1. Cycling Embassy of Great Britain
An update

2. The Accidental Cycling Campaign
Jan 2011

3. Cycling has found its voice
• Cyclists and campaigners are becoming a force to be reckoned with

4. Cycling for everyone is the aspiration...
The great city is not the one that has
highways, but one where a child on
a tricycle or bicycle can go safely
everywhere. – Enrique Peñalosa

5. But mediocrity is built in by design
• ... meaning hard-won money is likely to be wasted
4.1 LTN 2/08 Cycle Infrastructure Design
provides detailed advice on the underlying
principles of designing for pedestrians and
cyclists. Key amongst these are the core
design principles, the identification of certain
cyclist categories (the ‘design’ cyclist),
consideration of traffic speeds and flows, and
the hierarchy of provision.

6. Or worse...
Designs which
actively
endanger or at
best
inconvenience
cyclists

7. Sometimes it seems anything ‘Dutch’
goes ... except ‘going Dutch’

8. Making ‘Go Dutch’ work in the UK
• Translating ‘I want what
they’ve got’ into
something concrete

9. Showing what can be done

10. Responding to consultations

11. A growing body of expertise
• Research documents
• Infrastructure safaris
• Policy pages
• A-Z of cycling
• Blog roundup
• Advice and guidance
• Probably the largest agglomeration of ‘kerb
nerds’ anywhere on the internet...

12. What’s next?
• Get international best practice written into
the design guidelines (and made standard)
• “Space 4 Cycling” must mean real space – for
everyone

13. Oh, and a little reminder
• Pedal on Parliament,
26th April, Edinburgh