CYCLING: A CONSULTATION PAPER

This consultation paper describes the actions being taken now by the government to meet the needs of cyclists, considers the possibilities for further action and asks people for their views. Three areas are considered: (1) provision of facilities for cyclists (road design, road surfaces, traffic signs and signals, measures to promote leisure cycling); (2) improvement in safety (education and training, conspicuity of cyclists, publicity and the highway code, bicycle design); (3) promotion of legislation to help cyclists and to protect their interests. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Department for Transport, England

  Welsh Office, 2 Marsham Street
  London,   England 
• Publication Date: 1981-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Bikeways; Cyclists; Design; Driver training; Education; Federal government; Highway design; Improvements; Itinerary; Layout; Legislation; Publicity; Rural areas; Surfacing; Traffic control; Traffic regulations; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education; Traffic signals; Traffic signs; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic laws
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway code
• ITRD Terms: 1211: Bicycle; 2722: Cycle track; 1742: Cyclist; 9011: Design (overall design); 1571: Driver training; 2284: Education; 183: Government (national); 2855: Highway design; 9108: Improvement; 699: Itinerary; 2885: Layout; 1556: Legislation; 8573: Publicity; 328: Rural area; 2972: Surfacing; 1544: Traffic regulations; 553: Traffic sign; 565: Traffic signal; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Design; Education and Training; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341909
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM