Bill Dodds, Newcastle Cycling Forum Love Cycling Go Dutch Conference Newcastle, 5 November 2013 Workshop 2: Developing strategic cycle routes

1. How do we get from here to there?

2. 20 MPH Zones ( 2,758 streets)

4. Strategic Cycle Routes
• £4.29m
Retail Shared Space
• £1.45m
DIY Streets
• £1.06m
Cycle for Health
• £0.77m
Active Travel Centre
• £0.22m

5. Strategic Cycle Routes
£4.29m
Provide the backbone for improved cycle routes throughout Newcastle;
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routes will go where they are most needed
link up residential areas with the city centre via key corridors
– leisure
– schools
– universities
– local shops
– major employers
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target under-represented groups
comprehensively signed and well understood
improve health and help promote active travel
reduce congestion and carbon emissions on key corridors
increase economic growth and sustain existing retail centres
help make Newcastle a more pleasant place in which to live and work

7. Strategic Cycle Routes
£4.29m
The Seven Strategic Cycle Routes will:
• be comfortable to the user: minimising effort and respecting topography
• be direct and coherent, giving clarity throughout the route and fully
integrate with neighbourhood routes
• be attractive enough to get people to 'dust down their bikes' and not just
appeal to the 'experienced' cyclist
• feel intrinsically safe to the user: away from fast traffic and avoid conflict by
giving cyclists greater priority
• conveniently link key centres of employment, retail, culture and education
so that people have a reason to use them

8. Strategic Cycle Routes
£4.29m

11. Gosforth Transport Improvements