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‘Lost’ infrastructure project uncovers 100+ cycle tracks built by 1930s UK government – BikeBiz

‘Lost’ infrastructure project uncovers 100+ cycle tracks built by 1930s UK government – BikeBiz

Research on a forgotten 1930s network of Dutch-inspired cycleways across the UK — partly rediscovered with the help of Google Street View — has been published on an expansive multi-media website launched earlier this month, BritishCycleTracks.com. Between 1934 and 1945, the Ministry of Transport paid local authorities to build 100+ “cycle tracks” modelled on the...