There used to be part of the A38 Blue Route here, a bidirectional protected cycleway. Shortly after it was built, permission was given for builders to take it over. Not only have they taken it over, but also they've dug it up. Space has been found for parked cars and cars that might as well be parked given how slowly they move, but people on bikes have to take the long way round along ordinary carriageways, for ... reasons. Despite asking for the specific reasons, all we have been given is vague, general information that amounts to "we'll ignore cycling". It should be obvious that if you want to address all the problems caused by private motoring, reverting to the motor city paradigm is not the answer. The correct approach here would be to suspend the parking for the durartion, and erect barriers down the middle of the remaining carriageway so that people on bikes continue to have protected space on BCC's flagship cycleway.
