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A catch-all term for a wide variety of adapted cycles, designed for carrying heavy or bulky loads, or passengers, including children. They can come in either two-wheeled, three-wheeled, or four-wheeled form, with or without e-assistance.

A form of design used to encourage slower traffic and to provide better (usually wider) pavement facilities for pedestrians, and indeed cycling infrastructure.

A chaincase is a device that encloses the chain on a bicycle. It's a practical feature that is ubiquitous on bicycles ridden for transport in the Netherlands and Denmark. 

A manufacturer of cargo bikes in Denmark - most often seen as tricycles, and popular with businesses. 

The "Community Infrastructure Levy".

A coaster brake is a back pedal brake, typically found on bicycles ridden for transport in the Netherlands and Denmark. 

Also called 'Coherence'. One of the five main demands used to measure the quality of cycling infrastructure (the others are safety, 

A term used to refer to cycles and motor traffic being 'combined' on the carriageway, i.e. without any separate cycle provision. 'Combined traffic' should only occur in low speed, low traffic environments.

Also known as a Contiental Roundabout, this describes the concept of a reduced radius in the centre of a roundabout creating a layout in which motor vehicles traversing the design experience a need to slow down given by the need to take a series of cor

In the context of transport and highways, consultation is the process by which highway authorities discuss changes with local residents and transport users.

A one-way street for motor vehicles with provision for two-way cycling. Avoids forcing cyclists into detours, but can be intimidating to ride in. This is typically a low-quality solution compared to modal filters.

An area where parking is generally reserved for permit holders. These can be done many different ways, but typically the restrictions will be by time and location.

This layout is obviously found (a lot) in the Danish city of Copenhagen which is rather more cycle-friendly than London. The arrangement has a footway, then a cycle track and buses stopping next to the cycle track.

A shorthand term for the Design Manual for Bicycle Traffic.

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A cycle-specific crossing of a road carrying motor traffic, at grade. This type of crossing can either give cycling priority, or give motor traffic priority. 

A 'cycle gate' is a design used to separate the movements of cycle traffic and motor traffic at busy junctions.

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A cycle street is one designed to handle large volumes of cycling, but very low volumes of motor traffic.

'Cycle time' is the length of a cycle, in traffic signal control.

Legislation aimed at converting public footpaths (which are paths away from roads, not footways, which run along roads) int

'Cycle training' refers to any programme of instruction in cycling proficiency, be it simply learning to ride and handle a cycle, learning road rules and behaviour, or attempting to deal with more complex road environments.

A simple, catch-all term to describe a route for cycling, analogous to footway for pedestrians and roadway for motor vehicles.

Cycling Level of Service (or CLoS for short) is an audit tool developed by Transport for London. It is designed to assess the quality of cycling provision in existing (and proposed) schemes, with a final score out of 100.