Nine facts about #ActiveTravel #LTNs #walking #cycling
Fact 1: 75% of people would like to see more money spent on cycling in their city.
The types of infrastructure people would find most useful are segregated on-road tracks (64%) and traffic- free cycling routes (60%).
Fact 2: Cycle lanes move more people than car lanes.
A three-metre wide lane can move 700 to 1,100 people per hour in cars, whereas for bicycles and walking this increases to 2000 to 6,500.
Fact 3: Walkers and cyclists spend more in shops.
Retailers overestimate how many of their customers travel by car by a factor of 100%.
Per square metre, cycle parking delivers five-times higher retail spend than the same area of car parking.
Fact 4: People like to shop on streets that are nice places.
Shop vacancy rates are five times higher on streets with high levels of traffic.
Retail turnover in pedestrianised areas generally outperforms non-pedestrianised areas.
Fact 5: Our streets are wide enough.
Many streets can accommodate high quality cycling infrastructure by removing car parking, or making streets one-way to motorised traffic.
On narrow streets, reducing traffic volume and speed can mean no special infrastructure is required.
Fact 6: Cycling is safe.
High quality cycling infrastructure is vital to reduce road dangers for people cycling, and improve the perception of safety to attract more people (and types of people) to cycle.
Fact 7: Cycling infrastructure is money well spent.
Road projects produce returns of £3 to £5 for every £1 spent.
Walking and cycling schemes produce returns of £4 to £19 for every £1 spent.
Fact 8: Britons want more cycling infrastructure near them.
78% of residents in UK cities support building more protected roadside cycle lanes, even when this could mean less space for other road traffic.
Fact 9: Cycling infrastructure is cheap and effective.
High specification cycling schemes cost £1.3 million per kilometre on average.
Road schemes cost around *£50 million* per kilometre. The HS2 rail scheme is predicted to cost £77 million per kilometre.
Full report:
Common Misconceptions of Active Travel Investment
A Review of the Evidence.
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