Pedals 17 Point Plan
- 20 m.p.h. speed limits on all roads in built-up areas except for the Strategic Highway Route Network where 30 m.p.h. limits would apply.
- Improved arrangements for the maintenance of cycle facilities, with special attention to potholes, broken glass and protruding vegetation on cycle routes and for well-publicised and prompt arrangements to deal effectively with complaints.
- Greater attention to detail in the design and construction of any special cycle and traffic-calming facilities including flush kerbs at cycle path entry and exit points, smooth surfaces, adequate effective width for safe two-way cycling and adequate lighting to ensure social safety after dark by all users, male and female. The details of traffic-calming features must not result in cyclists feeling jolted or squeezed or in any danger of losing control when riding in normal conditions at a reasonable speed.
- Inclusion of cycling and walking in all transport planning, monitoring, modelling and evaluation.
- Safe routes to schools to be created and secondary school children to be encouraged to cycle to school. Cycle proficiency training to be provided for all school children.
- A major programme of cycle-friendly traffic-calming around schools, local shopping centres and hospitals.
- A coordinated programme to promote cycling by the highway, planning, education, leisure, tourism, health and cycling organisations, to encourage use of bikes for a wide variety of utility and leisure trips, including trips to and from work, college, shopping, leisure and other social/personal trips. Programme to include adult cycle tuition and basic bike maintenance training in the community.
- Cycle audits of all proposed traffic schemes and cycle review of existing schemes, to make the general highway layout safer for cyclists, with an emphasis on direct and coherent provision. This should be linked to a programme of traffic management measures that gives priority to pedestrians and cyclists, particularly including advanced stop lines for cyclists, contraflow cycle lanes on one-way streets, and raised crossings at junctions.
- New developments to be safely and directly accessible to cyclists. Provide cycle parking for visitors and parking, showering and changing facilities for staff.
- Safe cycle access to, from and within the City Centre, including safe and convenient routes across the City Centre between east-west and north-south directions.
- Extensive provision of bicycle parking, especially at public facilities such as shops, libraries, health centres, leisure centres. Secure cycle parking at rail stations and bus termini with bicycle repair and hire shops associated. Supervised cycle parking facilities in the city centre.
- Promotion of cycling to and in work: Council employees and Councillors to be paid a flat rate for cycling to work, and a flat mileage rate to be paid for trips within work, regardless of mode. Promotion schemes aimed at major private sector employers.
- A network of high quality cycle routes, paying particular attention to provision in the northern side of the city and its environs. Improved links, in the adjoining suburbs of Rushcliffe, Gedling and Broxtowe, and safe connections across main roads and junctions to provide safer and more convenient access to nearby countryside areas. These links to include disused colliery lines and connect to wider routes forming part of the National Cycle Network plus regional and county routes such as those proposed in Nottinghamshire County Council’s Double-H network and other long and medium distance routes such as the National Byway and the Nutbrook Trail
- An exemption for cyclists from all road closures and vehicle turning bans.
- Signalisation of all large roundabouts.
- Bus/cycle lanes on all radial routes., carefully designed for safe cycle use.
- Much more emphasis on enforcement of existing regulations, including in particular speed limits and to avoid obstruction by drivers of special facilities like contraflow cycle lanes, cycle paths and shared bus and cycle lanes.
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