Bristol City Council’s Transport and Connectivity Policy Committee is due to discuss a policy on Cycle Lane Legibility at its meeting on 20th March 2025. BWA offers our input to the development of this policy.
Whilst having a consistent way of distinguishing cycle lanes by surface colour would be useful, there are other significant considerations for cycle lane legibility which should be considered in any policy. We set out what we see as the general principles when considering legibility of cycle lanes in predominantly pedestrian areas.
There is already the desire to improve the experience for pedestrians and cyclists in Bristol Centre where cycle lanes are indistinct and lead to conflict. We suggest a detailed set of temporary measures that could be used to increase the legibility of the cycle lanes in the Centre, including some illustrations of how this might look.