{"id":1499,"date":"2014-09-11T15:24:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T13:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2015-10-16T09:41:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T07:41:59","slug":"cycling-why-tunnels-are-better-than-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2014\/09\/cycling-why-tunnels-are-better-than-bridges.html","title":{"rendered":"Cycling: Why Tunnels are Better than Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Tunnels offer faster journeys than bridges due to less climbing. Steeper gradients can be used than with a bridge because cyclists going into a tunnel first ride downhill and pick up speed which can be used to climb back out of the tunnel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tunnels have a smaller height difference than bridges. Only need clearance for the height of a cyclist, not for trucks or trains plus electric lines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tunnels take up less space than a bridge because inclines are shorter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tunnels are easier to fit into an existing landscape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tunnels offer protection from wind and rain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A possible disadvantage is low social safety. It is important that cyclists can see out of a tunnel before they enter it. There should be no turns within the tunnel, no-where for a potential mugger to hide. Obviously tunnels should also be well lit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/why-tunnels-are-better-than-bridges.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/why-tunnels-are-better-than-bridges-500x320.jpg\" alt=\"why tunnels are better than bridges\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picture: All crossings in Assen [The Netherlands] can be used without slowing down. This is one of the many cycle and pedestrian crossings of a major road. Four metre wide cycle-path, separate pedestrian path, gentle inclines, well lit and we can see right through for good social safety. Built in the 1970s, well maintained: last resurfaced 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Quoted from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com\/2014\/08\/why-tunnels-are-better-than-bridges-for.html\" target=\"_blank\">a blogpost at &#8220;A view from the cyclepath&#8221;<\/a>, which discusses Dutch standards for cycling tunnels and bridges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tunnels offer faster journeys than bridges due to less climbing. Steeper gradients can be used than with a bridge because cyclists going into a tunnel first ride downhill and pick up speed which can be used to climb back out of the tunnel. Tunnels have a smaller height difference than bridges. Only need clearance for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[94,50,55,315,219,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1499"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2787,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions\/2787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}