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Appalling cycling infrastructure
This video is of a father and daughter on the Woolton Cycle Route in Liverpool. It is heart-breaking just to watch this child trying to cycle here (click on the image):
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The cycle lane is obstructed by construction work, by parked cars, and by buses that are regularly driven in the cycle lane (even when not stopping at a bus stop), and is affected by a poor road surface.

Why is it that Liverpool City Council tells children to cycle to school here? The only way to make cycling safe is by building physically segregated cycle lanes.

Below is an example from the Netherlands (click on the image):
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Last updated: 12 Jan 2020