TWO DECADES OF THE REDWAY CYCLE PATHS IN MILTON KEYNES

Although the English town of Milton Keynes (MK) was designed, more than any other urban area in Europe, to facilitate the use of the car, it has a separate network of paths, shared by cyclists and pedestrians, through most of its areas. The main paths are 'Redways', so called due to their red surfacing, which are usually unsegregated 3m wide paths. The Redway network now has over 200km of paths, and crosses most (but not all) of the grid roads by bridge or underpass. There are also some narrower leisure routes, not lit at night. This article discusses experience of the use of the Redways. MK has about 1.8 bicycles per household, more than the UK average, probably because of the Redways and leisure routes. Only about 3% of the journeys to work are by cycle; perhaps most cycling in MK is for leisure purposes. Most people perceive motor traffic as the main danger to cyclists, so that Redways are thought to be the safest routes for cyclists to use. However, there have been six fatalities to cyclists using Redways during 1987-98. Stats 19 data have recorded at least as many accidents on Redways as on grid roads, and over four times as many as on local roads. The paper analyses the causes of Redway accidents, and discusses Redways' sharing of space with pedestrians, security aspects, cyclists' attitudes, and maintenance issues.

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• Authors:
  • Franklin, J
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 393-6
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 7/8
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bikeways; Bridges; Crash rates; Cyclists; Fatalities; Injuries; Networks; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrians; Perception; Roads; Travel; Travelers; Tunnels; Urban areas; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 3455: Bridge; 1667: Crossing the road; 2722: Cycle track; 1742: Cyclist; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 698: Journey; 621: Journey to work; 1733: Pedestrian; 2229: Perception; 1755: Road user; 3374: Tunnel; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00771571
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 4 1999 12:00AM