Sustainable Promotion of Cycling in Winter through Optimised Winter Road Maintenance (WinRad)
Christian Holldorb, Jan Riel, Tim Wiesler, Thorsten Cypra, Niklas März · 2024
Summary
A comprehensive German research report examining how optimised winter maintenance can support year-round cycling. Based on field studies in Karlsruhe, Cologne and Munich, cyclist surveys, de-icing material experiments and cost-benefit assessments, it provides evidence-based recommendations for winter maintenance operations, cycling infrastructure design and service prioritisation. Short version to be dowloaded: https://fops.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BASt-FK-04-2024-WinRad.pdf
Summary in original language (German)
Der Forschungsbericht untersucht Winterdienstverfahren auf Radwegen anhand von Praxisversuchen, Befragungen und Nutzen-Kosten-Analysen und entwickelt Empfehlungen für einen sicheren und durchgängigen Radverkehr im Winter.
- Topics
- Planning & DesignMaintenance & OperationsData & MonitoringPolicy, Strategy & Governance
- Target audience
- PoliticiansPolicy makersUrban plannersTraffic plannersMaintenancePromoters & advocates
- Mode
- Cycling
- Conditions
- Year-roundWinter
- Countries
- Germany(Karlsruhe, Cologne and Munich)
- Language
- German
- Access
- Open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
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- E-WIN – Efficient Winter Maintenance of Cycling Infrastructure in German Cities: The Example of Hamburg · Research · Report · 2023