To ensure cyclists get a good deal, do we have to annoy people?

Steve Melia is a senior lecturer in transport and planning at the Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England.

Steve Melia is a senior lecturer in transport and planning at the Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England.

“Timid half-hearted improvements are out – we will do things at least adequately, or not at all.” That phrase, from (then) London mayor Boris Johnson’s Vision for Cycling in 2013 marked a significant change in planning for cycle infrastructure in London – and potentially the whole country. It implicitly acknowledged that British local authorities were suffering from delusions of adequacy. The phrase “or not at all” raises an interesting question for...

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