Cycle Lane Feature Type

Information about the Cycle Lane Feature Type, including a description, use cases for the data, and key attribution.

The Cycle Lane Feature Type can be found in the OS Transport Network Collection of the OS NGD Transport Theme. It provides line geometry depicting the approximate centreline of cycle lanes. This tells you where cycle lane infrastructure is located and gives you key information about Cycle Lane features.

Please note that the Cycle Lane Feature Type is not a topologically structured routable network. Cycle Lane features will be disconnected from one another, as is often the nature of cycle lane infrastructure in the real world.

Use cases

You can use the Cycle Lane Feature Type to:

• Understand where cycle lane infrastructure is located

• Visualise the extent and distribution of cycle lanes

• Gain key information about Cycle Lane features to support asset management of cycle infrastructure

Key attribution

Key attribution for the Cycle Lane Feature Type includes:

• Description: Provides a description of the type of cycle lane and its segregation from the carriageway or pathway (for example, 'Fully Segregated Cycle Track' or 'Segregated Shared Use Cycle Track'). The definitions in the Cycle Lane Description Value Code List have been aligned to government guidance on cycle infrastructure design where possible.

• Modal Width: Provides an indication of the most representative width of the majority of the cycle lane.

• Minimum Width​: Provides an indication of the narrowest point along the cycle lane.

• Direction: Indicates the direction of travel within the cycle lane.

• Link ID: Provides a reference to the Road Link or Path Link the Cycle Lane feature is related to.

• Link ID Feature Type: Indicates whether the Link ID references a Road Link or Path Link.

• Side Of Link: Indicates which side of the Road Link or Path Link the Cycle Lane feature is present on.

• Parent ID: This is the identifier for the whole Cycle Lane feature. The whole Cycle Lane feature is defined as a continuous section of cycle lane that has the same Description attribute value (indicating the type of segregation of the lane), for example, 'Fully Segregated Cycle Track' and 'Segregated Shared Use Cycle Track'. Cycle lanes have been broken into separate cycle lane links in line with the start and end of Road and Path Links to enable a one-to-one relationship. The Parent ID attribute is used to join individual cycle lane links back together to create the full Cycle Lane feature.

Example visualisation showing Cycle Lane features. A background map has been included to provide context.