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to being confi dent by making them go on busy roads, it doesn’t work.’
Alex Lifschutz, director at Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, is less of a cycle path fan. ‘Segregation, isolation and exclusivity are the bad sides of modern life. Often we are putting in specifi c cycle lanes in narrow streets that were designed for horse drawn carriages, when it would make more sense to share the streets and have all traffi c going slowly. T ere are some benefi ts to segregation but there is simply not enough capacity and it results in a
forest of signs and markers. And what about Ebikes, scooters, cargo bikes – what are we going to do, have an extra lane just for them?’ It is lower speeds and shared surfaces that he sees as the way forward. T e Government’s preferred approach is segregation, with physical barriers rather than just paintwork. T e strategy document Gear Change notes that cycling on London’s Blackfriars Bridge rose by 55% in the six months after a protected bike route was installed, and states: ‘Physically segregated
bike tracks on main roads, including at junctions, are the most important thing we can do to promote cycle use. T ey give people the confi dence to cycle.’ T e ‘Manual for Streets’ adds: ‘T e routes must be direct. T ey must be continuous, not giving up at the diffi cult places. T ey must serve the places people actually want to go.’
Iulia Fratila, Associate at Fletcher Priest Architects, has been working on a new settlement north of Cambridge, called Waterbeach, where there is the opportunity to
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The evidence that better cycle facilities are worker-driven can be seen in the active commuter park (ACP) at 22 Bishopsgate, which includes 1,700 bike spaces, 75 showers, bike maintenance and washing stations, Brompton bike rental dock and over 1,300 secure lockers, all designed to make cycling, walking, or running to work easier. Also featuring a gym, climbing wall and wellbeing space, owner AXA IM Alts created 22 Bishopsgate as a
“people-focused workplace destination” that can accommodate up to 12,000 people, with the intention of promoting productivity and creativity by emphasising wellbeing. “It will be the first major London building to embody the structural and cultural shifts in how people work and live,” the company says
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A new protected cycleway at Garscube Road in Glasgow was one of the initial successes that has prompted Glasgow City Council to approve plans for a £475m active travel network across the city with up to 270km of new cycleways along main roads. Reducing vehicle space on Garscube Road provided room for improved public realm, better bus stops and segregated paths for cycling. The aim is that anyone who cycles will be able to reach most of the city within 30 minutes and almost all of the city within an hour, providing “a viable alternative for the millions of car journeys that are less than three kilometres” in the city
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Like many central London developments, The Chain, by L&Q, next to one of Walthamstow’s latest cycle routes, has almost no car parking except for Blue Badge holders. Instead, it features 800 secure parking spaces for residents and free, three-year car club membership. A recent influencer campaign promoted the ease with which buyers can get around the area by bike
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