The document summarizes bicycle traffic plans and initiatives in Helsinki. It discusses goals to increase bicycle transportation to 15% by 2020. Key actions include developing a network of separated bicycle paths and lanes, improving winter maintenance, and expanding bicycle parking. A pilot project tested different winter maintenance methods on bike paths. Preliminary results found brushing and new de-icing solutions were effective but costly compared to salt. The city aims to improve guidelines, marketing, and education to further promote cycling.
1. Bicycle traffic in Helsinki
City of Helsinki
City Planning Department
pyöräliikenne.fi
14.4.2016
Pihla Melander
2. Outline for presentation
1. Bicycle traffic in Helsinki
2. Cycling in a key role in enabling growth
3. Developing the network
4. Winter maintenance pilot
5. What next?
9. Most important actions for the City:
1.Straight and smooth routes, with good
arrangements for crossing, pedestrians and
cycling quality-separated
2.More and better bicycle parking spaces
3.High-quality maintenance all year round
4.Clear-term and high-quality worksite traffic
5.Marketing and communication
11. Enabling growth
By 2050:
• the City of Helsinki +250 000 people
• Greater Helsinki Region +600 000 people
The new Helsinki City Plan proposes:
Expansion of the inner city as a major part of
the growth
12. New City Plan
1. Creating a Public
Transport Network
City
2. Expansion of the
inner city
3. Infill development of
important nodes
4. Improving the green
network city
26. Current quality standards
Bike paths:
– Plowed by 7 o’clock:
410 km
– Plowed by 10 o’clock:
1 200 km
– Plowed by 12 o’clock:
860 km
Plowing has to start,
when the layer of snow is
more than 5 cm.
Photo: Jari Aho
27. Why are we developing winter
maintenance now?
Increase the number of cyclists
Find out the winter maintenance quality
standards needed to increase the number of
winter cyclists
What are the costs of better winter
maintenance?
28. New route-specific winter maintenance
methods
Baana – Helsinginkatu (3,1 km)
– Brushing
– New de-icing solution Granlux
– Potassium formate-liquid Eco-Melter
Helsinginkatu – Oulunkylä (5,6 km)
– Brushing
– Salt Kuva: Reetta Keisanen / KSV
29. Preliminary results
Granlux and Eco-
Melter
• More eco-friendly
than salt
• Costs tenfold
compared to salt
• Make snow stick
to the bike
Anti-skid using salt
• Needs to be applied
often
• Costs bigger compared
to gravel
• Works well in near-
zero-temperatures
• Good maintenance
level at very low
temperatures
• Negative
environmental effects
Brushing snow
• Brushing
essential to
achieve better
quality
• Slower than
plowing snow
• Machines big
and have little
other use
30. Summary
Better winter maintenance quality is clearly more expensive than
current quality.
Brushing is in central role.
The pathway is to be built with high quality, drainage needs to be
well executed.
No considerable differences in the quality of the winter
maintenance between the two methods.
Pilot to be continued with salt due to cost-efficiency