Bicycle Ride on the Binley Cycleway, Coventry

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The Binley Cycleway is Coventry's second separated cycle route, providing a safer option for cycling away from motor traffic and pedestrians. It runs between the University Hospital to just outside of the city centre, although there is currently a 0.7 mile gap along Clifford Bridge Road which needs to be filled in.

This ride was recorded on a late Sunday afternoon, 08 October 2023. The video is shown at 2x acceleated view (except the on-road section and a long traffic lights wait which are at 4x).

Pre-empting a couple of typical comments:

"There's nobody using it. What a waste of money" - this is mid/late Sunday afternoon, on a single protected cycle route which currently has a significant gap on Clifford Bridge Road. As the network expands, so to will usage, but official figures do show the cycleway to be used and other users can be seen on this ride.

"We spend all that money and still there's a cyclist not using it" - We don't know where the rider is going. Maybe the cycleway doesn't suit his journey. Regardless, there's no obligation for any cyclist to use the cycleway if they don't want to for whatever reaason. On this journey, there was one rider not using it. However, I was using it, another sportier rider was using it, as were children on bikes and a scooter, and a hire bike user.