Kendal Cycling and Walking Have your say Consultation
Public Consultation from: 7 May to 28 May 2021 For more details and links to the questionnaire please visit: cumbria.gov.uk/ cyclingandwalking 5% of people in the Kendal area cycle to work, compared to the national average of 3%.
27% of people in the Kendal area travel less than 2km to work, compared to the national average of 17%.
40% of people in the Kendal area travel less than 5km to work, compared to the national average of 35%.
29% of people in the Kendal area walk to work, compared to the national average of 11%.
53% of children in the South Lakeland District walk to school compared to the County average of 27%.
4% of children in the South Lakeland District cycle to school compared to the County average of 3%. Kendal Cycling and Walking Consultation
Summary We are holding a consultation on proposals to improve the cycling and walking network in Kendal and the surrounding area, in order to promote more active travel and to make everyone feel confident they can walk or cycle. The consultation focusses on shorter urban journeys in Kendal but we welcome feedback on journeys to and from surrounding communities including Natland, Burneside and Oxenholme. Details of the proposed routes are included in this consultation document. We want you to provide feedback on these proposals so we can develop the best possible Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for Kendal. Please take the time to get involved, read this consultation document and provide your feedback.
Background Cumbria County Council, South Lakeland District Council and Kendal Town Council are working together to deliver the shared ambition to increase cycling and walking in the Kendal area in line with the Government's 'Gear Change: A Bold Vision for Cycling and Walking' (July 2020) document. The Gear Change sets out a vision for travel revolution in England’s streets, towns and communities: “Because the potential benefits are huge: Increasing cycling and walking can help tackle some of the most challenging issues we face as a society - improving air quality, combatting climate change, improving health and wellbeing, addressing inequalities and tackling congestion on our roads. Bold action will help to create places we want to live and work - with better connected, healthier and more sustainable communities. It will help deliver clean growth, by supporting local businesses, as well as helping ensure prosperity can spread across the country and level up our nation”. A large proportion of residents within Kendal live and work within the town. The compact nature of the town and small travel to work area creates ideal conditions for cycling and walking, with many trips to work occurring within the urban area. This shows there is significant potential in the Kendal area for more journeys to be made by walking and cycling if the right conditions are put in place. The implementation of good quality cycling and walking infrastructure is key to getting more people to walk and cycle. Many of us recognise the challenges of climate change and the urgent need to act. We know that being active is good for us and more of us have been walking and cycling throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and we would like to encourage this to continue. When asked what would make people maintain this, safe walking and cycling routes were the number one priority. As part of this partnership working we are developing a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Kendal. This will identify a cycling and walking network and the improvements identified will make it easier for everyone, regardless of age or ability to feel confident that they can walk or cycle. The improvements identified in the LCWIP will be used to help to secure funding. Delivery of the improvements is subject to funding being secured.
3 Development and delivery of the Plan The Kendal LCWIP aims to support green growth through improving connectivity within the town. Suggested cycling and walking routes have been identified and a draft priority network is presented as part of this consultation. The Kendal LCWIP includes: • Delivery of improvements identified around the town centre (subject to securing funding). • Delivery of improvements to be identified to the north and south of the town centre (subject to securing funding). • Delivery of improvements along the Kendal River Corridor (subject to funding).
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Cycling Improvements The new cycling improvements will be following the updated guidance from the Department for Transport on Cycle Infrastructure Design. This guidance emphasises the requirement of inclusive cycling so that people of all ages and abilities are considered. The new standards of design for cycling will be much higher than in the past and look to include cycle provision that is physically protected from traffic and separation of pedestrians from cyclists on main routes. There are five fundamental design principles for all cycle infrastructure that will ensure it is accessible to all. When people are travelling by cycle, they need networks and routes that are: • Coherent - part of a wider strategic network that provide access to key destinations; • Direct - reach their destination as directly as possible; • Safe - of a high quality and designed to standards that meet safety requirements; • Comfortable - accessible and attractive for all abilities; • Attractive - contribute to good urban design by integrating with and complementing their surroundings. Designs following these guidelines should provide infrastructure that is accessible to all and should help ensure that designs deliver a network that is safe and encourages more people to cycle. Funding could come from a range of sources including the Department for Transport funding for local walking and cycle infrastructure plans. It is key that any funding bid to Government demonstrates local support.
7 Walking
Walking forms part of most daily journeys in Kendal and in developing a Plan, local walking routes and improvements to encourage walking have been considered. How much people may enjoy walking can vary significantly based on their ability, confidence and circumstances, for example a missing dropped kerb can become a serious barrier for those with a pushchair or those with mobility difficulties; likewise uncontrolled crossings or a lack of tactile paving can prove a major barrier for the visually impaired. A plan has been produced to help gauge opinion on the existing walking routes and any required improvements that people think are needed. The plan features residential areas, employment sites, rail stations, bus stops, supermarkets, local community hubs, local parks and green spaces, access to the coast as well as key features such as controlled and uncontrolled crossing points. We would like to understand what improvements are needed to encourage more walking; features such as bridges, road crossings, pavements, dropped kerbs and places to rest, as well as improvements to the environment of the route. The responses from the public will help us to understand the range of very localised issues across the study area which can become major barriers for people to travel by foot for their daily journeys. We will use the consultation to identify the issues and opportunities to remove barriers that currently stop more people walking in Kendal.
