Space for Cycling

The disastrous design of the new London Road bridge illustrates how far away we are here in Derby from having a 21st century local cycle network.
There are some excellent cycling facilities in the Riverside Path, the traffic free routes through Mackworth and Mickleover, and the path on Racecourse Park which leads to the Breadsall Greenway. 
Even in the city centre we have a few inspired on road cycle lanes, such as the one on Exeter Bridge, the contraflow lane in the Wardwick, and more recently the well designed cycle lane on Babington Lane.  The new Inner Ring Road has such good cycling features that the Council received an award from Derby Cycling Group.
However, the main reason why we do not see more people on two wheels is that most on-road cycle lanes are intermittent and do not join up, dissuading potential and nervous cyclists from using them..
Take for example the Uttoxeter Road, which runs out to Mickleover. Some short stretches have good cycle lanes but they suddenly end in the middle of nowhere, and cyclists are then exposed to following motor traffic which is often travelling too fast and too closely.
Many more people would cycle if these problems were tackled, but we can see that why they are not when we hear how many of our councillors have signed up for the Space for Cycling campaign.
Only three of the 51 have signed up!
Please ask your councillors to take a look at this video and ask them these questions.
Will you sign up to the campaign?  And if not, why not?

Click HERE for the video.