domd1979
Veteran
- Location
- Staffordshire
Where I work, I can only think of one highway engineer who cycles and I'm the only transport planner who cycles in!!
Its not just engineers though who are responsible for what goes in - its transport planning and development control as well. York's Local Transport Plan has a target in that "75% of new developments to contribute either physically or financially to pedestrian, cycle or public transport networks". That target is no doubt going to be influencing what's happening on the ground.
Its not just engineers though who are responsible for what goes in - its transport planning and development control as well. York's Local Transport Plan has a target in that "75% of new developments to contribute either physically or financially to pedestrian, cycle or public transport networks". That target is no doubt going to be influencing what's happening on the ground.
Arch said:Yup, many cycle 'facilities' are rubbish, and designed by non-cyclists. I wonder how many road engineers don't drive?
Here's my video of three daft ones - only one is actually dangerous, but the third one sums up the idea that bikes somehow ought to mix with pedestrians rather than traffic. And as has been said, that idea then leads drivers to think that we shouldn't be on the road...
Apparently, the city engineers consulted on that last one, which is on a brand spanking new road, and then just ignored everything they had been told..