[Talk-GB] Cycling in Parks

[Adam Snape]

On Wed, 13 Jan 2021, 14:31 SK53, <sk53.osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd think it's not uncommon for the council, as landowner, to either
> explicitly or implicitly make an exception to the by-laws. I know several
> multi-user paths around Nottingham which are only designated as public
> footpaths, but have been incorporated into major cycle routes involving
> path resurfacing and other infrastructure works (notably The Big Track).
>
> Jerry
>
Yes, though being a recorded Public Footpath doesn't mean bicycles are
legally prohibited, whereas a bylaw banning cycling does. Note also that
the Cycle Tracks Act 1984 empowers councils to create a legal right to
cycle over public footpaths (and carry out relevant improvement works).

You'd hope that a council would amend a bylaw if they wished to encourage a
currently prohibited behaviour. Then again do we know that the previous 'no
cycling' rule was actually backed up by a bylaw, or if it was that it
hasn't, in fact, been repealed?

Personally I'd agree with the suggestion to map the situation as it
currently appears to be in the ground (bicycle=permissive).

Kind regards,

Adam
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