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9 Have your Say We want your feedback on the proposals for cycling and walking in Kendal. Please let us know: • Does the cycling network connect the places you want to go to? • Where would you like to see improvements to walking routes? • What would encourage you to cycle and walk more? If possible please respond at: cumbria.gov.uk/cyclingandwalking If you do not have internet access, please complete the following questionnaire and return FREEPOST CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL by 28 May 2021. Paper copies of this consultation document are available, please see our webpage for further details.
Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes. These are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI), the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Under the FOI, there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals with our confidentiality obligations among other things.
Next Steps Feedback from the consultation will be shared on Cumbria County Council's Cycling and Walking web pages and used to inform the networks we take forward as part of developing the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for Kendal.
10 Kendal Cycling and Walking Questionnaire Consultation The suggested and draft priority cycling and walking plans demonstrate how the networks can connect people with the places they travel to on everyday journeys including employment, schools or leisure. We would like to know if our plans have connected the right places and, if they have not, give you the opportunity to tell us and share your ideas with us.We would like to hear about your own cycling and walking trips and tell us about the barriers that you face that may prevent you from cycling or walking, and how you would change the places you live to remove these barriers.Your responses will help us to identify and develop the cycling and walking schemes that will be included in the LCWIP. Before completing this questionnaire, please read the consultation document and look at the cycling and walking network plans.This will provide you with information to answer the questions.
About you
Which of the following best describes the reason for your interest in this 1 consultation? (please tick all boxes applicable) I live here I work here I study here I live nearby I own a business here I do the school run here I commute here I do my shopping here I’m here for leisure My children go to school here I am a visitor here I cycle in this area for commuting/leisure Other
2 What isYour Postcode?
a) Do you currently make journeys by cycling and if so how often? 3 Yes every day Yes every week Yes occasionally No b) Do you currently make journeys by walking and if so how often? Yes every day Yes every week Yes occasionally No c) For what purpose are the journeys you make by cycling and walking? (Please describe the purpose and tick the way you travel)
Purpose Cycling Walking
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Your local cycling and walking network
Do the existing cycling routes connect you with the places you wish to go? 4 Yes Partially No
a) Do the routes shown in the draft priority cycling network plan, connect you 5 with the places that you wish to cycle? Yes Partially No b)If you have answered‘Partially’or‘No’to the above question, please provide further feedback.
Location Comment
a) Do the existing walking routes connect you with the places you wish to go? 6 Yes Partially No b)If you answered 'Partially' or 'No',please provide further feedback on where and what improvements would you like to see.
Location Improvement
Would you like to see more money spent on cycling and walking 7 in Kendal? Yes No Don’t know
13 Barriers to cycling and walking
Do any of the following make it difficult for you to cycle? 8 (Please select your top 3) Quality of routes Busy roads Feeling unsafe Difficult junctions to cross Lack of cycle parking Quality of street scape and public space Poor air quality Lack of street lighting Not enough information on possible routes / lack of wayfinding No access to a bike Confidence Indirect Routes Unsuitable terrain / geography Other, please state
Do any of the following make it difficult for you to walk? 9 (Please select your top 3) Quality of route Busy roads Feeling unsafe Difficult junctions to cross Quality of street scape and public space Poor air quality Lack of street lighting Confidence Indirect Routes Unsuitable terrain / geography Other, please state
Changing to cycling or walking
a) Do you make any journeys by car or to places that are within walking or cycling 10 distance? Yes Partially No b) If yes, for what purpose do you make journeys by car to places that are within cycling or walking distance? To or from work To or from school, college or adult education To or from the shops To transport children or other people To or from a leisure/sports activity For leisure Other - please specify
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What would encourage you to cycle more? 11 (Please select your top 3) Cycle routes separated from other modes of travel Traffic free neighbourhoods - including road closures Greater priority for cyclists at junctions and crossings Direct cycle routes Better wayfinding / signage Cycle training, information and initiatives More secure and convenient cycle parking facilities The cycling routes proposed in this consultation document Lower speed limits Less traffic on the roads Higher costs of motoring Higher public transport fares Better driver attitudes towards cyclists Nothing would encourage me to cycle more Better air quality Other, please state
What would encourage you to walk more? 12 (Please select your top 3) Better maintained pavements / footways More road crossings More CCTV cameras Less traffic on the roads Lower speed limits Having more time available Higher costs of motoring Higher public transport fares Better air quality More direct walking routes Nothing would encourage me to walk more Other - please specify
Would improvements to cycling and walking routes encourage you to 13 walk and/or cycle more often? (Please select all that apply) Yes, I think I would cycle more often Yes, I think I would start cycling Yes, I think I would walk more often Yes, I think I would start walking No
15 Delivery of the Kendal LCWIP
Do you support delivery of improvements identified around the town centre? 14 Completely support Partially support Neither support or not support Partially not support Do not support
Do you support delivery of improvements identified north and south of the 15 Town centre? Completely support Partially support Neither support or not support Partially not support Do not support
16 Do you have any other comments on improving cycling and walking in Kendal?
Consultation feedback
Did we provide enough information for you to properly respond? Yes Partially No Did the questionnaire allow you to express your opinions fully? Yes Partially No
Thank you for engaging in the consultation
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We really value your feedback, please use this space to tell us more about cycling and walking in Kendal.
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