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16:26 – Bicycle paths are no longer relegated to the margins of the road but the protagonists of urban traffic. A new project created dall’archistar Norman Foster in the City of London provides a network of ten roads reserved for bicycles, SkyCycle . The streets will be built on the suburban railway lines and divided into three floors.

forbidden to cars – access will be provided by two hundred points. The project involves the construction of 221 km, the first phase will affect a stretch of just over 6 km at an estimated cost of 220 million pounds. The developers of the project are studies Exterior Architecture, Foster + Partners and Space Syntax.

Sam Martin of Exterior Architecture said: “SkyCycle concrete utopia of the pedal without buses, cars and stress. We are thrilled the fact that our idea could revolutionize the way cycling in London, and probably in the world. “

The association of cyclists CTC expressed, however, concern wind exposure of cyclists, given the height and the slope of ramps required to reach SkyCycle.

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