| New rural greenway plans Posted by CyclingSid at 10:46, 14th April 2026 |     |
Laura Laker, the author of ‘Potholes and Pavements: A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network’, has done some research on the difficulties of making rural greenways
https://road.cc/news/resistant-landowners-blocking-117-miles-of-traffic-free-cycle-routes
highlights some of the authorities and land owners causing problems. Leaving people marooned on "car only" traffic areas. As she points out not exactly ideal in the current situation with global fuel prices.
She has produced a toolkit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zvjSNPZLcdPYbVBN8Wxu2yzdXTpuAsE77XcoV1nblgk/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0
to empower locals who want to something in their own area. In some ways an update to the original document, which I think Graham has stored somewhere on the system.
| Re: New rural greenway plans Posted by Trowres at 11:43, 14th April 2026 | |
While re-using disused railways is a useful starting point, it doesn't come near to dealing with the lack of safe non-car travel opportunities for getting into "town" from nearby villages and out of town to access countryside.
We can look to The Netherlands for inspiration and good practice.
