Estudio y optimización de las infraestructuras de los carriles para bicicletas

Abstract

The daily need for citizens to move for different activities, whatever its nature, has been greatly affected by the changes. The benefits generated by the bicycle’s inclusion as mode of transport and the proliferation of its use among citizens are innumerable and extend both in the field of urban mobility and sustainable development. Currently, there are many programs for implementation, promotion or increase public participation related to cycling in cities. But ultimately, each and every one of these initiatives have the same goal, to create a mesh effective and useful cycling trails. Able to allow the use of bicycles in preferred routes with a high safety garant˜Aias incorporating bicycle on the model of intermodal urban transport. With the gradual implementation of bike lanes, many people have begun to use them to get around the city. But everything again needs a period of adaptation. And the reality is that the road network intended for these vehicles is full of obstacles to the rider. The current situation has led to question how much kilometers of bike lanes are needed to supply the demand of this mode of transport and, if the works executed and planned are correct and sufficient. In this work a tool based on a mathematical programming model for the optimal design of a network for cyclists is presented. Specifically, the system determines a bicycle infrastructure adapted to the characteristics of the existing road network, based on criteria weighted graph theory. As an application of the proposed model, is offered the result of these experiments, obtaining a number of useful conclusions for planning and network design cycle paths from a social perspective. An application of the methodology developed for the real case of the municipality of Malaga (Spain) is performed. Finally, validation optimization model presented and the impact it has on the final result and the importance or weight of all variables able to determine the final result of the cycling network occurs. Is obtained therefore a tool for improving the planning, design and management of different infrastructures for bicycle’s mobility, with ability to interact with the current model of road network and other existing modes of transport in the urban network of cities.