Hampshire County Council cycling strategy - closes 29 July 2015

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CllrJohnWall
Hampshire County Council cycling strategy - closes 29 July 2015
tombaileytyne

Nothing hugely wrong with that John, but it ignores the elephant in the room that building a functioning network across a whole county by 2025 won't happen.  Huge danger you end up with schemes scattered across the county which achieve little.  Really you need to pick a few towns where there is political appetite and some of the ingredients are already there (e.g. A bypass and ped/cycle friendly town centre) and then go at it over several years to create a functioning network).

for new developments you probably need a planning document that has some teeth, e.g. A walking / cycling SPD.  Relying on pointing developers to half decent guidance might not do it.

tombaileytyne

Nothing hugely wrong with that John, but it ignores the elephant in the room that building a functioning network across a whole county by 2025 won't happen.  Huge danger you end up with schemes scattered across the county which achieve little.  Really you need to pick a few towns where there is political appetite and some of the ingredients are already there (e.g. A bypass and ped/cycle friendly town centre) and then go at it over several years to create a functioning network).

for new developments you probably need a planning document that has some teeth, e.g. A walking / cycling SPD.  Relying on pointing developers to half decent guidance might not do it.

tombaileytyne

Nothing hugely wrong with that John, but it ignores the elephant in the room that building a functioning network across a whole county by 2025 won't happen.  Huge danger you end up with schemes scattered across the county which achieve little.  Really you need to pick a few towns where there is political appetite and some of the ingredients are already there (e.g. A bypass and ped/cycle friendly town centre) and then go at it over several years to create a functioning network).

for new developments you probably need a planning document that has some teeth, e.g. A walking / cycling SPD.  Relying on pointing developers to half decent guidance might not do it.

CllrJohnWall

There is also an email address for comments: Hampshire.cycling@hants.gov.uk

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