From:
Councillor Sean Rush
To:
Councillor Sarah Free; Liam Hodgetts; DL: Councillors
Cc:
Barbara McKerrow; Claire Pascoe; Moana Mackey; Farzad Zamani; Vida Christeller; Richard MacLean; Beth
Keightley; Inna Zadorozhnaya
Subject:
RE: Update on Newtown to City Transitional Cycleway
Date:
Monday, 18 July 2022 11:56:24 am
Attachments:
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Thanks Liam/Moana,
 
 
A few comments on your proposed next steps:
 
 
 
3.  One point that should be considered is the relevance of the Parking Policy to cycleway
design.  Your officers mentioned the Policy as a barrier to exploring other options – for
example, use of the median strip along Kent and Cambridge for cycling.  This proposal has
some support from the car dealers and could deliver an easy win.
 
In one of our meetings your officers suggested the Parking Policy inhibited the
reallocation of the median strip for cycling because it took pedestrian capacity away. 
Could that be explored further?  The Parking Policy addresses parking. The objectives are
neatly summarised in the Introduction:  “covers Council-controlled off-street parking,
mobility parking, car share parking, loading zones, taxi stands, short-stay parking,
parking for residents, buses and coaches, motorcycles, electric vehicle charging and on-
street parking for bicycles and micro-mobility (eg, e-scooters).”  It does not cover
allocation of footpath space and so it may not be a constraint.
 
 
 

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