Text file: 5351.txt
author: Ivan Peter Benko
downvotes: 0
end consideration date: 2014-01-14
id: '5351'
number comments: 1
number views: 1511
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure\nCycle lanes and pavements\
  \ are traffic surfaces which are required by road design regulations not to be at\
  \ the level of the road carriageway and consequently experience \"undulations\"\
  \ in their longitudinal plane when crossing road connections, which primarily affects\
  \ the comfort of cyclists' journeys. The usability of a cycling surface depends\
  \ mainly on the flatness of its surface.   The Design Guidelines for Cycle Surfaces\
  \ (DRSC, June 2012) stipulate that where a cycle lane runs along a road where there\
  \ are many individual road connections, special care should be taken in designing\
  \ the deepening of the cycle lane at these locations. When crossing a cycle track\
  \ over a road connection, the level of the carriageway, cycle track and yards should\
  \ be coordinated to allow the cyclist to ride comfortably across these connections\
  \ on as level a cycle track as possible throughout. The required deepening of the\
  \ cycle lane shall be up to 1/3 of the width of the cycle lane, so that the deepening\
  \ does not cause the cyclist to feel uncomfortable as if riding on 'waves'. In the\
  \ case of extremely dense road connections across the cycle track, it is preferable\
  \ to provide cyclists with a separate surface in the form of a cycle lane. The Ministry\
  \ of Infrastructure, which is responsible for road infrastructure regulation, has\
  \ in the pipeline a revision of the Technical Guidelines for Cycle Surfaces, which\
  \ will update the individual standards in this area. Among them, it is proposed\
  \ to ensure that cycling traffic can travel on the same level without deepening\
  \ at the entrances. The proposed solution is therefore to make the ramp of the access\
  \ road within the safety width of the cycle lane and to allow motor vehicles to\
  \ enter and exit the access road over the hump.   \n "
response date: 2017-03-14
response due date: null
sent date: 2013-12-16
title: Improvement of traffic areas
upvotes: 25
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/5351
