Shared cycle pedestrian path width

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Spartak

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Bristolian
Does anyone here know the minimum width that a shared cycle / pedestrian path should be ?

My workplace have installed one and it seems to narrow in my mind.
 

classic33

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Taken from page 42 0f this
https://assets.publishing.service.g...5825/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-1-20.pdf
 

lazybloke

Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
Location
Leafy Surrey
I've been thinking about this thread purely as a cyclist, but as i once walked past a chap outside the MoD building who was absolutely incensed that I wasn't keeping to my left.

I Ignored his shouts and gesticulations all the way to St James's Park tube... I do wonder if he was MoD staff!

Edit: did i post in the wrong place or has the thread been split?
 
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albion

Guru
Location
South Tyneside
Newcastle Station is weird. They have 'stay left' on the walkway ramps but not when you reach the upper level.

People then ignore causing chaos at busy periods. (Pedestrian)
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Newcastle Station is weird. They have 'stay left' on the walkway ramps but not when you reach the upper level.

People then ignore causing chaos at busy periods. (Pedestrian)
If it's a Northern staffed/run station, it's always keep to the left.
 

Drago

Legendary Member

My God. I wish my local carncil had read that.

Although the probably did, then laughed and wiped their arse on it.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
Newcastle Station is weird. They have 'stay left' on the walkway ramps but not when you reach the upper level.

People then ignore causing chaos at busy periods. (Pedestrian)
Even worse, wheeling ramps need to be to the right of the cyclist if the edges aren't going to bend derailleurs, but they install the ramps on the outside edge of the stairs instead of by the centre handrail, forcing cyclists to walk on the right to avoid trashing their bikes.

Why aren't stations "walk on the right" like highways anyway?
 
stretches of the canal tow-path, especially out of town can be around 10 inches wide thanks to waist high grasses

Having cycled on a few like that I agree, these paths are best described as bimbly exploring tracks you need a suitable bike for, and not a route designed to work as a shared space like what the OP is asking about.
 
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