The bikes first roundabout makes its UK debut

This week I’m combining the transport innovation and building of the week features to write about this: the Fendon Road roundabout in Cambridge. It’s the first one in the country to use a Dutch design, introduced in the Netherlands from 2010, which puts active transport users first.

Drivers slow down and give way to pedestrians, then to cyclists and then to other cars, both on entering and exiting the roundabout. It’s best understood with an aerial shot, which also shows off the flow through tho...