India Bicycle

MissionTRANSFORMING INDIAN SUB CONTINENT INTO A HEALTHY - WEALTHY & VIBRANT HABITAT

Murali H R, Namma Cycle , Ride A Cycle Foundation, Bangaloremurali@nammacycle.inwww.nammacycle.in99450 66612

Transforming India through the

Bicycle Wheel

PRO PEOPLE

PRO ACTIVITY

PARTICIPATION

INCLUSION

EQUALITY

TRANSPARENCY

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NEETI AYOG – TRANSFORMING INDIA THROUGH CYCLING - INVISIBLE CYCLING TO VISIBLE CYCLING

Outline

Principles of Cycling

Philosophy of Cycling

Policy of Cycling by Govt of India

Inspiration

Vision

Mission

Goals and Objectives

Strategies & Implementation Guidelines

Impacts

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About Ride-A-Cycle Foundation

Ride-A-Cycle Foundation is a Non Profit NGO that wants to encourage cycling – as a form of recreation, sport and

as a means to commute to work.

Ride-A-Cycle Foundation will lobby for the rights of cyclists and for laws that offer protection to cyclists through

dedicated cycling lanes as well as through support for safety regulations. We hope to work with the government

administration to bring about change aimed at encouraging cycling in our cities.

www.rideacycle.org

Namma Cycle is a Bicycle Sharing Project being executed at IISc, Bangalore since last 3 years.

www.nammacycle.in

Principles of Cycling –

5 E’s – 2 H & 1 S

Energy

•India imports 80,000 crore of energy –unsustainable in the long run

•Mental, Physical, Spiritual energy is burnt in the traffic

Equity & Equality

•The poor people have no mobility option –walk/cycle

•Pedestrian death highest in cities.

•Cyclists /Pedestrians lack respect

Economics

•The economics of space/time/energy is highly expensive for the car based mobility systems, cycle consumes less space/less time and less energy in cities.

Ecology & Environment

•Air & Noise pollution is reaching dangerous proportion.

•Cycle will reduce significantly the noise and air pollution.

Emancipation of the Soul

•Car based Mobility creates lot of binding for the soul as body is at the center of mobility

•Cycle focused society frees the soul and enables non violence movement

Health & Happiness

•Cycling enables strong community bonding and leads to more happiness

•Cycling improves the health and fitness.

Safety

•Cycling enhances the safety of the city in general reducing accidents.

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Energy Can NITI AYOG TRANSFORM THE ENERGY MATRIX by reducing the

fuel consumed pro actively by enabling alternate mode of

commute ?

Can we enable public transport for all Tier 2/3 cities

Can we enable cycling & walking

Nation consumes around 80,000 – 1 lakh crore of imported fuel.

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Ecology and Environment

Human activities are responsible for the degrading environment

Ecological damage is irreversible and takes a long time to heal.

Many species have already vanished.

Cycle wheel is the wheel that will bring back life.

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Equity and Equality

Modern automobile culture encroaches on the principles of

―Liberty, Fraternity and Equality “ – Enshrined in the Constitution of

India.

No liberty - the poor with no motor vehicle have no liberty to move .

No Equality - The pedestrians are mowed down by reckless vehicle

and they have no respect on the roads.

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Health 9

India having the worlds largest diabetes population

Child Obesity Increasing in Urban Habitats

Average expenditure 10,000 Rs in India

Safety

Cyclists have not killed any one – then why kill the cycling culture

Indian Roads are the most dangerous roads for pedestrians

Road accident is the biggest killer and most of the killed are in the age group – 20 – 30.

ENABLING CYCLING significantly reduces the road accident, as it creates a more human and living environment

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http://www.jotr.in/articles/2013/6/1/images/JOrthopTraumatolRehabil_2013_6_1_1_118718_f1.jpg

Cost – Benefits of various mobility

modes

CAR based mobility

has little benefits if

the car users

increase

exponentially.

CYCLING travel

time is comparable

to cars.

