PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Bicycles: Pedestrian Areas (4 December 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Royal National Institute of Blind People and (b) other sight loss charities on the risks of bicycles being parked on pavements.

Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)

Local authorities already have powers to deal with bicycles if they are causing an obstruction on pavements or elsewhere, and are also able to introduce local byelaws as appropriate to deal with this. The Department continues to engage on this and other issues with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC), which provides expert independent advice on the transport needs of disabled people.

Answered by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
10 December 2020