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Transport
Initiatives helps Northamptonshire County Council
Transport
Initiatives was contacted by Northamptonshire County
Council. The Council has reorganised its delivery of cycling and set up a new
sustainable transport team which has taken responsibility for all things
cycling including cyclist training. The new Cycling Officer comes from a
fitness and health background so needed some help getting to grips with his new
transport role. Transport Initiatives have been giving advice on cyclist
training and other aspects of the cycling officer's role.
Recreation routes in Northumberland
Transport Initiatives
has been looking at the condition and riding experience on four long cycle
routes in Northumberland. The quality of
the product is essential in giving cyclists a good experience, and as much utility
cycling starts by people using bikes for recreational purposes good experiences
are essential. The routes are:-
The Reivers
Route between Ponteland and
The Coast and
The Pennine
Cycleway between Alston and Norham (104 miles) and
The Hadrian Cycleway
between Once Brewed and Wylam and Newburn
(33 miles)
Radical
measures to improve conditions for non-motorised users
There are more ways to slow
traffic and improve conditions for cyclists and pedestrians than traffic
calming. Transport Initiatives was
invited by Rochdale Council to outline the alternative solutions to their
highways staff. These include removing
centre lines and other techniques to reduce certainty for motorists and thus
lower speeds.
Here Rob Marshall is
seen explaining the possibilities to
A6 in
The A6 in south east of
Transport Initiatives surveyed
the road, both a physical survey and a user survey, and developed a set of
options for the Council to consider. The
A6 here is a single carriageway two lane road
with central hatching, pedestrian refuges, narrow footways and scattered
frontage development. The options
included cycle lanes, widening and converting the footways to joint pedestrian
and cycle use and merely removing the central hatching. The limited space meant that innovative
solutions had to be found for accommodating right turning vehicles and cycle
and pedestrian crossings.
Cycle
monitoring in
Transport Initiatives
has been carrying out a review of cycle monitoring for Essex County Council.
The final report is still to be published, but one of the recommendations is
that when installing induction loops on traffic free paths they should cover
the full width, including the pedestrian side! Here is a photo of a loop where
only cyclists on the “right” side will be counted.