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Source : https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/BicycleStrategyFinal_0.pdf

Philosophy of cycling

Vedic Philosophy

• Namo brahmane namaste vaayotwameva pratyakshamBrahmaasi twaameva pratyakshambrahma vadishyaami

• Prostrations to Thee, O Vayu! Thou art the visible Brahman. I shall proclaim Thee as the visible Brahman. I shall call Thee the just and the True. May He protect the teacher and me! May he protect the teacher! Om peace, peace, peace!

• Vedic seers treated the “VAAYU” as the supreme being. India being a Hindu Nation should show the way for venerating the life giving force -VAAYU.

• This can be done by enabling cycling and reducing the pollution

Buddhist Philosophy

• Buddha taught humanity to make effort to reduce the sorrow and suffering on one self and also the society.

• Societies which have promoted active life style have more happiness and less sorrow as they have more opportunities to interact and exchange stories and hence better integrated.

• Less noise and clean air leads to a meditative atmosphere.

• Cycling enables movement through compassion.

• Compassion is the highest form of intelligence and wisdom.

Jaina Philosophy

• The Motor culture creates tremendous amount of violence and the children are denied the freedom to move out in all towns and cities.

• The Motor culture kills and injures life and violence is continuous.

• Most of the trees are removed from the roads to make way for cars. This removes the habitats for trees as well

• Cycling and walking leads to a more accommodative and less violent way of living.

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National Urban Transport Policy -

GOI

Equitable allocation of road space -

focus on people rather than

vehicles

Non-Motorized Transport is

environmentally friendly and

must be given their due share

Have to address safety concerns of pedestrians

and cyclists

Features such as safe bicycle

parking, shade, landscaping, drinking & resting

stations needed

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COPENHAEGAN

LONDON

SANFRANCISCO

PARISEvery City is planning for cycling –

Why not INDIA ?

Global Bicycling Conditions

Amsterdam, Copenhaegan leading

China is also leading the world.

BUT INDIA IS A NON STARTER

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Vision

Transform the Urban India into a Happy Habitat by enabling cycling

and walking.

Public Transport sustainability to be a top focus area.

Integrated mobility design a important criteria.

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NEETI AYOG TRANSFORMATION

Framework

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Economics

Politics

Execution

Bicycle Industry

Transforms itself

PM promotes cycling

Urban & Tourism

Ministry set goals for cycling

improvement

NEETI AYOG

TRANSFORMATION

EFFECT

1. Building Bicycle Eco System in India

2. Innovative Bicycles for the people at low cost

3. Innovative Bicycle Rickshaws Introduction

4. Bicycle and Women – enabling good cycles for women

5. Bicycle Infrastructure for towns and cities

6. Bicycle Promotion thro the PM’s office

Strategic Stakeholders

India Bicycle Mission

Bicycle Infrastructure

Urban Ministry

Enable creation of the infrastructure

Bicycle Master Planning for all the

cities

Enable smart show case for

demonstrating the practicability of

cycling

Bicycle Industry

Bicycle Quality Improvement

Bicycle Design New Products and

Boosting the Export

Bicycle Tourism

Enabling Bicycle Tourism

Bicycle Promotion

Create a positive vibe around the

cycle by creating campaigns like

was done to prevent AIDS

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Mission Steps and Schedule

Best Practices review

• Amsterdam / Copnehaegan

• Beijing & Shanghai & Tokyo

City Mobility Data Inventory

• Ask all Urban Cities to give the MOBILITY INDICATORs

• Identify the low hanging fruits ietarget cities which can be transformed easilly

Assessment

• Support facilities & programs

Goals , Objectives &

Target for each city / state to meet the NMT

index

Funding and Prioritization

Design, Environmental

clearance, Implementation

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Transit Shift Strategy for each city 20

KEY IDEAS

Bicycle cultures are constructed in relation to patterns of urban history and spatial development; policies and infrastructure; cultural attitudes toward mobility and urban space; and informal perceptions and behavioral codes.

A focus on mobility systems and how people actually move around cities demonstrates how urban spaces and their design can have important impacts on social relations.

