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Bike is back from repairs so it's time for a Leicester city cycle tour, first one in a while. Also first winter ride of my adult life I think! The gloves went back in the bag after the first hill however.
#leicester #cycling #cycleinfra #ActiveTravel
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This is the A563/A5630 Anstey Lane rbt. Despite Leics CC recently upgrading it, only one arm is signalised although the cycle route crosses at least two. 3 lanes of busy traffic on each arm. Less confident or mobile users have absolutely no chance.
Towards Strasbourg Dr the path goes behind the bund. Like most New Town developments more land was used to futureproof the ring road. Now it makes a reasonable path along with 70s segregated track heading into the estate
I've had some time to digest the recently-released Leicester City Street Design Guide, thread 1/: #leicester #cycleinfra #streets leicester.gov.uk/media/186708/l…
Streets are often our first interaction with the built environment, its what you step out into when you leave your building. Streets can make or break a nice place to live, and form many functions - providing some open space, allowing transport, and carrying utilities to homes 2/
Thanks to various planning changes and desperate developers, many modern streets are flawed - being uninviting for users, difficult to navigate especially for the more vulnerable, failing to promote active travel or a healthy lifestyle, and with high maintenance costs 3/
