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I was excited to read this. As a Didcot councillor I used to cycle several times a week to the district council offices in Milton Park (before lockdown obviously) along SVCN Route 6 so I was keen to see how it has improved. https://twitter.com/OxfordshireCC/status/1354112481615081475
1. From Cow Lane, 'Cyclists Dismount', past the railway station is a shared path. OK on Sunday afternoon but a nightmare at commuter time as thousands of rail passengers pour in and out of the station
Beyond the station is a dedicated cycleway. Excellent.
3. Turn right into Foxhall Road where there is a narrow painted cycle path which ends at the single lane bridge where buses and cars stream past cyclist on the narrow road.
4. The other side of the bridge Basil Hill Road is much the same. Freshly painted but very narrow cycle lane.
5. This leads to a roundabout. The road markings suggest I go on the pavement and cross 3 junctions of the roundabout on blind corners. Like most cyclists I decided to chance my arm on the roundabout.
6. The last leg is Milton Road, a shared path for cyclists and pedestrians going both ways which is about 1m wide. Again, quiet on a Sunday afternoon but even then I met a jogger coming towards me. Usually when cyclist meet you have to decide which of you is going to stop.
This is the main route from South Oxfordshire's largest town centre to it's largest employment site. If we are ever going to get people out of their cars and onto their bikes we have to do a lot better.