As the case studies of three cities demonstrates, changes in policy and infrastructure can play a role in promoting bicycle use, but bicycle use in cities is also highly sensitive to cultural attitudes, social relations, and local histories.

What is Urban “Bicycle Culture?”

The social and political-economic organization, shared meanings, and actual skills, practices, and norms involved in riding a bicycle through a city.

Variations in these dynamics from city to city are related to the production of distinctive social dynamics, norms, and experiences surrounding bicycles.

Urban Form, Mobility Systems, and

BicyclesLife in cities is bound up with getting to and from places, and people are ever more mobile in their cities.

Patterns of urban development shape mobility dynamics as well as social and economic relations.

In North America and Europe, many cities underwent redevelopment as ―mass transit‖ cities in the 19th century and then in the 20th underwent intensive automobilization, transforming the physical character and social dynamics of urban cores in often negative ways.

In the fast-growing ―megacities‖ of the Global South, rapid growth, poverty, expensive and inefficient means of urban transportation, and unplanned motorization have made intra-urban mobility difficult.

In these contexts—and because of policy, infrastructural, and social conditions—bicycles have been marginalized.

Urban Form, Mobility Systems, and

Bicycles

Yet, increasing numbers of urban theorists, transportation planners, and increasingly certain governments, assert that bicycles need to play a role in addressing contemporary problems of urban development and mobility:

Population density and mixed land use make for congestion when cars are in use. But they also make for short distances for bicycle travel.

Bicycles are flexible and take up little space; are efficient, inexpensive, and non-polluting; offer health benefits; and infrastructure investments are inexpensive.

Bicycles can improve urban quality of life, though debates over gentrification-by-bicycle have become intense in certain U.S. cities.

Studies show that infrastructural and policy changes can support bicycle use…although these studies tend to be culturally uninformed.

The Case Studies: Four Cities

Amsterdam (Netherlands), Bogotá (Colombia), Sao Paulo (Brazil ) , Bangalore (Central Business District.)

Why them? Each has self-consciously prioritized bicycle use, yet in distinctive measures given distinct histories and cultures.

Questions:

What makes a city conducive to bicycle use?

What kinds of infrastructural, political-economic, and social qualities characterize cycling in these cities?

Who rides, and what are the ordinary pleasures and perils, meanings, skills, and politics of riding in them?

Amsterdam: “The Bicycle City”Key Characteristics:

Cycling as ―natural‖ and apolitical, not done by ―cyclists‖

Extensive bike lanes, cycle tracks, and parking, limitations on automobiles.

Cycling renaissance set against a backdrop of decline in bikes, rise of cars post-WWII

• Distinctive association between the bicycle and Dutch national character:

bicycles as ―modest‖ transportation.

• Actual riding through the city is ―organized chaos‖ based on subtle skills and

reading intentions of others, much of which has been learned since childhood.

• Bicycle culture still in formation: shifting meanings, new bicycle types, ongoing

reimagination of the city as ―hip‖ and ―sustainable‖ in which bicycles play a role.

Bogotá: The Right to the City

Key Characteristics:

Cycling as protagonist in urban transformation based on idea that all should have right to the city

Sunday Ciclovías since 1974 and Cicloruta built in 2000s, both viewed as critical to quality of life.

Colombians identify with cycling. City streets and sidewalks had been overrun with cars and buses.

Charismatic mayors, enabled by political changes giving more autonomy to city, committed to developing bicycle infrastructure.

• Most riders on cicloruta are low-income men. Ciclovías more socially and economically-diverse and large-scale.

• Perceptions of insecurity on the cicloruta are common, still requiresengagement with cars.

• Political momentum for bicycle infrastructure has stagnated. New civil society groups have emerged to promote bicycle use.

Sao Paulo: The Right to the City

Key Characteristics:

The initiative is part of a project backed by the city's mayor, Fernando Haddad.

Planned to expand Sao Paulo's existing network of bike lanes from 64.7km (40 miles) to 400km in length by 2016.

