Cycling England Library
Here you will find a wide range of useful information about cycling. To search the documents available, either enter your search term into the search facility on the right hand side of this page, or find what you are looking for under the subject categories listed below. Alternatively, why not use the Cycling Tag Cloud at the bottom of this page, in which the popularity of the link is reflected in the text size and font.
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Cycle Friendly Infrastructure
Bike and Rail: A Good Practice Guide, Countryside Agency, 2002.
The guidance aims to encourage and facilitate the delivery of successful bike and rail projects by highlighting good practice and promoting successful partnerships.
Cycle-Friendly Infrastructure: Guidelines for Planning and Design, Institute of Highways and Transportation, 1996
The IHT, the Bicycle Association, the Cyclist's Touring Club and the Department of Transport worked together to produce these technical guidelines. The Guidelines assist those seeking to make highway infrastructure safer and more convenient for cyclists.
Cycling by Design, Scottish Executive, 2002
Cycling by Design’s prime objective is to draw together and rationalise existing cycling design guidelines into a single comprehensive, coherent reference document that may be used as a source of sound technical advice.
Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
Volume 6 road geometry, Section 3 highway features
DESIGN MANUAL FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES
VOLUME 5 ASSESSMENT AND PREPARATION OF ROAD SCHEMES SECTION 2 PREPARATION AND INFORMATION PART 4 TA 91/05 PROVISION FOR NON-MOTORISED USERS
DESIGN MANUAL FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES
VOLUME 5 ASSESSMENT AND PREPARATION OF ROAD SCHEMES SECTION 2 PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION PART 5 HD 42/05 NON-MOTORISED USER AUDITS
Guidelines for Cycle Audit and Cycle Review, Institute of Highways and Transportation, 2000
These guidelines were launched on by Glenda Jackson CBE, Minister for Local Transport to help local authorities to provide better facilities for cyclists
Inclusive Mobility: A Guide to Best Practice on Access to Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure, DfT, 2002.
This traffic advisory leaflet looks at the transport infrastructure requirements of disabled people and will be of relevance for transport professionals involved in improving the transport environment
Lancashire - The Cyclists' County, Lancashire County Council, 2005
A code for planning, designing and maintaining roads and tracks for cyclists
Local Transport Notes Adjacent and Shared Use Facilities for Pedestrians and Cyclists, Department for Transport Consultation, 2004.
This LTN provides guidance regarding the appropriateness of shared use as a way of creating cycle routes. Final version due later in 2007
Local Transport Notes Policy, Planning and Design for Walking and Cycling, Department for Transport Consultation, 2004.
This document sets out the policy context that supports the promotion of pedestrian and cycling facilities. It also describes common design principles for pedestrian and cycle provision. The final document is due to be published later in 2007
London Cycling Design Standards, Transport for London, 2005
This document sets out the principals, guidance and standards for designing to reduce barriers to cycling, in order to support road safety targets and increased levels of cycling in London.
Note on Good Practice Common in Europe to Augment Existing Technical Manuals,
Cycling England, 2005. includes examples from continental Europe.
Quiet Roads: Taming Country Lanes, Countryside Agency, 1998
This leaflet explains the initiative to make minor rural roads safer and more attractive for those who are not in motor vehicles, and to make driving more pleasant for those who are in motor vehicles. Quiet Roads will enable all users to share the road an
Sign up for the Bike: Design Manual for a Cycle-Friendly Infrastructure, CROW, 1993.
Centre for Research and Contract Standardisation in Civil Engineering, The Netherlands, Dutch design manual.This record offers municipal authorities a guideline with which to develop, implement, organise, manage and assess qualitatively effective on-stree
Traffic Advisory Leaflets - Department of Transport
present the findings of research and other studies into a wide range of traffic management issues applicable to England, Wales and Scotland. Each leaflet is listed within an appropriate subject area, including traffic management systems
Transport in the Urban Environment, Institution of Highways and Transportation,1997
This wide-ranging document provides an overview of the main traffic management techniques applicable to urban transport, including catering for pedestrians and cyclists. It is a useful initial source of information about issues such as parking management,
Transport Research Laboratory
The TRL provides has written a number of reports which look at cycling infrastructure, details of which are available on their website. Topics include: Crossings, roundabouts, road narrowings and psychological traffic calming.
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