Object

Representation ID: 5452

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bradford Cycling Campaign

We welcome approaches such as the prioritisation of projects which enable cycling and the intention to reduce the dominance of motor vehicles. It is right to require developers to demonstrate explicitly how they will prioritise cycling from the outset, rather than as tokenistic afterthoughts. We are pleased the Council recognises the urgency in this. We are disappointed, therefore, that the policy itself does not reflect this. SP7 refers to measures that ‘encourage’ cycling, a vague term which often means little. Instead, SP7 should repeat the welcome assertions in the discussion and explicitly state that cycling will be prioritised over vehicles. SP7 refers to ‘supporting the shift in road space’ from cars, but if cycling IS to be prioritised, rather than simply providing cycling corridors there must be equivalent disincentives to driving e.g. closing options for cars. This should be stated explicitly as an inevitable consequence of prioritising active travel.