Bangalore : “Bike Friendliness” in

central business district Key Characteristics:

India’s ―Largest Bike Friendly Community.‖

―Share the road,‖ an idea and ideology that’s been around for a long time, and it forces cyclists to adapt to motor vehicle system.

Tender Sure project accommodates cycling & walking.

• Significant increase in the cycling population from the IT Sector.

• Support from Local Municipality and Government.

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3: Street Vendors

4: Second Lane of Parking

5: Pedestrians

6: Single Traffic Lane available

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Present Scenario in INDIA -

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

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The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany have been among the most successful countries at promoting cycling for daily travel. Since all three countries are quite rich, their high levels of cycling are not due to an inability to afford more expensive transport modes but due to the deliberate option to follow the path of wisdom.

Transport and land-use policies in all these nations shifted drastically to favor walking, cycling and public transport over the private car. The policy reform was a reaction to the increasingly harmful environmental, energy and safety impacts of rising car use.

These nations created the following infrastructure :

Extensive systems of separate cycling facilities including bicycle lanes and bicycle tracks.

Bicycle Parking

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Mandate for Urban Cities

Create a Network Framework for citywide cycling

Prioritize – Evaluate- Fund long/short term cycle projects

Each city to publish the ―proposed target‖.

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Bicycle Infrastructure for enabling

cycling

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Bicycle sharing - Public Bicycle

Schemes Worldwide

bike-sharing.blogspot.com/ - China & Europe leading the way

Outcomes

Increase low-cost sustainable mobility options in the city

Reduce pressure on PT systems

Induce new cycle ridership – non-captive users

Put the spotlight on cycling

Create environment for

enhancing cycle-friendliness of the

city

Impacts

100 station / 2000 cycle system

Generates 4 million trips in 1 year

Saves 2 lakh litres of petrol

Reduces Carbon emissions by 500 tons

Components

Public Bicycle

SchemesFinancing

Planning + Monitoring

& Evaluation

Brand & Design

Cycle Stations

Cycles

Technology

Operations

Models - PPP

Outdoor Advertisement Corporate Sponsored

- City grants rights to public hoarding spaces- Needs tightly controlled city hoarding policy- Outdoor Advertisement Companies often major players in this market (Clear Channel, JCDecaux)

- City and Sponsor/s work closely together- Reduces advertisement clutter in the city- Large companies with strong city connections (Rio Tinto, Barclays, Denver B-Cycle)

Comparison

City/Scheme Start Date Stations Cycles Cycles/Station

Paris/Velib July 2007 1450 20,600 14

London/Barclays July 2010 400 6000 15

Montreal/Bixi May 2009 400 5000 12

Washington D.C/CapitalBikes Sept 2010 100 1100 11

Hangzhou Oct 2008 2200 60,000 27

Wuhan Aug 2009 740 21,000 28

Highlights

• France has ~ 30 cities with such schemes

• ClearChannel and Cyclocity (JCDecaux) major systems in Europe

• B-Cycle and BIXI major systems in N. America

Branding

Branding

Cycles

Unisex

Simple 3-gear system

Aluminum frame - light, strong, durable

One-piece handlebar covers and protects all components

All cables and derailleur covered for better protection

Chain protector integrated into bike structure

Active lighting - front and back, always on

Front and rear internal brakes for greater safety

Adjustable seat positioning

Low center of gravity for greater stability

Tires – high quality, puncture resistant

5 year guarantee

Cycles

Reforms

Need for Institutional set-up within city – NMT Cell

Commitment to goals in line with NUTP – Comprehensive Mobility Plans

Cycling Policy – National / State / City

Bicycle Master Plan

Creating + Fixing Cycling Infrastructure

Costs

Expense Head Amount

Staff (attendants, supervisors, office) 2,00,000

Cycle Station (capital cost annualized

over 10 years)

50,000

Cycle Replacement 60,000

IT + O & M 30,000

Transport 36,000

Admin (6%) 24,000

TOTAL 4 lakhs

50%

12%

15%

8%

9%6%

Public Bicycle SchemeCost per Station (annual)

