Tag: Binley Cycle Scheme

Separated bidirectional cycleway in Coventry. A floating bus-stop is on the left of the image.

Video: Coventry’s Binley Cycleway

Posted on 10/10/202310/10/2023 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

Take a look at Coventry’s newest separated cycleway running from the University Hospital to just outside of the City Centre. Although this is a roughly 3.4 mile (5.4km) route, it does currently have a gap of about 0.7 miles (1.1km) along Clifford Bridge Road where infrastructure is yet to be built.

Coventry's Coundon Cycleway, a bidirectional route. This image also includes a pedestrian footpath and zebra crossing, a bus stop, and a general traffic road. It therefore illustrates multi-modal transport.

Coventry to downgrade its Binley cycle scheme?

Posted on 14/07/202314/07/2023 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

Coventry City Council are running a “Let’s Talk” consultation on proposals to partly downgrade the separated cycleway in Binley, to include sections of shared use space on Clifford Bridge Road. This suggestion is a concerning one that puts the city’s second main separated cycle route at risk by adopting old-fashioned and inappropriate standards that risk conflict and hazard where mixing high flows of pedestrian and cycle traffic.

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