On 15/05/2016 01:17, wrote:
In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 10:19:00 on Sat,
14 May 2016, Robin9 remarked:

It's difficult to unpick the "roads" budget because - perhaps special
to Cambs - a big chunk is dedicated to cycleways[1] - however the car
related component is around £40m a year; which this year includes
about £10m for the Ely bypass whose main beneficiary is the railways,
and is as far as I can tell almost completely grant-funded, the
county's exposure being limited to the cost of building the business
case.

[1] Which as far as I can see go largely un-used, so it's a waste.

That's a very stupid remark. That cycleways are well used is obvious if you
look at the proportion of cycle commuters to Cambridge, by far the highest
in the UK.

Although I'm led to believe that the busiest cycleway in the UK is the
one along Cable Street, according to here at least:

http://www.wharf.co.uk/news/local-ne...clists-9876279

I have to say, it's not particularly busy in my opinion, and 4500
cyclists per day is less than 200 an hour or 3 a minute on average, even
if we ignore half the day when it's generally dark, and then even if the
peak is 10 times the average it's still just about 1/second

(and in the time I've been writing this post there have been 3 cyclists,
including finding that article I've linked to. Oh - and one skateboarder)