Roads are for all, so respect one another

“I think that there is a need for us all to keep "working at it" cyclists and drivers alike. But there are one or two "givens" that I've noticed.
Cycles need further to stop than cars (speed for speed - I found that out as a cyclist!)
Cycles are small compared to lorries (I saw a cyclist shake his fist at a lorry driver who'd nearly knocked him off - but the cyclist had just cycled up the inside of the lorry to a point where he couldn't be seen from the cab! - even us car drivers are wary about coming up the inside of a lorry for that very reason & our cars a much bigger)
Many cyclists still ignore the highway code, which gets a bad name for the rest.
Lets have some clarity on the cycle lanes - sending cycles the "wrong way" down a one way street with just a strip of paint between them and the cars is asking for confusion.”

“Is there a differeance between pavement and cycle route ?”

“I agree with Wayne65, some of the cycle paths are ridiculous and possibly increase motorists frustrations.
There's a cycle path on Wilberforce Rd that goes against the traffic flow. Last year a taxi driver stopped his vehicle, wound his window down and verballed me for being "mental" and not knowing it was a one way street, when i pointed out that the arrows on the cycle path were pointing in the direction that i was cycling, he called me a ***** and drove on, lovely.... He didn't observe the rd correctly which was possibly down to complacency and panicked when he saw a cyclist hurtling towards him on what, as far as he was concerned, a one way st!
Sometimes it feels as though your doomed if you do and doomed if you don't, the layout at times is diabolical and poorly thought out. I agree that new roads should be built with cycle lane provision STANDARD, this then would encourage better standards in the centre also (hopefully!!).”

“I agree with the comments about too many cyclists being too "lazy" to ride on roads and use the pavement instead. However I do not feel as a cyclist that we are well provided for, there some good cycling infrastructures in place but not enough to justify praise.

Yes you can ride from Victoria park all the way to Oadby on a cycle path, yet you cant ride from Victoria park to the train station on one!

Most of the cyclepaths are token gestures, put in place as an after thought. My wife, who in recent years has started to commute to work, mentioned the other day as we drove along the newly constructed A46, that whilst building these new lanes, a cycle lane could have been included, but wasn't.

This country/county doesnt think joint road use, roads are designed and built for motor vehicles only.

Last year I sent a picture to the LM showing one of Leicester's new cycling lanes, it was on Regent Street off London, it went against the flow of traffic, left insufficient room for a cyclist and a car to pass, due to parking bays on opposite side and led to New Walk, a non cycling route! What was the point other than to increase the so called cycle path mileage?”

“It's not a myth - I use these bike lanes and bike routes every day.

London Road has a bike lane which takes me from the City Centre all the way out to Oadby. I cycle along the bike lanes on Aylestone Road every day. Saffron Lane has bike lanes along both sides. But people just don't want to use them, not because the lanes are optional, but because they can't be bothered to ride on the road.

Look at the contraflow lanes on Granby Street. Great bit of cycling infrastructure, yet still we see some cyclists either going the wrong way along the road or riding down the pavement.

Cycling groups like to claim they are hard done by, oh poor us. I'm not saying Leicester is as well-served as Nottingham or Bristol, but it's good and getting better. It's difficult for the Council to justify even more investment when what has been put in place already is ignored by the ignorant minority of cyclists who take care to cycle anywhere they want, except in the places specially set aside for them.”

“@roundthehorne: Although the council would have you believe that Leicester is a "very well-served by cycle routes and cycle lanes", it is pretty much a myth. The ones that are there usually share the pavement with pedestrians, much to thieir anoyance or run for a few hundred metres and stop or are shared with buses.

You mention routes in and out of the city; Narborough Rd, none; London Rd, none from victoria park; Abbey Lane, None; Aylestone Rd, has one which stops, before the inner ring road.

And also cycle lanes are optional, ie use if you wish to use.”

“Actually, Leicester is very well-served by cycle routes and cycle lanes and even cycle-only junctions. Most routes in and out of the city have clearly marked, separate cycle lanes. But there is still a sizable minority of cyclists who can't be bothered to use them.”