Figure 43: A smooth road surface, also at intersections, leads to better comfort

Comfort 4.

: Cycling infrastructure enables quick and comfortable cycling.

Comfort

Hindrance from traffic; smoothness of road surface; chance of stopping; hindrance from weather. Criteria: comfortable cycling are: Most important to ensure ). 44 Figure A smooth road surface (see Limited hindrance from traffic by creating a wide enough verge cle track and carriageway. (separation) between cy Limited hindrance from the weather (sun, heat, rain) by providing trees along the cycle track. No hindrance from obstacles on the cycle tracks.

- In Pune, many cycle tracks are not comfortable because of a bad uneven surface (block pavement), obstacles such as trees, lamp posts and road bollards.

: A smooth road surface, also at intersections, leads to Figure 44 better comfort.

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