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Britain’s cycling and walking commissioners have written a letter to the Transport Secretary saying that the government has wasted hundreds of millions of pounds painting pointless white lines on busy roads and calling them cycle lanes.
The commissioners, who include Chris Boardman (Greater Manchester), Dame Sarah Storey (Sheffield City region) and Will Norman (London), say painted cycle lanes are a ‘gesture’ and do nothing to make people feel safer on a bike. Collectively they call for an end to car-centric transport planning and a move towards investment decisions that ‘account for the true cost of car use to society’.
The letter to Chris Grayling says: “As there are currently no national minimum safety standards for walking and cycling infrastructure, these practices can and will continue wasting public money and failing to persuade people to change their travel habits.”
The cycling champions also want the government to review guidance on walking speeds to help local authorities make the case for extending pedestrian crossing times at signalised junctions.
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