The Department of Transport (Local and Urban Transport Division and the Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL) has been cooperating with local authorities in the planning, implementation and monitoring of innovatory cycle schemes. To date, twenty such schemes have been or are being supported and these are located in Bedford, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Chichester, Derby, Hersham in Surrey, Hull, London, Middlesbrough, Nottingham, Peterborough, Preston and York. Three recent cycle schemes that have made a particularly valuable contribution to knowledge of the provision of facilities for cyclists in urban areas are:- (i) the Fishergate bar/Dixon lane cycle scheme in York which includes a signaled cyclist/pedestrian crossing of the heavily trafficked York inner ring route. (ii) the downing street/Pembroke street contra-flow cycle lane, which provides the only route for westbound cyclists through the heart of the central area of Cambridge. (iii) the signaled cycle lane at the busy hills road/Brooklands avenue junction in Cambridge which eliminates a potentially hazardous cycle/motor vehicle conflict. This paper describes these three cycle schemes and presents the initial results of monitoring studies carried out to assess their operation. (a) for the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 273510.
Samenvatting