@BicycleBen what is the source for the ''if you do it the old way, you kill 10% more people than doing nothing, and you get no uptake"?
Is there a paper somewhere? How did they find out those numbers (10% and no uptake)?
I checked Active Travel England's website without finding that.

In the video, the person says "I know the data behind it"... but that's not enough for me.

Being pro-bike myself I find this very interesting but I would like to verify the information before spreading it

@BicycleBen while we're on this, the choice of roads for the #sustrans National Cycle Network also seems pretty anti-cyclist. I'm thinking particularly of the NCN7 west from Dumfries, which chooses hillier, more twisty routes with poor sightlines over flatter, straighter routes with better visibility.

As routes for effective #ActiveTravel, they're more or less useless.

@BicycleBen That's great and as an occasional cyclist I support such schemes for many reasons.

However, mixing cyclists with pedestrians such as on canal towpaths is both dangerous and ruins such places for everyone else. So I'd love cyclists to have *their own* safe and efficient places, but not for schemes that merge them with pedestrians.

I walk on a towpath daily and am subject to disturbance and dangerous riding all the time, and this is not an urban or sub-urban route. #cycling