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A ‘build it, they will come’ approach won’t boost cycling

Philip Loy, Cycling consultant, Colin Buchanan, London
19 February 2010
 

The reported disappointment in Scotland about outcomes from spending on cycling is unfortunate but no surprise. In a society entrenched with high car ownership and infrastructure to match, investment in cycling requires a phased, targeted approach, with timescales of perhaps ten or 20 years. It also requires a somewhat canny approach to the way highway infrastructure is funded and programmed.

A conventional approach to cycle infrastructure is to conceive of a cycle network and then to establish...

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