Cycling@Tea-time: planning for inclusive active travel 25 March 2022

Here we explore the urgent and complex issue of planning to make cycling inclusive.  We are joined by two people and delighted to be welcoming back Lucy, a long-time friend of Cycling@Tea-time.  And it's an honour to host John, whose lunchtime sessions at London South Bank University inspired the creation of Cycling@Mealtime:

Lucy Marstrand-Taussig talks about the state of the art in planning to make active travel inclusive, touching on legal duties, gaps in our knowledge, language (e.g. “vulnerable road user”) and what we are learning about the distributional impacts of different approaches to providing for active travel.

Professor John Parkin  discusses mixing of cycle traffic with motor traffic and the threshold for protecting cycling infrastructure, recognising the different levels of attractiveness and comfort people are likely to willingly accept. Gaps in the research will be identified.