Staff

(attendants, supervisors, offic

e)Cycle Station (capital cost

annualized over 10 years)

Cycle Replacement

IT + O & M

Transport

Admin (6%)

Financing

Advertisement/Sp

onsors, 2

Rental

Revenue, 0.3

Viability Gap

Funding, 0.4

MoUD /Sustainable

Habitat Mission, 0.3

City, 1

Sources

Rental revenue depends critically on first hour rate structure

National Target

City Category (population)

Number of

Cities targeted

for scheme

Number of

Cycle Stations

(per city)

Total Cycle

Stations

Number of

Cycles*

Large (2 million +) 5 500 2500 50,000

Medium (half million – 2

million)10 250 2500 50,000

Small (less than half million) 25 100 2500 50,000

TOTAL 40 7500 150,000

* 20 cycles per station

Estimated Budget Support

200 – 300 crores for operational subsidies (annual)

220 – 380 crores for cycles

5 crores for Capacity Building / Technical Assistance

2 crore for the IT System

Bicycle Industry Innovation

Bicycle Industry

Rennaisance

Indian Bicycle Industry needs support from the government.

Ludhiana the hub of the cycle industry is itself highly polluted, compare it with Taipei which is the hub of making quality cycles.

They promote the city as a cycling city consciously and also make more business.

Can we Transform LUDHIANA with the support of the industry into a cycle city – so that it can act as a model ?

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Marketing and Selling

Provide Subsidy and award the best bicycle designers and manufacturere

Make available good quality bicycles of different type at low price.

Manufacturing

Emulate Taiwanese Model to become the world leader in Bicycle Manufacturing

Bicycle Part Manufacturing to be enabled

Design

Design High Quality Easy to Ride Bicycles Design different bicycles

Action for Implementation

Creation of BICYCLE MASTER PLAN for Tier 2 cities and Tier 3 cities.

This will lead to Creation of a city-wide cycle track network and cycle-safe streets

A city-wide Public Bicycle Scheme

Bicycle to be de facto public transport vehicle.

Bicycle Parking Facilities

Enable safe- convenient bicycle parking at Parks/Malls/Hotels/Cinemas/Religious Locations/Bus

Stops etc.

Integration with Public Transport

Cycling Promotion

Adoption and use of Design Guidelines for planning and implementing cycle-friendly infrastructure

Institutional Mechanisms, Capacity-building and Financial Planning for implementing the plan

Skill Building Training the Urban Engineers about the need for NMT infrastructure.

Awareness and Education Campaigns

Reward for cities that have created the infra for cycling.

Public Involvement across cities

Ward-level meetings

Key stakeholder interviews/training to be conducted

Media strategy / Media Partners for dissemination of information

Public meetings and stakeholder interactions should use audio/visual materials, presentations, panel displays and other innovative methods. Bilingual materials (English and Marathi) required

Social Media to be used effectively

All materials should be available on a website –indiabicyclemission.gov.in

The plan summary, draft plan, final plan, maps, charts should be available as print copies.

The plan summary should be easy to understand and be available in English and Local Language.

Innovative Bicycles for the people

The bicycle industry abroad has

undergone a great revolution and

they have made lot of new

inventions in making bicycles for

different needs like cargo

carrying, carrying kids etc.

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Bicycle Usage TransformationCurrent Usage in India Bicycle Usage

This is a Cargo cycle used in EUROPE.This can carry around 70Kgs

easilly and safely.

These type of cargo bikeswith Cargo can carry moreweight and help streetvendors take their productseasily.

This can carry kids and also cargo of around 100 Kgs easilly.Ergonomic/Aerobic design enables easy ride.

Can be used to carry Cargoand also kids for shorter trips.

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Bicycle Technology Park – BTP on

lines similar to STPOpening Bicycle

Technology Park Invite world’s biggest cycle

manufacturers and cycle related accessories in set up Bicycle Manufacturing under ―MAKE IN INDIA‖.

