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And let's not forget the elephant in the room. Money. How much would it cost to add, say, a cycle lane to an existing road 1km long if it required more than ju
by lbriner 5y ago
And let's not forget the elephant in the room. Money.
How much would it cost to add, say, a cycle lane to an existing road 1km long if it required more than just painting the pavement? £100K? More? How many Kms would be required to change even a small town over to be more pedestrian friendly? I just don't think the money is there.
Also, you have many places in the UK that to pedestrianise the centre would create genuine bad problems for drivers. Many small towns simply don't have more than one main route through them.
But then it does depress me when they create new build estates that they don't seem to take that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do it right from the beginning.
- timthorn 5y agoThe Cambridge City Deal assigned £8M to install 5 new off road cycle lanes around the city, IIRC. I don't have the actual costs and delivered distances to hand (the data is online to be found somewhere), but we're talking about a few miles.