{"id":29528,"date":"2022-03-10T18:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T18:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=29528"},"modified":"2022-03-10T18:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T18:30:16","slug":"cardiffs-new-multi-million-pound-cycleways-not-being-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/cardiffs-new-multi-million-pound-cycleways-not-being-used\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff\u2019s new multi-million pound cycleways ‘not being used’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cardiff Council’s new multi-million-pound cycleways are confusing and cyclists are not using them, according to campaigners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past year alone the council has spent more than \u00a39 million on the building of five new cycleways across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council has been adding new infrastructure such as segregated cycle lanes, cycle junctions and individual traffic lights for bicycle users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council\u2019s website <\/a>says this network will help to connect communities to the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

wants to see more people choosing to cycle rather than drive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Allsobrook from campaign group Cardiff Cycle City<\/a> explained: “There\u2019s some pinch points, especially in the city centre where it\u2019s not joined up and you kind of get thrown out onto a busy road and the cycleway just comes to an end. There is no obvious way to go next. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are also parts of the city which are really important, like the railway station (Cardiff Central) which doesn\u2019t have that kind of infrastructure.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Castle Street, for example, cyclists wanting to cross from one side of the road to the other have to get off their bikes and use a pedestrian crossing. There is no cycle crossing as there is in other parts of the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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