Orihuela Costa bike lanes
Orihuela Costa carril bici
The plan for this blog post, is to show the need for more bike lanes in Orihuela Costa.
El plan para esta entrada de blog es mostrar la necesidad de más carriles bici en Orihuela Costa.
Bike lane suggestions, sorted by neighbourhoods
Sugerencias de carriles para bicicletas, ordenadas por vecindarios
This heat map is showing the most used bike routes of people using the Strava app.
Este mapa de calor muestra las rutas en bicicleta más utilizadas por las personas que utilizan la aplicación Strava.
Open Strava heat map in a new window
This map is showing the last 4000 trips from HOPP Scooters. 2021-08-30
New bike lanes suggestions I am working on using Google Maps layers:
Nuevas sugerencias de carriles para bicicletas en las que estoy trabajando usando capas de Google Maps:
Why build more bike lanes?
- 🛴 So people on bikes / scooters can travel safely and more efficiently.
- People are afraid to bike next to car traffic.
- 🛣️ It is a proven fact that when bicycle lanes are built, more people start using them.
- Look at Valencia, Sevilla, Barcelona, Madrid, London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam etc.
- All these cities had an increase in bike usage, after bike lanes were built.
- 🚲 Less cars, less traffic.
- 🌳 Less air (and noise) pollution.
- 🅿️ More parking spaces for those who still use the car.
In order for people to use bike lanes, the bike lanes need to be faster and easier to use.
Types of bike lanes
No bike lane
Dangerous. Cyclists don't have their own lane.
Painted bike lane
Cyclists have their own lane, next to a road. Drivers can drive or park on the lane.
Segregated bike lane.
Cars cannot drive or park on the bike lane.
Segregated bike lane in shade
Cars cannot drive or park on the bike lane. Trees provide shade to cyclists, making the ride easier in the sun.
Things to avoid when building bike lanes
- 90 degree turns
- Rough edges or curbs
- Putting bike lanes in the middle of the street
Orihuela Costa statistics
Many foreigners live in Orihuela Costa, either full time or part time. These are often people from northern Europe that are used to biking, and you can see people over 65 riding their bikes around the area.
- Orihuela: 76.778
- Orihuela Costa: 20.005
Current bike lanes 2021
This is the current and planned bicycle lanes according to orihuelaturistica.es
Notice how many bike lanes the neighboring city, Pilar de la Horadada has.
Bike lanes on http://www.opencyclemap.org/
In the La Zenia shopping mall, we see this sign about the benefits of biking.
For more pictures see:
Photo album of people using bikes and electric scooters in Orihuela Costa
Sources:
- Benidorm aspira a convertirse en la segunda de la Comunitat en kilómetros de carril bici
- Valencia Cycle Ring Road registers 20% increase in users (2018)
- Cycling has increased 11-fold in Seville in the space of a few years
- Plan de Movilidad Urbana Sostenible de Orihuela (2016 PDF)
- Orihuela Costa Carril Bici 2015 - Union Europa