When IrishCycle.com recently posted a video highlighting a shared path in Castlebar going up and down at driveways and how this is an outdated design, some people asked how driveway access could be maintained or more so stated that there was no way that anything could be done while still allowing people to drive into their homes. The video below shows that the answer is good design mainly kerbs: As covered before, Irish guidance has, for well over a decade, outlined that both cycle tracks and footpaths should remain level at driveways. But this pro accessibility and safety measure has been slow to catch on.The example in the video is on Templeville Road in Dublin, built as part of the Templeville Road Phase 2 and Glendown Road. In some cases, the cycle path may be graded rather than fully flat, but its far less notable than the classic design of the cycle track constantly going up and down at driveways. Heres another example on Drummartin Road in Dublin: In cases where the cycle path has to be much higher for example, because of the roots of trees Dutch entrance kerbs can be used. Heres an example from Vught in the Netherlands:Retrofitting this is harder, but as the above Dublin examples show it is not impossible. When driveways are much lower than the road level, there are other solutions, including a kerb or buffer between the cycle track or footpath and the roadway.

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