tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post1816962382903558038..comments2024-02-02T10:14:07.404+00:00Comments on Mad Cycle Lanes of Manchester: Hire Bikes - They Democratise CyclingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post-53105463181778027022012-09-08T16:49:26.587+01:002012-09-08T16:49:26.587+01:00I think a Manchester version of this scheme would ...I think a Manchester version of this scheme would suffer from the same issues as in London, suppressed cycling demand due to lack of safe convenient infrastructure, but without the same push factors which make the London scheme a moderate success, such as the shortfall between road space demand and supply and the sheer area covered by dense developments in London, which doesn't exist in the much smaller, dense core of Manchester.<br /><br />A real boost to Manchester's cycling would be to bring all of the main radial routes into Manchester from the satellite towns up to Dutch standard, whilst fixing a lot of the inner city routes so that traffic reduction measures don't also impact on the convenience of using a bike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com