A couple of years ago now extensive improvements were made to cycling facilities on Crichton Avenue. Initially an unsegregated area of bitmac was provided on the approaches to the railway bridge. This left cyclists and pedestrians to work out who would use which bit of path.

At the time, the Council felt that this was potentially hazardous and decided – following a trial of a shorter length of shared path at Monk Bridge – that “hoof prints” and cycle logos should be painted on the path. Cyclists then knew which section of path to use.

A recent survey has found that over 90% of users now favour what has been labelled as “pseudo segregation”. It is likely to be introduced on similar parts of the cycle network elsewhere.