Module 9: Rural Access and Recreational Cycling

This module examines the strategic issues affecting the development of cycling for leisure and tourism purposes

This module explains

• Key issues of route development and countryside access

• The benefits of rural cycling to users, route providers, service providers and the community at large

• Users needs and issues for providers including the role of ‘green’ corridors providing linkage for utility trips on the urban fringe.

• How to provide for and manage rural cycling with the effective promotion of recreational cycling through quality signing and mapping.

• The importance of rural fringe corridors