Easy crossings of major roads are an essential element of good cycling infrastructure. Often these will take the form of grade separation; either bridges or underpasses.
This cycleway is Assen is safe, attractive and easy to use for everyone cycling. It is smooth and wide, and well-separated from motor traffic, thanks to planting and residential parking.
This week's good facility is a relatively short section of road along the Seine in Paris, which used to be a busy two lane road, but has recently been closed to motor traffic.
Another example this week of a simple, cheap and effective way of converting streets into proper 'access streets', by closing them as through routes to motor traffic, while leaving them open to wal