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Creating cycle-friendly streets

Creating roads from scratch should make factoring in cycle-friendly routes easy. Every new cycle lane along the main ‘spine’ streets should be at least 2 metres wide. There is no excuse for less than this, given that the developers have effectively a clean sheet of paper on which to design cycle-friendly places.

In new developments, cycle lanes and other cycling-specific infrastructure should not be necessary on the local streets, as the road network should be made sufficiently cycle-friendly from the start. This means keeping traffic speeds low and avoiding obstructive car parking and rat runs.

However if cycle-specific infrastructure is needed then developers should rely on on-road cycle lanes which have priority over side roads. An ideal model is the hybrid cycle lane which is on-road, giving cyclists the usual visibility and priority over side roads, but with a physical demarcation between the cycle lane and the carriageway.