Question 11
Better cycle lane provision, coupled with marketing by BBC of how great the cycling infrastructure / routes are.
Most people don't know the pleasure of getting on a bike until they've tried. We need to get them to realise the benefits of walking, cycling etc. Provide electric bikes! It's so flat round here so we should be making the most of it. Could there be river boats? More bridges over rivers/roads to make it easier to get to places without going "round the houses". Make it safer but also make it feel safe (in light of how scared so many have become due to Covid) It is expensive, but it does have to pay for itself. Stop and pick up when hailed and drop off to suit, where appropriate
Realistic travel costs and frequency of routes. Cycle paths would also help.
Better bike routes. Increased bus service to villages running throughout day and into the night to tally with Shop times and theatre/cinema finishes.
Improved and separated cycle connections including along the river.
Sustainable modes of transport include walking, cycling and public transport. Having an integrated approach to the planning of development and transport will encourage greater use of sustainable transport. Having an improved and safe cycle network may encourage more cycling into the town centre and enhanced railway network, including the reinstatement of the fast train to London at peak times. In addition, the government and local authorities should encourage the development of the infrastructure for green vehicles e.g. electric recharging stations.
The Biddenham Society recommends the enforced provision of external car-charging electrical points in all new houses.
No comment.
Better public transport services, better interconnections of services. (This is assuming that, at some point in the future, public transport will pose less of a risk of Covid-19 transmission than it does currently)
• To limit carbon emissions and encourage rail travel, growth areas should be concentrated around the new planned railway stations, and within 1-mile walking distance from the station. • New builds should allow off road parking and charging points for electric vehicles.
If the proximity between home, town and work were condensed people would be able to get around more on foot or bicycle. A lot more people cycle for fitness these days but commuting by bike isn't that common - it's not accepted like it is in The Netherlands. Perhaps if all new workplaces were forced to include changing rooms and showers as well as cycle racks more people would be prepared to switch.
More provision of bus shelters (bus stops can be very cold and wet places to wait)
Better service and a clear benefit over the current convenience of cars
See answer to Question 5 – point 1, also: • Making sustainable modes of transport safe and easily accessible. e.g. Dutch style segregated cycle routes, buses able to access all new housing developments so that bus stops are easily accessible to all residents • Substantially increasing the frequency of bus services to rural communities • Actively reducing the priority given to unsustainable forms of transport. • Reversing past unsustainable transport policies and actions e.g. The serious issue of not being able to access Bedford town centre safely by bicycle from the Wixams new town should be ended by demanding that Highways England build a cycle bridge across the A421 as they committed to do years ago. BBC to ensure that the new Bromham Road Bridge across the railway is supplemented with an additional cycle bridge to enable safe cycle access to Bedford station as BBC said it would 2 years ago - to date, no planning application has been forthcoming.
Park and ride schemes and dedicated busways. Dedicated well maintained and debris swept cycle lanes. These should not be shared with cars as cyclists need to feel safe in order to increase confidence. Showers at work. Bike hire schemes such as those in London.
Make it cheap
More ad better cyclepaths. More vehicle charging points.
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New dedicated walking and cycling infrastructure as well as more frequent and extended rural bus services.
• Dedicated cycleways and walkways. • Park and ride schemes. • Dedicated busways
Pedestrians and cycles need to be separated from motor vehicles especially on narrow rural roads and those villages without adequate footpaths. A ban on hgvs and lgvs would help in the short term
So your're proposing to build 5000 homes in Honeydon, Duloe and Staploe, home to a number of protected species including grass snakes, bats and the spiked star of bethlehelm, but then ask about green transport?? Can you not see the irony? Honestly, who are you clowns? You have absolutley no regard for the environment - hence the building of the incinerator the size of Wembley stadium in Stewartby! People aren't stupid, please expect partitions and a large campaign against the Brown proposal
correct infrastructure and local to where they live
Residents in Bedford would be more likely to use sustainable modes of transport correct infrastructure local to where they live.
Sustainable modes of transport include walking, cycling and public transport. Having an integrated approach to the planning of development and transport will encourage greater use of sustainable transport. Having an improved and safe cycle network may encourage more cycling into the town centre and enhanced railway network, including the reinstatement of the fast train to London at peak times. In addition, the government and local authorities should encourage the development of the infrastructure for green vehicles e.g. electric charging stations.
Better services, particularly bus.
Much better cycling facilities are needed; too many cycle lanes just stop and throw cyclists back into busy traffic. Consider cycle 'superhighways' as in London. The river provides a natural traffic-free route through town; consider a cycle path that segregates bikes from pedestrians/dog walkers, and provide an equivalent north-south route.
Much better cycling facilities are needed; too many cycle lanes just stop and throw cyclists back into busy traffic. Consider cycle 'superhighways' as in London. The river provides a natural traffic-free route through town; consider a cycle path that segregates bikes from pedestrians/dog walkers, and provide an equivalent north-south route.
• Dedicated cycleways and walkways. • Park and ride schemes. • Dedicated busways
Better dedicated cycle paths, and cycle parking facilities in the town centre.