Set up the park with TAX FREE provisions similar to what was given for the IT INDUSTRY – Software Technology Park.

Taiwan has created such parks and has given a big boost to such parks.

Existing facilities in LUDHIANA/CHENNAI/PUNE to be upgraded to compete with world class facilities.

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Womens Mobility – Special Care

Special Bicycle for women

Both Urban and Rural women

have to face multiple mobility

challenges .

They infact do more trips than the

men.

Provide special bicycles for

women in rural areas.

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Bicycle Rickshaw UpgradeCurrent Indian RickshawPedicabs are very popular in Europe.

Indian Scientists tried to build a pedicab that runs on Solar Power.

But the project was not a success.

We need to introduce Pedicabs in Small Towns and Tier-2 Cities.

Need to Upgrade into a

more modern Pedicab

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Bicycle Tourism along rivers

Build bicycle path along the rivers.

Conserve all lakes in urban areas by constructing bicycle tracks.

Transform the area around following rivers for walking and cycling

Kaveri

Narmada

Godavari

Ganga

Sindhu – Jhelum and areas in Punjab

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Upgrade Tourist Destination to support cycling

- Bicycle Paths with clear maps

India has high density tourist

destination like Ajanta, Ellora – we

should be creating good tracks for

tourists to enjoy the country side.

IDENTIFY top 10 tourist destinations

in India and enable cycling

Infrastructure.

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National Bicycle Route Creation

We need to create a National Bicycle Route for tourists to enjoy cycling

the country like the way it is created in US and Europe.

Has huge revenue potential for tourism in billions.

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EURO VELO – AN INSPIRATION FOR

ASIA

EuroVelo:

promotes economically, environmentally and socially sustainable travel;

improves the quality of EuroVelo routes in all participating European countries;

promotes the uniform signing of EuroVelo routes in accordance with published standards;

provides Europe-wide information on EuroVelo routes and national cycle routes;

supports the development of national coordination centres for EuroVelo route and

national routes; and

fosters exchange of experience and best practice between European states and

regions, stimulating high quality cycle strategies and infrastructure.

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The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) is coordinating the development of a network of high-quality cycling routes that connect the whole

continent. The routes can be used by long-distance cycle tourists, as well as by local people making daily journeys. EuroVelo currently comprises of

14 routes and it is envisaged that the network will be substantially complete by 2020.

ASIA VELO – ALONG THE SILK ROAD

India should take the lead in creating a cycle route for the entire asia so that people to

people contact increases in ASIA.

The current Asia resembles the Europe of the last century with each country fighting its

neighbor.

Honorable PM who is a cyclist himself should be the chairman of ASIA VELO – the

organization that will enable Asians to cycle in ASIA.

EACH ASIAN COUNTRY should create a network of routes for Asians to explore.

ASIA to connect EUROPE through a cycling route via AFGHANISTAN - IRAN.

ASIANS not in touch with each other for 500 years leading to colonization by Europe.

In 1453, however, the Ottomans took Constantinople & SILK ROAD was closed. ASIA –

EUROPE DISCONNECTED by LAND since 1400.

The ASIA VELO will enable Asians to come in touch with one another and be partners for

peace, progress and prosperity.

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Creation of a National Bicycle

Route

Strategy

The route should have wide

stretches only for cycling and it

should have big trees planted for

providing shades and also

enhancing the environment for

cycling.

These kind of routes (minimum

distance 10 Km ) should be

created in high density tourist

districts like –

OOTY, JAIPUR, MYSORE, DEHRADU

N, GOA.

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Cycling along the coast

India has a vast coastal area which has the western and the eastern Ghats.

7,517 km of superb space for tourism.

GOA TO TRIVANDRUM – along the NH 17 –UPGRADE TO SUPPORT CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE

CALCUTTA TO CHENNAI – NH 5 – upgrade to support cycling.

A bicycle trail running along the entire coast will make cycle tourism one of the biggest hits in the country.

