Cardiff Cycling Campaign

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Cardiff Cycling Campaign

• To County Council Scrutiny Cttee
• 9 September 2003
• Max Wallis (chair CCC)

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points from David Begg

• Cardiff has higher central car parking and lower
  cycling-walking than Nottingham and Edinburgh.
• Councillor and officer travel habits will become
  an issue in the Press as the Council argues for
  the modal shift of Keeping Cardiff Moving.
• Bus lanes are better for cyclists than a complete
  free-for-all. Cyclist / pedestrian sharing seems
  to work well.
• Reservations on 200km target - quality may
  suffer, gaps may not be rectified

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Benchmarking Project 2002

• .considerable potential for increasing the 2
  cycling in-City trips, provided there's backing
  by senior officers and members
• .Cardiff has an effective Cycle Audit up and
  running
• more attention to quality and standards of
  infrastructure - over-narrow cycle-lanes and
  approaches to ASLs
• review the banning of cyclists from 'pedestrian
  areas' at all times.

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Welsh Walking-Cycling Strategy section -
Learning to Share Space

• sharing space must be part of the solution to
  allowing walking and cycling to develop
• perceived conflict on shared routes is much
  greater than actual conflict
• WAG will develop a Code of Conduct for walkers,
  cyclists and equestrians for shared use paths,
  backed by a national publicity campaign.
• Cycle training should also involve training on
  conduct in shared space.
• To help guide local authorities, WAG to develop
  guidance on shared use and safeguard provision
  for people with disabilities

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Cycling St Davids 2
Cyclists consulted very late Cycling needs
ignored, despite general Council policy, and
specific routes - Ove Arup strategy and Cdf
Cycling Map Mill Lane/The Hayes and Bridge St
are shown as 'advisory routes' Ford Cres /
Sandon St (by the prison) is a signposted
cycling route
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Cycling movements may be blocked by St Davids 2
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St Davids 2 needs changes
The developers' brief talks of cyclist "access"
to their development - but cyclists need
cross-centre routes Cycling must be included as
integral part of the highway changes.
ruptured routes with no alternative we
refuse to go along with worsening - cycling on
pedestrian streets at vehicle times ? is not
enough - 5-6 pm journeys are vital - give us
Bridge St / Hills Street plus either Trinity
St or Working St at all times.
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Need for off-highway cycling routes
PedalPower project
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current Cycling Strategy / Ove Arup is largely
on-road (commuter) routes
Off-highway cycling is needed children /
disabled / less confident cyclists - preferred
for recreation (and commuting)

• Taff Trail
• Useful and popular Millenium/Priestly bridge and
  trail across Pontcanna fields
• Rhymney Trail
• Ely Trail - to St Fagans

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Strategic Cycling Network add desire lines for
strategic planning / UDP
river Ely/Sports village bridge

• Retained for TSG bid - excellent!
• Key strategic link into the Vale - for the NCN -
  National Cycle Network - and for local trips East
  Vale - Cardiff
• Important for trips to Sports Village - cycle
  promotion/auditing esp. for events

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Permeable urban fabric
for walking and cycling
City-centre day-time limitations due to crowds
Cyclists accept
Blocked-off Backstreets - drop the curbs
construct and sign cycling gaps Counter-flow
cycling in one-way streets, except where specific
difficulty Short-cut passages between estates
must be wide-enough with visibility to avoid
conflict with pedestrians
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Review and update Cardiffs local cycling
strategy (1998)
Welsh Walking-Cycling Strategy "Promote the
continued reallocation of road space in favour of
cyclists, through measures such as bus lanes,
cycle lanes, advanced stop lines, toucan
crossings and Quiet Lanes."
Guidance on Shared Routes and Sharing urban
space
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Safe Routes to Schools
We'd like the Council to make a public
commitment lead a public campaign

• teach cycling and road-sense at early age
• in-car pollution is several times higher than
  on-street pollution
• cut down car use particularly at times of summer
  smog
• obesity/unfitness among schoolkids

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more Schoolkids
York has been educating children on how to use
public transport and cycle - in many cases, they
just didn't know. Briardene? Need also on-road
training not just the initial cycling proficiency.
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Take-home message
If cycling is to contribute in itself to reduced
car use and reduced congestion, we need

• Quality facilities and Cycling-permeable urban
  fabric
• Continuous Cycling routes, including through city
  centre, with links to Taff trail
• Exploit off-highway opportunities, as the Rhymney
  and Ely valley routes