http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Cycle-friendly cities now need to encourage walkers" en Sat, 16 May 2026 00:43:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11351#post-128193 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:17:01 +0000 crowriver 128193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Where are these cycle friendly cities of which you speak? The Netherlands? Denmark? Germany? Switzerland perhaps? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11351#post-128190 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:14:06 +0000 Min 128190@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What cycle-friendly cities?</p> <p>London is a horrific place to walk. It is worth paying the £1000000 for tube tickets. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11351#post-128170 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:12:56 +0000 chdot 128170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>How can we get people walking?<br /> • Reduce traffic volumes</p> <p>• Reduce traffic speeds</p> <p>• Widen pedestrian pavements</p> <p>• Permeability and connectivity: making sure all schools, housing areas and shopping centres are linked by high quality pedestrian facilities including those on traffic free routes.</p> <p>• Re-set all pedestrian activated light controlled crossings to reduce waiting time for pedestrians to no more than 25 seconds and make them genuinely responsive to the pedestrian pushing the button.</p> <p>• Active policing to detect and prosecute speeding vehicles including those going faster than 20mph on 20mph streets.</p> <p>• Detect, prosecute and deter motorists going through red lights.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/oct/11/cycle-friendly-cities-pedestrians-walkers" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/oct/11/cycle-friendly-cities-pedestrians-walkers</a> </p>