Cycling and Walking Invest. Strategy (CWIS) in England.

[Steady rider]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.61066 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.61099 ... 6656?hl=en

Clean designs, no edges/kerbs to avoid. Providing good quality paths is the main requirement. Signs 'pass pedestrians with care'.

[Steady rider]

http://www.ctc.org.uk/news/20160108-fun ... t-strategy

[Steady rider]

http://www.ctc.org.uk/news/20160129-mps ... ng-cycling

This amounts to central Government funding of just £1.39 per person in England outside London.

[PRL]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6106653,5.754259,3a,75y,112.68h,81.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPVuz5CxvtbFzKm9jpLWhdg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.61099 ... 6656?hl=en

Clean designs, no edges/kerbs to avoid. Providing good quality paths is the main requirement. Signs 'pass pedestrians with care'.

Yes -this is precisely what should be built in rural areas. Getting a similar thing in narrow urban roads is more of a challenge.

[MikeF]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6106653,5.754259,3a,75y,112.68h,81.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPVuz5CxvtbFzKm9jpLWhdg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.61099 ... 6656?hl=en

Clean designs, no edges/kerbs to avoid. Providing good quality paths is the main requirement. Signs 'pass pedestrians with care'.

I'm curious to know how they are maintained, and what it costs.

[MikeF]

http://www.ctc.org.uk/news/20160129-mps-debate-funding-cycling

This amounts to central Government funding of just £1.39 per person in England outside London.

However it's not just money it's how that money is spent, that is just as important.
Give more money to West Sussex CC, for example, and all they might do is put up a few more "Cyclists Dismount" or "End of Cycle Route" signs or even design a "Mexican Wave" scheme https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/news/mexican-wave-of-flashing-signs-for-northgate-to-keep-cyclists-and-drivers-safe/ or paint on a road https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/the-gummer-test/

[Steady rider]

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... s-2014.pdf

It provides details on motor traffic growth from 1949, about 30 billion miles to 300 billion, 10 fold increase.
if compared with population growth, http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estim ... anges.html for UK, higher than for GB, 55 to 65 million, 18% increase roughly.(dates not matching probably about 20% increase)
Roughly there was a 1000% increase in motor traffic miles compared with a 20% increase in population. Highway construction also increased, probably by 20% - data needed. The wider picture requires a range of measures.
ps cycling reduced from about 14 billion to 3 billion miles
From this information something is needed?

The UK spends billions on rail/road/air projects to ease travel or promote travel depending on the point of view. Cycling needs good funding levels and is perhaps the best solution for journeys of between 3 to 6 km. The UK should just copy the Netherlands because time and again they have shown not to be capable of providing good design solutions or taking the steps needed.

One suggestion for the wider picture, buses income, £1 billion for pensioners free use period, £5 billion from fares, rough figures, replace with a £100 per person levy (100 x 60 million pop = £6 billion), free for use. Quicker service, no tickets, and incentive to use a bus if possible, add on bike racks for free use, design new buses to take bikes.

[MikeF]

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487689/annual-road-traffic-estimates-2014.pdf

It provides details on motor traffic growth from 1949, about 30 billion miles to 300 billion, 10 fold increase.
...ps cycling reduced from about 14 billion to 3 billion miles

"Pedal cycle traffic on roads or directly adjacent to them was 3.8% higher in 2014 than in 2013, at 3.25 billion vehicle miles. This traffic level is more than either motorcycles or buses.
Cycle traffic has risen every year since 2008, reflecting an overall increase in distance travelled by pedal cycle reported by the National Travel Survey. To put this in historical context, 2014 pedal cycle traffic remains less than one quarter of the figure in 1949, estimated at 14.7 billion vehicle miles."

" Estimates for pedal cycle traffic only include cycling on roads, or paths directly adjacent to the road, and do not include estimates of cycling on other routes such as canal paths. Therefore, they may not give a complete representation of cycling."

[Steady rider]

http://www.ctc.org.uk/sites/default/fil ... te_brf.pdf

a good effort by the CTC to influence Parliament. Some aspects to consider may be extra passing places on narrow roads, passing clearance - legal requirement and tighter speed limit thresholds for night driving.

[Steady rider]

The aim is to double cycling levels. I recently had a look at the local plans. They have selected some towns to provide plans for. Many parts have no plans.
The plans seem to be low level in some respects, never really likely to double cycling levels and funding is tight. What obligations exist on county councils to provide suitable plans to double cycling?