nrvp.de/en
 CyE download section
 news updates
 international practice
examples
Bicycle academy (pillar 3)
Training to municipal players
Example of themes
Organized “on location”
throughout Germany
Designation of specific surfaces
for cycling traffic
Update participants on latest
technical developments and
changes to the legal framework
Opening of one-way streets for
two-way cycling traffic
Funded by the Federal Ministry
of Transportation, Building and
Urban Development (BMVBS)
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Provisions restricting cycling
traffic on footpaths to protect
pedestrians and improve
transport safety.
Bicycle academy (2)
One-day seminars
Topics
 Structural issues related to
cycle path construction
 Traffic safety and cycling
 Legal issues related to
cycling
 Communication and
cooperation to promote
cycling
Bicycle Academy as brand name
for high quality practice-oriented
training
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Two-day seminars
Conferences
Excursions
Non-investment projects - federal funding (pillar 4)
Cycling promotion is seen by the Federal Government as an
integral part of sustainable urban and transport development
and contributes to
 environment and climate protection
 urban development
 transport safety
 health
Therefore the Federal Government
 facilitates and coordinates competitions, campaigns,
conferences and pilot programmes
 earmarked annual fundings (3 Mio. Euro) in the
federal budget since 2008
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Non-investment cycling projects - federal funding (2)
Measures funded:
 Visible PR measures and
campaigns
 Research initiatives
 Informational measures
 Advanced and further
training programmes
 Transport safety
improvement measures
 General promotion of
dialogue
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 Dissemination of information
on positive impacts of cycling
Spheres of action
 Health
 Environmental issues
 Urban development
 Transport
 Transport safety
 Tourism
Sources and Links
National Cycling Plan 2002–2012 “Ride Your Bike”: www.nrvp.de
(http://edoc.difu.de/edoc.php?id=YFGDITZ2)
Second German federal government cycling report on the state of
cycling in the Federal Republic of Germany, 2007:
www.bmvbs.de/Anlage/original_1018367/
Zweiter-Fahrradbericht-der-Bundesregierung-barrierefrei.pdf (in
German)
Funding guidelines, application forms, bulletins:
www.nrvp.de/foerderung-bund/foerderungnrvp/antragstellung.phtml (in German)
Measures supported within the context of the National Cycling Plan:
www.nrvp.de/foerderung-bund/foerderung-nrvp/massnahmen.phtml
(in German)
Imprint Publisher: German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) gGmbH, Zimmerstraße 13–15, 10969 Berlin, Department Mobility and
Infrastructure. Editors: Sara Van Boeckhout, Jörg Thiemann-Linden [email protected] [email protected]
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