Leeds installs temporary bicycle lanes

Safety for cyclists on one of the busiest roads in Leeds is to be enhanced with a pilot scheme being installed by Leeds City Council. The council has received calls to expand cycling provision in response to the current pandemic to enable physical distancing and active travel. A section of the cycle lane on the A65 Kirkstall Road from Vesper Walk to the city centre is to given improved protection for cyclists with the introduction of temporary new protective features. They will be installed temporarily as they can be deployed much more quickly in the current circumstances than any more permanent changes to the highway; depending on how successful they proved and the feedback received on them they can either be kept in place for the longer, replaced with permanent protective measures or easily removed by the council’s highways team.