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Do you need a little inspiration or guidance on some of the nuts and bolts of street design, then we have three design guides for you to ponder over a cuppa:
- The Joy of Kerbs
- A Guide to Filtered Permeability
- Clutter Buster
cityinfinity.co.uk/guides/
Here's a sub 8 minute video featuring our @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social explaining just how easy it is to deal with vehicle crossings correctly.
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This new bridge in downtown Helsinki is already my favorite spot in town.
You can have phone conversations, and hear people talking and kids laughing as they pass by.
The silence is astonishing, despite being so close to city centre.
Because there are no cars.
#Kruunuvuorensilta
Some cycle stands with a couple of cycles parked. In the distance, a bus stop fronting a main road.
With that in mind, here's a rural Dutch bus stop on a main highway with a couple of nearby cycle parking spaces which extends the bus service reach.
It's #WorldPublicTransportDay and so worth remembering how walking, wheeling and cycling are part of the wider public transport solution.
Whether it is feeding public transport or taking some pressure off it, a rounded #SustainableMobility mix should be our ultimate aim.
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Public transport connects us to life's opportunities and each other ♥️We're on board for #WorldPublicTransportDay
A white quadricycle which looks like a tiny van which has a side door opened to take refuse bags. On the back, a little rack holding hand tools and a large shovel. There are people walking around the street.
A human scale and human powered (with a little e-assist) street cleansing vehicle in action on the pedestrianised part of Camden High Street in London.
#CargoBikesForTheWin
#FridayFun
I recently rode the nearly finished F270 between Helmond and Eindhoven — a route my family once cycled daily to work in the 1950s.
This route is finally taking shape as a continuous cycle route.
New Post with Ride Video.
Seven years today since @hammersmithbridge.bsky.social closed to motor traffic. Many happy returns to all who celebrate
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - this station is part of a wider public realm scheme and as one arrives, the glass front frames a sea view. We think it is great and fits the context of sitting in the North Sea sand dunes.
A big black bicycle with red pannier bags parked in front of a large sand coloured concrete rectangular block with a glass front. Hoek van Holland Strand station. There is a mast sign with a large yellow 'M' on top for Metro.
Hoek van Holland Strand station on the Rotterdam Metro B Line.
A new station opened in 2023 as part of the conversion of the line from a national route to part of the metro provides a direct route to the beach for city residents and tourists alike.
#FridayFun
A black asphalt path with a sea wall to the right and sand dunes to the left with vegetation beyond. A person walks along next to someone using a covered mobility scooter. There is a row of lighting columns to the left powered by solar panels and little wind turbines.
The Clacton to Jaywick path in Essex is a 1km link next to the sea providing a direct walking, wheeling and cycling between the village of Jaywick and the town of Clacton-on-Sea.
Smooth and lit, the link is 40% shorter, and 100% less scarier than the on-road alternative!
#FridayFun
Streets designed for the benefit of the human and the inefficiency of the car leads to calm, safe environments where separated bike infrastructure is not necessary.
Jedna z věcí, v nichž se Zdeněk Hřib jako náměstek pro dopravu totálně pletl.
Úzký uličky nejsou překážka pro to, aby město bylo vstřícný k bezmotorový dopravě. Právě naopak. Můžou v tom velmi pomoct, když se to umí.
Jenže politická vůle se bohužel stále dodává zvlášť...
Indeed; most of this really isn't a space issue - the UK's problem is the dreaded "balanced for all road users" approach which inevitably means the most vulnerable make the most compromise.
A narrow street with two narrow footways in grey tile paving and a red block-paved carriageway which is wide enough for a refuse truck in one direction. There is car parking on one side of the street which swaps from the right to the left, book-ended by a pair of planters with trees to create a chicane.
People often say that the Dutch can cycle because their streets are wider than ours. In fact, most streets don't have cycle tracks. Here's Clercxstraat in Tilburg.
One-way for motors, and low traffic by network design allowing most people to walk in the carriageway. Pretty narrow!
#FridayFun
An overhead view of the new Cyclops junction at Kenyons Lane and Northway. The junction means that cyclists and pedestrians can now safely cross a busy five-lane road.
Happy new Cyclops junction day to Sefton!
The previous layout had no protected crossings at all.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/x9qa3nTk6gak...
www.sefton.gov.uk/KenyonsLaneC...
I have an active travel joke, but there's no demand for it.
Of course, we measure what we value and that's not where people move under their own steam (or with a little help) as we saw in the DfT Road Maintenance Ratings which were not that interesting in those not driving.
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maps.dft.gov.uk/local-road-m...
There isn't, however, reliable national information on footway and cycleway condition as well as data on other assets such as highway structures, drainage and lighting, so the picture will be far worse.
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The 2026 ALARM survey has shown the *carriageway* maintenance backlog has increased to £18.62bn on local roads.
Even with investment increasing, there will be a lag until the backlog starts to drop.
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www.asphaltuk.org/alarm-survey...
Backlog in local road maintenance has risen to £18.6 bn 😬
Cycling side-by-side isn’t bad behaviour—it’s human behaviour. It’s how parents talk to their kids. How friends catch up. How communities form.
If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure.
Nørrebro, Copenhagen.
People of all ages and abilities cycle in a “fietszone” or bicycle-priority zone in the city centre of Maastricht, along cobblestone streets lined with trees, parked bicycles, terraces, and historic buildings.
People of all ages and abilities cycle in a “fietszone” or bicycle-priority zone in the city centre of Maastricht, along cobblestone streets lined with trees, parked bicycles, terraces, and historic buildings.
People of all ages and abilities cycle in a “fietszone” or bicycle-priority zone in the city centre of Maastricht, along cobblestone streets lined with trees, parked bicycles, terraces, and historic buildings.
People of all ages and abilities cycle in a “fietszone” or bicycle-priority zone in the city centre of Maastricht, along cobblestone streets lined with trees, parked bicycles, terraces, and historic buildings.
Implementation will take several years. First steps in 2025 focused on signage and markings. More significant changes—like redesigning key streets and public spaces—are scheduled past 2026. The phased approach allows planners to test the concept, gather feedback, and refine the design as it evolves.
This is a great read and applies equally to UK discourse.
My latest article which features a photo of Newcomen Street in London which is a cul-de-sac for motors, but a key cycle route and is being well-maintained. There are people cycling in the narrow carriageway and people walking on the pair of footway. Let us know if you would like a plain text version.
It's the March edition of #HighwaysMagazine where @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social cycles into the city to make the point that we need to improve our maintenance hierarchies.
We've done this thinking for one highway authority already and would love to work with more.
And yes, he spelt modal wrong 😅
If signals are required, a junction of that scale should be single stage crossings. That design exists because the existing road network is too busy (with motors) and plugging this development in needs signals so people driving out get a chance to do so and they are a higher priority locally.
Ringmead/ Cottesmore, Bracknell.
An old and perfectly serviceable example of a "cycle priority junction" (s10.4.11 of LTN 1/20).
Nothing is new in highways and there is plenty to rediscover!
#FridayFun
We'd recommend skimming through the slides because putting there everywhere is not the right solution.
