So, what do you think? Can there be such a thing as good bike infrastructure separated from motor traffic? Under what circumstances?
Two examples
Old railway paths are good. They go where people wanted to travel. They are well graded. They are direct. They usually do not cross roads at grade. They are usually sited where they do not encourage motorists to harass cyclists not using them.
Bridges over, for example, rivers or railways can give cyclists a distance and time advantage over other modes
Old railway paths are good. They go where people wanted to travel. They are well graded. They are direct. They usually do not cross roads at grade. They are usually sited where they do not encourage motorists to harass cyclists not using them.
However, they're usually full of broken glass. This makes them effectively unusable.
Funny how I've been cycling around Den Haag over the past 6 months or so, and I've hardly encountered any. A far more respectable culture than the UK in many ways, not just this.
Neil
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Old railway paths are good. They go where people wanted to travel. They are well graded. They are direct. They usually do not cross roads at grade. They are usually sited where they do not encourage motorists to harass cyclists not using them.
However, they're usually full of broken glass. This makes them effectively unusable.
Funny how I've been cycling around Den Haag over the past 6 months or so, and I've hardly encountered any. A far more respectable culture than the UK in many ways, not just this.
It improved a lot when they moved the glass recycling containers away from the bikepaths.
