Yes, without question.
For this to become widespread there's a need to overcome the public perception of the danger of cycling, real and imagined.
Properly separated cycleways are an important means of doing that, but they need to have cycle priority at junctions as in the low countries. What we have at present all too often is disjointed sections with confined and dangerous crossing points at roundabouts and crossroads having motor vehicle priority, making for very slow and risky journeys.
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Last edited by flecc : 14th July 2008 at 12:19.
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