09-05-2017 12:18 via theguardian.com

How 80 forgotten 1930s cycleways could transform UK cycling

Between 1934 and 1940 the UK built 280 miles of cycle paths with Dutch guidance. A Kickstarter campaign to rescue these lost cycle paths needs supportIn September 2012 the Google Street View car drove slowly along a road in Twickenham, London. It had to reverse when the driver found three wooden bollards blocking its way. The road was not a road at all, it was a cycleway. A cycleway built in – wait for it – 1937.Originally surfaced with red concrete, the cycleway has faded to light p
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