What Cycling Across the UK Can Teach About Bike Infrastructure
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National Cycle Network signpost in the English Lake District National Park.
Photographer: Craig Joiner/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via /Getty ImagesFrom Scotland to Cornwall, and from the south Wales coast to London, contributor Laura Laker spent 18 months riding across Great Britain via the National Cycle Network — a 12,500-mile conglomeration of roads, cycle tracks and paths that span the UK.
Her new book, Potholes and Pavements, documents her journey, including people she met and her observations on the real value of investment in bike infrastructure. The benefits, she writes, go beyond mental and physical health. Today on CityLab: Six Lessons From Cycling Across Great Britain