Bedford plans for ‘Dutch style’ cyclist-friendly roundabouts provoke social media debate

03 May 2013

 

LTT's coverage of Bedford Borough Council’s plans to improve cycle safety at a busy roundabout have sparked huge discussion on Twitter. They claimed that the design is based on a ‘turbo roundabout’ design in the Netherlands that is meant for cars, not cyclists.

Cycling campaigners on Twitter challenged the idea that the turbo roundabout design that Bedford says has “revolutionised roundabout design in the Netherlands” (LTT 19 Apr) can be described as a...

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