On the first warm sunny day of April, every road popular with cyclists was mobbed.
Councillor Ian Davey, chairman of the city's transport committee, said the reduced speed limit was intended to make the streets safer and more pleasant for residents, visitors and all road users including drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.
One reason few cyclists traverse Trail Ridge Road is that it logistically difficult to do.
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The spokesman said that 173 cyclists were killed in road accidents in the UK last year.
If cyclists want to share the road, they need to follow the same rules as cars, many said.
He said some of the more recent cycle superhighways had removed substantial road space, unfairly dedicating it to cyclists.
He said accidents during over-taking and crashes involving vulnerable road users such as horse riders and cyclists were also more common in the countryside.
Broadly what it means is more money to improve junctions and more road space to be given over to cyclists which will be extremely contentious.
Dozens of Facebook commenters said cyclists had no place on the road if they didn't have a bike lane to ride in.
"The safety of drivers, cyclists and other users of the road is a concern for everybody and we are proud to lead the navigation industry by launching this world first safety feature, " said chief executive Nick Caesari.
He pointed to a recent move to allow greater use of so-called "Trixi mirrors" - which are fitted to traffic lights to give lorry drivers a better view of cyclists on their left side at road junctions - as evidence of how serious the issue of safety was viewed.
They are the road warriors, the triathletes, the skiers and cyclists who may have come to sports later in life.
The Conservative peer called for a "change of culture" amongst the cycling community and suggested cyclists "learn the rules of the road".
An "urgent action plan" has been recommended by councillors for a Dorset road system, following concerns over the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
Transport Minister Earl Attlee said that although cyclists were responsible for causing fewer injuries on the road than car drivers, it was still important for them to comply with road traffic laws.
While the number of global vehicle passengers and drivers may not be known, the World Health Organization estimates that 1.2 million people die each year in road traffic accidents (roughly half of which are pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists).
The cycle road race on the opening weekend of the Olympics in July took cyclists from the Mall, through west London to Surrey and back again, and included a 9.6-mile (15.5km) circuit around Box Hill.
County Road North is closed for seven weeks but is open to pedestrians and cyclists.
Peers also join the continuing parliamentary debate on road safety with a short debate on rebalancing the responsibilities of motorists and cyclists on the roads.
These not only kill and maim hundreds of people every year, but deter cyclists and pedestrians, especially children, from exercising their right to the road.
Edward Leigh, chairman of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, said Britain had a good record of reducing road deaths overall, but needed to do more to cut those among pedestrians and cyclists.
"As a general rule, particularly in urban areas, the road networks are such that there are viable alternatives to highways and interstates, and cyclists are able to use the rest of the roadwork, " he said.
Roz Wilson, resident artist at The Forge, in Middle Street, Shere, which is on the edge of the road race route, said local people had noticed a marked increase in the number of cyclists.
Some cyclists have been taking a potentially fatal shortcut along a railway track to avoid a road diversion.
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Take Emmons Road to Flatbush Avenue which becomes the Marine Parkway Bridge (which has a small lane for cyclists and pedestrians).
This South American country has never lacked good cyclists, as the silver medal won by Rigoberto Uran in the Men's Road Race at the 2012 Olympic Games in London proved.
Crossbencher Lord Scott of Foscote, a former law lord, argued that all road users had a duty of care for others, regardless of whether they were motorists, pedestrians or cyclists.
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