There’s a lot of information on the design of cycle lanes about – basic principles that most roads in Wellington contravine. Examples include that they should be continuous, 1.5m wide, conspicuous at road crossing and not abandoned when roads get narrow. I’ve borrowed these words from Cycling England, but other guidelines exist, such as the Nottinghamshire Cycling Design Guide – here’s the link to Chapter 4 on cycle lanes. There’s even a what-not-to-do site from Croydon on Crap Cycle Lanes (Sadly our NZTA (Waka Kotahi) seems to be extremely poor at providing such resources). (more…)
Wind and Hills: Have Traffic Engineers Noticed?
Friday, March 26th, 2010There’s a lot of information on the design of cycle lanes about – basic principles that most roads in Wellington contravine. Examples include that they should be continuous, 1.5m wide, conspicuous at road crossing and not abandoned when roads get narrow. I’ve borrowed these words from Cycling England, but other guidelines exist, such as the Nottinghamshire Cycling Design Guide – here’s the link to Chapter 4 on cycle lanes. There’s even a what-not-to-do site from Croydon on Crap Cycle Lanes (Sadly our NZTA (Waka Kotahi) seems to be extremely poor at providing such resources). (more…)
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