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Safe passing distance for towpath users


Jon57

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If a safe distance of a metre is agreed then the required towpath segregation would inevitably result in towpath widening if possible. A barrier system may also be required to stop the rogue cyclists straying onto the pedestrian towpath. With the bulk of canal towpaths such a change may not be possible and so should barriers be introduced, or reintroduced, to prohibit, or reduce, cycle movement?

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If a safe distance of a metre is agreed then the required towpath segregation would inevitably result in towpath widening if possible. A barrier system may also be required to stop the rogue cyclists straying onto the pedestrian towpath. With the bulk of canal towpaths such a change may not be possible and so should barriers be introduced, or reintroduced, to prohibit, or reduce, cycle movement?

I noticed the chicane type cycle barriers next to some of the locks in Stoke recently and they seem quite effective in slowing down cyclists.

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