Bridleway/ Cycle Strategy – next steps
• Drivers for change
• ROWIP bridleway suggestions – what have we achieved
• Bridleway Strategy
• Cycling Strategy
• How to better connect the network
Drivers for Change
•
CTC campaign for cyclists to use footpaths:
We’ve been here before!!
1967 Report of the Footpaths Committee, Ministry of Housing & Local Govt
We appreciate from evidence put to us the unhappy lot of the cyclist between the
walker and the motorist. He is not welcome on roads and seems to have no legal right
to use footpaths. The cyclists’ plea to us was that they be given a right to use
footpaths although they accepted that walkers must retain their right of passage…
…we have concluded that pedal cyclists be allowed to use footpaths and bridleways
but by the very definition of these two public rights of way priority on them must be
given to walkers.
We recommend therefore that pedal cyclists be allowed to use footpaths and
bridleways but also with proper care for the safety of walkers and other users.
Drivers for Change
Scottish Govt Land Reform Review Group 2014:
Ten years after the legislation came into force, the Group’s view is that the new
statutory framework should be judged a considerable achievement that has delivered
significant public benefits and is “generally working well on the ground”. There are
undoubtedly problems to be addressed in some areas as described below and there
have been some prominent recent issues. However, the Group considers that these
are essentially issues over implementation rather than with the terms of the
legislation.
The Review Group’s view is that Part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
has delivered a progressive statutory framework for improved public access
over land in Scotland,
Drivers for Change
•
Welsh Assembly review into access and RoW – initially looking at Scottish type of
responsible access but pulled back from that. Promised Green Paper still not
published
•
10 years of open access in England and Wales
•
Rights of Way Review Committee – asked members what changes they would like
to see
•
Lack of strategic improvements through the ROWIP process
Cycling Strategy
Vision
For Cumbria and the Lake District to be the best place for everyone to cycle, with more people cycling more often in our
spectacular landscapes
Introduction
Diverse offer; scenery/ beauty; great places to cycle; willing partners
Themes
Improving Cycle
Infrastructure
We will create cycle friendly
facilities, improve cycle
related infrastructure and
make the rights of way
network fit for purpose/
better connected.
Supporting the Cycle
Economy
Embedding Cycling as
a healthy lifestyle
We will encourage and
enable businesses to develop
cycle friendly services and
promote cycle opportunities
in Cumbria.
We will work with partners
to embed cycling as a healthy
lifestyle choice, by developing
safe journeys to work and
School and by providing cycle
training for local communities.
Promoting Cumbria
as the best place to
cycle
We will encourage more
people to explore
Cumbria by bike, by
promoting routes through
a dedicated Cycle Cumbria
Website, a network of
cycling ambassadors and by
branding Cumbria as the best
cycling destination in the UK.
Actions
Facilities
Business support
Travel to school
Website
Hubs
Travel to work
Cycle Ambassadors
Connecting the rights of way
network
Cycle training/
Bikeability
Branding and marketing
Cycling Strategy
Improving Cycle
Infrastructure
We will create cycle friendly facilities, improve cycle
related infrastructure, and make the rights of way
network fit for purpose/ better connected.
Actions
Facilities
Hubs
Connecting the
RoW network
How to better connect the RoW network