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"Lessons from Leicester … the UK's unlikely new poster city for cycling"

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  1. chdot
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    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.

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    “The changes we’re making are transforming Leicester into a much more liveable place,”

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    A survey found that 18% of people travelled to the shops by car, 42% walked, 28% cycled and 9% took the bus

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    http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/26/lessons-from-leicester-the-uks-unlikely-new-poster-city-for-cycling

    Posted 8 years ago #
  2. i
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    Leicester is quite good, we had a Cycling Embassy of Great Britain AGM there.

    You can see from the pictures here what the cycling infrastructure looks like.

    http://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/liveable-leicester-part-1-extreme-kerb.html
    http://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/liveable-leicester-part-2-kerb-crawling.html

    The network is still a bit disjointed but its good quality.

    Posted 8 years ago #

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