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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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