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Lancaster named UK’s most bike-friendly city; local cycling campaigners disagree

City was ranked top in recent survey from personal injury law firm –
UPDATED Wed, Feb 05, 2020 20:07
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Lancaster named UK’s most bike-friendly city; local cycling campaigners disagreeKing St, Lancaster (CC BY-SA 2.0 by Rob Purvis on Geograph.org_.uk)
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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Kendalred | 4 years ago
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Erm, am I missing something here - I can see the headline, a picture of the (bloody horrible) one way system in the centre of Lancaster, then some completely unrelated tweets? Any text to go with the headline?

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HarrogateSpa | 4 years ago
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It sounds like a nonsense survey cooked up for publicity in 45 minutes on a Tuesday afternoon. Not worth an article, probably not even worth finishing this com

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Cycloid | 4 years ago
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Some time ago I took the train to Lancaster as the starting point for a tour of the Yorkshire Dales.

When I rode out through the city I did not notice anything good or bad about the infrastructure.

However when I was riding up a hill just outside the city a white van overtook me just a little on the close side. A few seconds later a police car came alongside, wound down the window and an officer asked "Did that van give you enough room when passing?"

It costs nothing but creates such goodwill

Lancaster gets my vote

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dodpeters | 4 years ago
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As far as I can see precious little real progress has been made to promote and facilitate cycling in Lancaster since I was a student there 25 years ago.

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ktache | 4 years ago
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What has the cost of public transport got to do with cycle friendlyness?

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crazy-legs replied to ktache | 4 years ago
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Ridership of public transport is affected by cost, frequency, convenience and accessibility. Cost is actually a relatively small factor in whether or not people choose to use it but ultimately, more people on public transport = fewer people driving themselves around = fewer cars = more cycle friendly.

So it's not unreasonable to say that cheap public transport is a factor in making places more cycle friendly (to an extent - it's not much good having a bus that costs 20p if it's once a day and only goes half way to where you want to go!)

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