SkyCycle (proposed transport project)

SkyCycle was a proposed transport infrastructure project for London of a 219-kilometre (136 mi) network of elevated cycle paths above train tracks.^[1][2] The routes would have had a width of up to 15 metres (49 ft), and be accessed by over 200 ramps throughout the city,^[2] subject to a toll of £1.^[3] The developers of the project estimated that the cycle paths would accommodate 400,000 riders during rush hour and shave 30 minutes off current travel time.^[4] If the project became a reality, its construction was estimated to take over 20 years.^[4] The project was the creation of landscape architects Exterior Architecture and Space Syntax, with whom Norman Foster of Foster and Partners had been working since 2012.^[5] The proposals were welcomed by Network Rail.^[6]