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Podravina : scientific journal for geographical and historical multidisciplinary research, Vol. 13 No. 26, 2014.

Original scientific paper

BICYCLE ROUTE MANAGEMENT MODEL: THE EXAMPLE OF BJELOVAR-BILOGORA COUNTY

Goran KOS orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-8531-5893 ; Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, Croatia
Zoran KLARIĆ orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-3238-6668 ; Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, Croatia
Petar FELETAR orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-3517-9851 ; Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

Tourism, as an important economic branch in the Republic of Croatia, consists of many subsystems of tourism products, one of which is cycling tourism. In order to successfully develop cycling tourism, it is necessary to create the conditions for its development, which implies cycling infrastructure. Cycling infrastructure is not uniformly developed throughout Croatia, and is certainly below the level of development of such infrastructure in many developed parts of Europe. The first step in planning cycling infrastructure is the selection of the type of infrastructure, such as lanes, trails or roads exclusively for bicycles. This paper provides an outline of the criteria that are considered when selecting cycling infrastructure, which are dependent on the intensity and speed of motor traffic and intensity of cycling traffic. Once the traffic intensity on roads is investigated, the cycling infrastructure can be designed. This paper shows the methodology of selecting cycling infrastructure and its implementation in Bjelovar-Bilogora County. The existing cycling routes were analysed and new routes proposed to access the more attractive parts of the county, while increasing cyclist safety. Recommendations are also given for increasing the attractiveness of cycling tourism in the county. Give its geographical characteristics and the actualisation of the given proposals, the county could be one of the leading cycling tourism destinations in the continental part of Croatia.

Keywords

Bjelovar-Bilogora County; cycling tourism; cycling infrastructure; cycling lane; cycling trail; cycling routes

Hrčak ID:

131413

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/131413

Publication date:

22.12.2014.

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