innovations in road design dutch ideas for uk roads adrian lord chartered institute of logistics and...
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Innovations in Road Design
Dutch ideas for UK Roads
Adrian LordChartered Institute of
Logistics and Transport
Five Criteria
• Direct – least distance and time• Coherent – continuous appropriate
provision• Comfortable – physically and mentally• Attractive – to all intended users • Safe
What is a cycle route?
• Gives sufficient advantage to attract would be cyclists
• Makes it clear that cyclists (and pedestrians) are valued travellers in the cycling town, in a modern city and in the 21st Century
New St
Successes – New Road
Brighton
7 Dials, London
Selly Oak
Digbeth
Cycle \Lanes
Paris
Challenges• Self explaining roads?
• Reconfigure whole highway – not just a ‘cycle facility’
• Legal issues – one-way cycle tracks, parallel crossings, low-level signals
• Driver behaviour – e.g. lane markings, junctions
