{"id":60054,"date":"2024-05-03T12:05:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=60054"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:38:17","slug":"making-sheffield-a-safer-cycling-city-is-about-motorists-as-well-as-infrastructure-should-we-be-looking-to-holland-for-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/making-sheffield-a-safer-cycling-city-is-about-motorists-as-well-as-infrastructure-should-we-be-looking-to-holland-for-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Sheffield a safer cycling city is about motorists as well as infrastructure – should we be looking to Holland for inspiration?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The campaign group Cycle Sheffield are envisioning Sheffield to be an inclusive, easy and safe cycling city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the aim of the Big Ride 2024 which took place on Saturday, where over 70 people gathered in Devonshire Green to do a lap of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family friendly event aimed to call attention to the lack of safety provisions in the city, and give people and families the confidence to be on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Truin, from Cycle Sheffield, explains how motorists have a role to play in creating this cycle safety, proposing the city takes inspiration from Holland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He notes how cyclists in this country are often painted as the \u2018enemy\u2019, and how we should instead look to encourage motorists to give cyclists priority on the roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cycle safety is an ongoing battle in Sheffield which has a large cycling community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Truin says everyone has a role to play, not just cyclists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, Sheffield City Council are working on a new draft Sheffield Local Plan to guide future developments in the city, and Cycle Sheffield have produced a joint response<\/a> with Sheffield CTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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