TfL’s cycle design standards turn mayor’s vision into practitioner detail

A new method for assessing a street’s level of service for cyclists lies at the heart of Transport for London’s draft London Cycling Design Standards. Andrew Forster spoke to Paul Lavelle, one of the standard’s authors

Andrew Forster

27 June 2014

The safety of different cycle manoeuvres are scored as red, amber or green in the junction assessment tool

An excerpt from the Cycle Level of Service assessment; the method gives infrastructure a score out of 100

Few people put forward the case for cycling as eloquently as London mayor Boris Johnson but when it comes to turning his vision for a bike-friendly capital into reality there’s a need for a great amount of technical detail. That’s where TfL’s new draft London Cycling Design Standards come in. The current standards were produced in 2005 and the new version reflects the aspirations of the Mayor’s Vision for Cycling, published last spring, and incorporates best practice...