http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Lessons from Leicester … the UK's unlikely new poster city for cycling" en Mon, 18 May 2026 09:46:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15805#post-205622 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:25:31 +0000 i 205622@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Leicester is quite good, we had a Cycling Embassy of Great Britain AGM there. </p> <p>You can see from the pictures here what the cycling infrastructure looks like. </p> <p><a href="http://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/liveable-leicester-part-1-extreme-kerb.html" rel="nofollow">http://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/liveable-leicester-part-1-extreme-kerb.html</a><br /> <a href="http://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/liveable-leicester-part-2-kerb-crawling.html" rel="nofollow">http://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/liveable-leicester-part-2-kerb-crawling.html</a></p> <p>The network is still a bit disjointed but its good quality. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15805#post-205586 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:02:38 +0000 chdot 205586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Over the last 10 years, Leicester’s new breed of town planners have been slowly reclaiming the city for people by nibbling away at the space dedicated to motorists.</p> <p>...</p> <p>“The changes we’re making are transforming Leicester into a much more liveable place,” </p> <p>...</p> <p>"</p> <p>A survey found that 18% of people travelled to the shops by car, 42% walked, 28% cycled and 9% took the bus</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/26/lessons-from-leicester-the-uks-unlikely-new-poster-city-for-cycling" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/26/lessons-from-leicester-the-uks-unlikely-new-poster-city-for-cycling</a> </p>