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"The Department of Transport (DfT) has made long-awaited changes to infrastructure regulations, meaning mandatory bike lanes and low level traffic lights can now be used without a special application to central government, while parallel pedestrian-and-cycle zebras can be legally introduced for the first time, making Dutch-style roundabouts possible in the UK."
The full article is here.
"...the changes may take a while to reach council engineers, and whether or not the changes are used at local level depends on political will, it's also about councils having the confidence to use those tools."
I look forward to seeing the first of these new fangled innovations on Edinburgh's streets after I have retired...
So if the gaps between the dashes are filled in on the QBC.... how does this work where parking is allowed inside the cycle lane?
Does mandatory mean cyclists *MUST* use the Lane? Many cycle lanes in Edinburgh are dangerous due to drains, pot holes, exposed metalwork and debris!
How are drivers educated in the changes? - They've passed a test, have "Road Tax" and Insurance so they're good to go!
"Does mandatory mean cyclists *MUST* use the Lane? "
No. It means motor vehicles "must" not enter the cycle lane. Aye right! Just like the "must" not enter bus lanes...
I think they're planning low-level "advance start" traffic lights near KB are they not?
I haven't had time to read all 547 pages of the new regs etc yet, but I think the road.cc article linked above is wrong to say there is an exemption from mandatory cycle-only lanes "where a large vehicle has to cross the lane because of its size". The exemptions are "...if it is safe and necessary to do so—
(a) in order to pass a stationary vehicle;
(b) to enable the vehicle to enter, from the side of the road on which it is proceeding, land or premises adjacent to the length of road on which the line is placed, or another road joining that road;
(c) due to circumstances outside the control of the driver;
(d) in order to avoid an accident; or
(e) for the purpose of complying with any direction of a constable in uniform or a traffic warden" (all regardless of size) and for emergency vehicles.
Also I think it is wrong to say Councils needed specific DfT permission for mandatory lanes - the signs and markings were approved as long as the roads authority (eg Council) went through the process of making a TRO, same as for bus lanes, speed limits, etc.
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