On 26 July 2010 20:14, gary cummins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Regarding infrastructure, Hackney has the highest modal share of cyclists in
> London but no traditional bicycle infrastructure in the form of segregation,
> just lots of permeability and modal filtering, no other borough comes near
> their 8% modal share.
As an occasional sparring-partner of Gary, of course I agree
permeability and modal filtering are great and very helpful to
cycling, but equally roadspace re-allocation and various forms of
segregation are in some cases also very valid and successful
approaches - often depending on the particular situation. It's not
just a choice of one or the other, as is sometimes suggested in these
debates - good local cycling conditions might well include a mixture
of several approaches.
This is certainly what we have found in Edinburgh. Like almost
everywhere no really rigorous study has been done, and it would anyway
probably be impossible, so there's inevitably some speculation. But
for a fair bit of Edinburgh evidence see page 7 of Spokes Bulletin 107
and page 7 of Spokes 105, both here...
http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/bulletin/
See also the contributions to this thread from Alex Veitch, Brian
Deegan and Andrew Smith.
See also Pucher et al's fantastic international reviews, such as the
one Nick Cavill mentioned...
http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/pucher/Pucher_Dill_Handy10.pdf
and the earlier 'Making Cycling Irresistible'
[for these and others, click publications at
http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/pucher]
Of course there are examples of bad on-road facilities (just like
there's some bad permeability - poorly designed cut-throughs, accesses
etc) but these don't alter the general argument.
Come on Gary, you've got to admit it!!
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