1. Assen town square today: completely redesigned to favour pedestrians and cyclists: traffic and parked cars removed

2. In Brent we have an environment totally cluttered-up with cars, as they had in the Netherlands in the 1970s, before they changed policy: Edgware Road in Colindale

3. In the Netherlands now, the space on main roads is just used completely differently: Assen

4. Part of the Go Dutch campaign is having concrete proposals for how London’s major roads and junctions can be made cycle friendly: LCC’s proposed design for Blackfriars

5. Sometimes only a small change is necessary: road leading to One Tree Hill Rec. in Alperton that is no-entry for all

6. ...when it could easily have been provided, like King Henry’s Road, Camden, with a no-entry bypass for bikes

7. But many other roads in Brent require major re-engineering to make them work for cycling: the A5 at Staples Corner

8. Most cycle “facilities” in the UK don’t work: they are bad designs and in the wrong places: Staples Corner West

9. But decent-quality provision for cycling in the right places is possible in London, and has been done: Royal College Street, Camden

11. Official cycle routes in Brent on minor roads are often very unsatisfactory because of restricted width and too much parking: Chapter Road, by Dollis hill tube

12. Even wider residential roads are hazardous because of parked cars and the danger of opening doors: Mollison Way, Queensbury

13. Compare with a residential road in the Netherlands of very similar width to Mollison Way

14. Much traffic calming on residential roads is not good for cyclists as it creates extra hazards: road in Wembley

15. In Brent, cycle paths are generally not present even where they would be easy to provide in open spaces: Fryent Way, Kingsbury

16. The Mayor’s Cycle Superhighways have potential to change things for the better but they have not been consistently well-done: CS3, Barking

17. Brent has potential as a “Biking Borough” but needs far better planning and far more investment: Old Church Lane, Kingsbury

18. More information www.brentcyclists.org.uk www.lcc.org.uk www.cycling-embassy.org.uk www.sustrans.org.uk www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com