Melbourne considers elevated 'Veloway' for cyclists +video

just moved to Melbourne and there is already a suspended section of bike route under at least one of the freeways - would seem to be a good solution in the location - if a bit narrow.

would i pay to use one - only when the road space allocated to cyclists and ped's exceeds that allocated to motorised vehicles - plenty of roads go were cyclists want to go - problem is aggressive driving and the more lanes devoted to vehicles then the more the belief that the road isn't for cyclists or pedestrians to use

just left Sheffield and still fuming that near Hillsborough stadium the A61 has been widened to 4 lanes to allow cars to queue for lights (peak periods only) while cyclists have been given the benefit of a 4ft wide shared pavement with "slow" painted on it

I can't believe I'm bothering to answer seriously, but why does no-one mention access?

There would need to be ramps (or lifts?!), and they either need to be very steep, or take up lots of room on the ground.

And then you can only join or leave at those ramps, which may well not be where your journey starts and finishes, so the idea is to spend loads and charge users for facilities which still take up space on the ground and are of limited use.

Just close a few car lanes, and kerb them off for bikes, like we should have done years ago.

I think pedal-powered helicopters are the way ahead for the cycling masses and the answer to the problems of bicycle/car interactions on the roads.

Ohmigosh another stupid sci-fi solution to a problem that can already be solved by existing technology.

Put this in with MagLev trains, monorails, personal jetpacks and flying cars.

Fair enough, can provide a quick and direct route from one side of a city to another, but it doesn't answer the problem for 99% of bike trips which are local. And charging is a joke.

And sorry, Gkam84, there is always something that can be done, it is down to political will.

save money on your transport by cycling and spending £1 evey time so you don't get mowed down by a truck

It's almost as if all these local politicians haven't even seen the "Marge versus the Monorail" episode of The Simpsons. Either that or they have and think we haven't.

I think this is the sort out "outside the box" thinking that is needed.

The problem being that cyclist's do not have the road space in some places to make it very safe to cycle there. But with the infrastructure of some places. There will never been enough space to give cyclists anymore room on the road.

Its all fine and well saying ban cars....etc. In built up area's as seen in this video, Its almost impossible to do anything with the current road layout. So putting a cycle lane above road level for the 2km as planned, Takes you away from the traffic and round routes which may be difficult on the road.

I think its a great idea for area's where nothing else can be done.

Cart-before-the-horse thinking! If there was more space allocated to cyclists then more people would cycle.

We have seen huge growth in cycling in London in recent years, even though there is insufficient road space allocated for cycling.

With generous, segregated cycle lanes, all those people who believe that cycling is 'too dangerous' would find cycling a more appealing mode of transport and would be less likely to use a car. So there wouldn't need to be the same allocation of road space to motorised transport. This applies to all town/city centres.

Just read the london article. A toll for a cycle path? They must be taking the Pi..

Just another attempt to ignore the problem