Aleksander Wiącek from Bicycle Agreement of Lublin (Poland) presented at Veloforum conference in Lviv, Ukraine in October 2014

1. Cycling safety: practical education for
primary school pupils and residents of Lublin
Aleksander Wiącek,
Bicycle Agreement of Lublin
www.LublinRowerem.pl

2. History of organisation
• 2007 – beginning Bicycle Agreement of
Lublin
• 2009 – we are members
of the organization
„Cities for Bicycles”
• 2011 – Bicycle Agreement of Lublin is already
a part of Society for Nature and Man

3. Statistic of education (all)
Year Teoretical
(2x45 min)
Practical
(2/3x45 min)
Total
participants
2011 10 - ~ 250
2012 20 - ~ 500
2013 70+20* 36 ~ 3500
2014 60+20* 40 ~ 4000

4. Projects and funding
• „Cycling Acceleration” – 2011/12 – as a
partner of Wrocławska Inicjatywa Rowerowa
• „Bicycle School” – from 2013 to present as a
partner of Wrocławska Inicjatywa Rowerowa
• „Lublin by Bike. A campaign for sustainable
transport behavior” – from 2013 to present
(our project)

5. Project’s Funding
• National Fund For Environmental Protection
And Water Management
• Swiss Grants
• City Hall of Lublin
• Fund of Civil Initiatives

6. Project’s Funding
• National Fund For Environmental Protection
And Water Management
• Swiss Grants
• City Hall of Lublin
• Fund of Civil Initiatives

7. Cycling education in Poland (present)
• In 4 or 5 class of primary school every pupil
can do it „bicycle card” (but it’s not obligatory)
• „Bicycle card” exam includes theoretical (test
– 20 question) and „practical” part at school
but without riding on a bike in real traffic
conditions.
so…

8. So… „Bicycle card”
– is a paper for nothing

9. Cycling education in Poland (present)
so…
Without „bicycle card” you can’t ride (and
training) by bike on the streets (zone 30 km/h
f.e.), but with „bicycle card” you must riding
on a bike together with cars and trucks on
many dangerous street without any abilities!
(if don’t have bike infrastructure).

10. Part one:
Meeting in front of school
(about 45 min, only for pupils)
Since 2014 (new)

11. Meeting at school playground
• Rules of a bicycle ride
• Checking mandatory bike equipment (lights,
reflector, brakes, bell)
• Checking the bike condition (brakes,
derailleurs, pressure, handlebar and others)
• Excercise of coordination (emergency braking,
turning, riding in the column)

12. Meeting in front of school

13. School playground

14. Emergency braking

15. Coordination

16. Turns

18. Ride in pairs

19. Look behind you and signal

20. Technical support

21. Compressor

22. Part two:
Riding in real traffic conditions
(90 min for pupils,
2,5h for residents)

23. Bikeway

24. Bikeway

25. Bikeway

26. Bikeway

27. End of bikeway – „dark age”

28. End of bikeway – yield

29. Bikeway and street intersection

30. Bikeway and street intersection

31. Bikeway and street intersection

32. Bicycle roundabout without signs

33. Contra flow on one-way streets

34. Contra flow on one-way streets

35. Contra flow on one-way streets

36. Virtual „Contra flow” on one-way streets

37. Bike lanes

38. Bike lanes

39. Bike lanes

40. Sidewalk – when you can?

41. Streets without cycling infrastructure

42. Streets without cycling infrastructure

43. Streets without cycling infrastructure

44. Streets with bus-lane

45. Preparation for individual exercise

46. Intersection with yield sign

47. Intersection with yield sign

48. Intersection with yield sign

49. Intersection with yield sign

50. Zone 30 km/h

51. How to turning left?- steps
• Look behind you
• Signal (left hand)
• Change your position on the lane (from right
side to middle of street) or change lane
• Yield (if necessary)
• Turn with both hands on handlebar!

52. Turning left – right-of-way intersection

53. Turning left – right-of-way intersection

54. Turning left – right-of-way intersection

55. Turning left - from the middle of street

56. Turning left – from the middle of street

57. Turning left – from the middle of street

58. Turning left – from the middle of street

59. Turning left – from the middle of lane

60. Riding on roundabout

61. Riding in the middle of the lane on the
intercestion

62. 3 principles of safe parking
• Good bike rack (U-rack), not cable lock!
• Good bicycle lock (U-lock, chain)
• Common sense

63. Bicycle parking

64. Bicycle parking

65. Bicycle parking

66. Lublin City Bike

67. Lublin City Bike

68. Lublin City Bike

69. Lublin City Bike

70. Lublin City Bike

71. Future?

72. Future?
• Cooperation with The Voivodship Center of
Road Traffic
• Training for teachers (maybe on the example
of France – FUB)
• Change the current system of training
(experience from Holland, mass and
obligatory practical cycling eduaction)

73. Thank you for your attention