Posts tagged with ‘infrastructure’

New A14 will include cycle path

Most village cyclists have to struggle with fast rural traffic and a lack of cycle lanes – but not the inhabitants of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire. Not content with already having a…

Dutch-style lanes get thumbs-up in Cambridge

Cambridge is set to be the next city to get Dutch-style segregated cycle lanes, now that a public consultation has shown widespread support for the scheme. Over 70% of people…

‘Cycle streets’ are on the way

London and other cities could see back roads transformed into ‘cycle streets’ by new Government rules. The obscurely-titled Traffic Signs Regulations & General Directions, whose latest version was released…

Cycle Lanes For Dummies - no excuses for bad bike lanes

City planners and developers will have one fewer excuse for bad bike lanes in future, thanks to a new guide called Making Space For Cycling. Written by the Cambridge…

It’s official: bike lanes don’t cause congestion

Cyclists have long believed that building bike lanes doesn’t cause car congestion – and now there are figures to back this up. Famed data journalism site FiveThirtyEight, whose founder Nate…