Coastal cycling in following states can be taken on priority basis

Goa

Kerala

Karnataka

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Bicycle Promotion from the PM’s

officePM as the brand

ambassador of cycling

Bicycle is looked down in the

society due to various historical

reasons.

The Image of the cycling as a eco

friendly, healthy mode of

commute requires a ambassador.

PM of India can be the best

ambassador to promote cycling.

Action Points Once in a MONTH – First Friday of every month declare

cycle day – cycle to work and cycle to school/college.

On that day Every one cycle’s to office, schools, colleges and each institution publishes the number of cyclists. Each City/Village to reward the largest institution which could attract cyclists.

Bicycle promotion films to be screened in all movie theatres for 15 – 20 s highlighting the benefits of cycling.

Bicycle Selfie to be promoted thro the PM riding a BICYCLE.

"This is not a new concept. Denmark has been encouraging its citizens to use cycles often by providing tax incentives," Modi said.

"It will not require any budget allocation or file work." -Modi .

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EURO BIKE

EURO BIKE the biggest

cycling show

The Eurobike is the international platform for the world’s biggest innovations in cycling.

Everything related to bicycles and bike accessories, fashion and a wealth of specialist information about bikes will be spread across more than 100,000 square meters in 13 exhibition halls.

More than 1,300 exhibitors, 46,000 industry visitors from over 100 countries, 20,000 bike fans and about 2,000 journalists are expected at the 2015 Eurobike.

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ASIA BIKE

CONSOLIDATION, CELEBRATION

India should take the lead in

organizing the ASIA BIKE.

Consolidate all cycling activities

and share with everyone and

celebrate.

Invite all asian cycle federations.

Organize a cycle race in the

continent.

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Tour De France – Inspiration

The Tour de France a

annual multiple stage bicycle

race primarily held in France while

also occasionally making passes

through nearby countries.

The modern editions of the Tour de

France consist of 21 day-long

segments (stages) over a 23-day

period and cover around 3,500

kilometres (2,200 mi)

The number of teams usually varies

between 20 and 22, with nine

riders in each.

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INDIA RACES across the rivers and

mountains

India Bicycle Mission

1. Should organize Races across the

following 5 rivers of India -

1. Tour de Kaveri

2. Tour de Ganga

3. Tour de Godavari

4. Tour de Sindhu – from Srinagar to Lahore

5. Tour de Narmada.

Tour De Himalayas

Tour De Himalayas should enable

cycle race in the Himalayas

starting from Kashmir to Sikkim.

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How does the Government win

Tourism Revenue

Bicycle Tourism – Revenue

Potential - Europe: $57 Billion

Per Year from EuroVelo Bicycle

Route Network

India can atleast target for $ 1

billion per year from the bicycle

network.

Enabling cycling on a large scale

will produce atleast 10 lakh jobs

annually.

Revenue from Bicycle

Sharing

Local Municipality can gain

significant revenue by enabling

cycle sharing.

Significant saving of the import .

Reduction in CO 2 emission.

Strong support from the PM will

send a message that the Gov is

committed for reducing co2

emissions.

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NEETI AYOG – TRANSFORMING INDIA - INVISIBLE TO VISIBLE CYCLING

The above picture shows the

support the PM received from the

cycling community.

And what better way to thank the

citizen than enabling cycling.

INVISIBLE TO VISIBLE CYCLING

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Bibliography & Acknowledgments

Comprehensive Bicycle Plan for Pune – Ranjith - Parisar

Streetmix.net

en.wikipedia.org

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/MDOT_CommAndEco

nBenefitsOfBicyclingInMI_465392_7.pdf

Acknowledgements

Various cycling groups across India

Indian Bicycle Manufacturers

Commissioner & Traffic Engineering Cell - from Bangalore - BBMP.

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Reference for further reading

London cycling vision.

https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/gla-mayors-cycle-

vision-2013.pdf

Sanfrancisco cycling plan.

Copenhagen cycling vision

http://kk.sites.itera.dk/apps/kk_pub2/pdf/823_Bg65v7UH2t.pdf

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