This week's Good Facility is a mundane yet very useful piece of design - a short section of 'cycle road' that forms a link between Ossulton Street and Brill Place in the London Borough
This document explains how facilities for walking should be designed, following on from how they are planned, which is covered in “Planning for Walking”. Well-designed facilities that follow desire lines, are clutter-free, and are legible to all users will assist in enabling walking journeys and improve the experience of those already walking. The design of facilities should also consider the volumes of people walking along (actual or desired) or crossing streets, and the solutions will depend on a variety of considerations.
Research on cycle infrastructure preferences generally suggests a preference for off-road cycle infrastructure and segregation from motor traffic, among both existing cyclists and non-cyclists. However, studies have so far not explored how the presence of children might shape adults’ attitudes to cycle infrastructure. Similarly, studies on the determinants of child cycling have not as yet looked in depth at the impact of parental attitudes to specific infrastructure types.
This week's Good Facility is a typical Dutch cycleway alongside an 80km/h (50mph) oad. Wide, smooth, and well-separated from the road, with a verge, and trees.
