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Newly installed gate over Church Lane - blocking private vehicles from using this private lane

Image of new Nuffield Road Cycleway. Two bollards from a cycleway to a cycleway with no private motor-traffic allowed is just silly. The bollards must be removed.

Cycle Lane Closed

Cyclists merging from the left

View over busway to industrial estate - 2013-03-13

View over towards allotments - 2013-03-13

Busway construction 2014-03-13

Upgraded bicycle parking - now a shelter with 12 stands to accommodate 24 bicycles...

Bridge over river that has been recently converted to a two-way cycleway and wide pedestrian spaces, some funky lights.

Cycleway / Pedestrian Crossing over a main road. Single signal lights for bicycles and pedestrians and very wide area for crossings and a clear demarcation between bicycle and pedestrian spaces.

Bicycle roundabout with excellent route signs, a lighting structure in the middle and a clear demarcation of the bicycle and pedestrian areas. Crossing as a pedestrian was easy and the bicycles moved to the side or slowed down.

Point closure of a road with requirements for a "pass" to be used to get past - the pass appears to require you to exit the vehicle to activate the barriers.

Very Pink cycle parking, with multiple heights for attaching bicycles. (I think - or it could just be street art)

Bicycle roundabout at a junction of two crossing cycleways.

Many went the "correct way around" the roundabout, but others just cut the corner - there didn't appear to be a problem.

One arm had traffic lights to allow crossing of a main road.

"No Entry except Cycles" sign

Wide cycleway and pedestrian underpass underneath a major road. Very well lit, with colourful artwork on the walls.

"Du som cyklar, tänk på oss!"

translates as

"You who cycle, think of us!"

Wide cycleway flanked by very wide pedestrian walkways with trees and lighting separating the two areas.

Main north south cycleway within Malmö. The lights were frequent and bright.

This day went from 4ºC to 12ºC and still 6,860 people had passed this point by 19:00.

Cycle Parking at Malmö Central Station

For car traffic this is a signalised crossroads; for bicycles this is a "roundabout". The waiting areas for bicycles are large and wide.

Wide cycleway along a main road. Segregated from road by parked cars and trees.

Plenty of bicycle parking in shopping area. The cycle parking was every third shop.

Minor bus stop effectively blocks the pavement in this location.

Major traffic junction with traffic lights - note that the straight on traffic has separate signals to the right turn traffic, thus allowing bicycle straight on traffic to be given time to cross safely.

Cycleway behind a bus stop which is full of people waiting to get on the bus. There is plenty of space for people.

Cycleway moves away from the road when a big bus stop is nearby.

Cycleway raised up from road way and a different colour from the pedestrian space.

Cycleway separated from road (on a motorway over-bridge) by white lines. The pedestrian space has railings.

Exit from the residential area - unfortunately, the car parking restricts access to the cycleway when just two cars are waiting at the traffic lights.

Residential street (30 kmph) with a rough surface to keep traffic speeds down.

Bollards stopping through traffic from entering a bicycle road.

Bicycle route goes through a residential area - 30 mph, rough surface. Bollards block this as a through route for cars.

Bicycle road crossing a major road. The traffic lights turned green before I got there, and cars had to stop at their red lights.

Bicycle road junction with a main road. The junction is signalised but with bicycle priority. The bicycles are detected before the lights and the lights turned green before I arrived at the stop sign. Cars had to stop to let me past.

Bicycle road with pedestrian footpath.

Bicycle Road next to main road (which is next to the motorway)

The bicycle route is sufficiently far from the road to feel safe, has trees for shade and wind protection, yet close enough to feel like you are overlooked.

Note, that there is a pedestrian footpath that forks off to become yet another parallel route for a different mode of transportation.

Bicycle Road crosses a normal road - bicycles can wait in the middle with a bicycle refuge that is sufficiently wide. Bicycles do not have priority, but the volumes of car traffic was low.

Bicycle Road - access for a couple of buildings at the end, but the majority of traffic is bicycle traffic. It is a normal road width but with two advisory cycleways marked. Didn't mean any vehicles apart from two wheelers whilst on this road.

Two way cycleway segregated from road traffic by two barriers - so that light poles are safe.

Dutch cycleway that is avoiding the major roundabout

Bicycle Route Network #97 - North Holland

Map of surrounding areas, the numbers of each point, and distances

New rural cycleway under construction

Cycleway sign showing where the new cycleway goes under the roundabout

Cycleway crossing an entrance to a building's carpark.

T-junction within a cycleway - notice that bicycles from the minor cycleway have to giveway to bicycles on the main route

Cycleway bends away from main road to provide space for cars to giveway to bicycles on cycleway

Two way cycleway next to hotels & offices.

Cycle parking at hotel

Side road junction with a main road. Note that the footway is kept at the same level. Cycleway is continuous. Also note that the drop from the footway to the main road is much more severe than the drop on the minor road. This forces traffic to cross the cycleway much slower.

Cycleway along main road is continuous through a junction. Also, the footway along the side of the road is also continuous - although with different materials. Motor vehicles have to go up and over the footway. This forces traffic to automatically slow down at these junctions but also appears to force the traffic to give way to all traffic along the main road.

Cycleway is continuous, motor traffic has to negotiate a chicane. Notice there is no implied priority to traffic in either direction through the chicane.

Detail of angled curbs along side of the cycleways in suburban Aalborg.

Raised cycleway in suburban Aalborg. Notice that the cycleway does not change height where side roads or drives go over the cycleway. Also notice the "cycle symbols" in the cycleway to remind drivers that this is a cycleway. Also notice the curb changes from flat to angled.

Three way cycle junction with a pedestrian footway merging. Notice that in the junction the surface changes from a smooth cycle surface to a "pedestrian squares" showing that the pedestrians are more important in this location.

Combined cycle ramp and stairs.

Side view of the cycle ramp and stairs.

Combined cycle ramp and stairs between a cycleway and a road.

A combined cycle ramp and stairs from a cycleway down to a footpath / roadway.

Warning sides forbidding motorvehicles. Cycles use the bypass. Local buses ride over the car trap. (See close up)

No motor cars, no motorbikes, local buses allowed. Minimum axle width 2.05m. Sufficient for buses, but not for cars.

Close up of an Aalborg car trap. At the sides are metal bars that "guide" the bus wheels. The depth is approximately 6 inches. There are cycle tracks on either side to allow bicycles to easily avoid this feature.

Bus only road, enforced with a car trap. Cycle bypasses are provided.

Bus only road, enforced with a car trap - cycle bypasses are provided.

Bus only road - enforced with a car trap.

Cycle lane raised up onto curbed cycle track, and then moves behind the bus stop. This gives sufficient space for bus passengers to wait and get off bus without directly affecting cycle traffic.
BTW, Danish law requires cycles to give way to bus passengers.

Cycle lane raised up on curb, bypasses marked street parking, with protected area to provide sufficient space to open car doors.

Cycle counter along Cycleway 100 from Aalborg Centrum to Universitet

Bus only link with Magnus riding through the car trap pit

Car trap on Cycleway 100

Blacktop just laid. Excellent surface. Faster than the concrete...

Soft landing for bicycles that crash.

Informal access from Orchard Park development to new cycleway on its south border. A hard surface would be excellent at this location.