Shocking, powerful stuff from Chris Boardman and Active Travel England.
A study of over 100 cycle schemes has revealed that old-fashioned schemes (i.e. just painting the road) will 'kill 10% more people than doing nothing and you get no uptake because it doesn't make people feel safe', whereas a scheme designed to modern standards will get 'between 20-60% increase in uptake and halve the number of deaths.'
@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
BicycleBen
Mark Hughes