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By organising car parking in residential streets, they become much safer for cycling and walking. Fewer parked cars gives better visibility between road users, reduces congestion (as people drive around hunting for a space) and pays for enforcement against anti-social parking.

Whether we call it “Dutch” or “Bristol Fashion” infrastructure should be always constructed to appropriate quality standards and agreed principles. National standards should be set by the DfT and based on the best advice of European cities,. While we wait for the DfT Bristol should work to the best practice it can document from elsewhere and implement in Bristol. Experimentation has already been successful in parts of Bristol. Efforts should be made to identify and change or remove the less successful innovations. Future innovations should be discussed with relevant groups and with experts elsewhere.

Efficient public transport is an important part of a healthy city. The improvements they can bring to congestion for private motor vehicles should not be at the expense of cycling or walking. Efforts should be made to reduce the conflicts with cycling that newer programmes are threatening. When improving  bus routes, walking and cycling should experience improved facilities, never impediments. Mixed journeys should be easier, with increased cycle access and storage at all railway stations and easier opportunities to take cycles on public transport. MT 10/03/14: Buses, like all large vehicles, present a particular hazard to cyclists, therefore…

Cycling to school, to work, to shops, to social and cultural events of all kinds should be easy and safe for any individual who can ride. If faster and heavier road traffic presents a threat, good practice should steadily review and remove the threats, not the vulnerable cyclists. Training might be part of the process but changing road layouts and cycling routes definitely should be. The emphasis should be on road danger reduction and not putting responsibility onto the vulnerable road user for safety, e.g. questioning collision victims on whether they were wearing hi-viz and helmets. Not all…

Those who pose the greatest threat should take the greatest care. Speeding, ignoring ASLs, blocking exits, double parking in busy streets by motor vehicle drivers can make cycling very unpleasant. But the same principle also applies to cyclist behaviour towards pedestrians. This is more to do with thoughtful behaviour than legal niceties. Close passes by large vehicles on the road are frightening and dangerous. Close passes by quickly moving cycles in shared or pedestrian space can be just as intimidating, even if they are (rationally speaking) less dangerous. Cycling is known to make people happier, and everyone remembers…