Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 11 October 2016.
Of course, one of the things that the Wales Act will give us is power over speed. On some roads, it would be worth, in my view, considering whether the speed should be reduced in order to safeguard cyclists. There is a risk in cycling, because, obviously, a cycle isn’t as large as a car, but, obviously, we don’t want people to be at an excessive risk. Others would not agree with me on this, but to me it’s important that we have cycle-only paths. Others believe—and I understand the argument—that cyclists should have the same rights on the road as cars. But for many people they don’t have the confidence to go on the road and mix with cars. To me, the development we’ve seen recently—for example, with the Church Village bypass in Rhondda Cynon Taf, where a cycle path has been put in as something entirely usual—that is one way forward in order to ensure that people can use cycles, ultimately, in a way that they believe is safe.