Cycling Embassy of Great Britain
An update
The Accidental Cycling CampaignJan 2011
Cycling has found its voice
• Cyclists and campaigners are becoming a force to be reckoned with
Cycling for everyone is the aspiration...
The great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere. – Enrique Peñalosa
But mediocrity is built in by design
• ... meaning hard-won money is likely to be wasted
4.1 LTN 2/08 Cycle Infrastructure Design provides detailed advice on the underlying principles of designing for pedestrians and cyclists. Key amongst these are the core design principles, the identification of certain cyclist categories (the ‘design’ cyclist), consideration of traffic speeds and flows, and the hierarchy of provision.
Or worse...
Designs which actively endanger or at best inconvenience cyclists
Sometimes it seems anything ‘Dutch’ goes ... except ‘going Dutch’
Making ‘Go Dutch’ work in the UK• Translating ‘I want what
they’ve got’ into something concrete
Showing what can be done
Responding to consultations
A growing body of expertise
• Research documents• Infrastructure safaris• Policy pages• A-Z of cycling• Blog roundup• Advice and guidance• Probably the largest agglomeration of ‘kerb
nerds’ anywhere on the internet...
What’s next?
• Get international best practice written into the design guidelines (and made standard)
• “Space 4 Cycling” must mean real space – for everyone
Oh, and a little reminder
• Pedal on Parliament, 26th April, Edinburgh