A keen Norwich cyclist writes to us today to tell us why the city's multi-million-pound Push the Pedalways scheme has stopped him cycling.

I've been made redundant from what was previously a great pleasure – riding a bicycle on the streets of Norwich.

Sixty years ago, aged seven, a much loved birthday present allowed me to upgrade from a hand-me-down girl's bike (from my four sisters) to my very own first NEW boy's bike from Fieldings Bicycle Shop in Magdalen Street. I regularly rode that bicycle – and its successors – the seven miles from Spixworth to Bracondale School via the, then, two-way traffic in Magdalen Street for the following 10 years, without incident.

Fast forward now to the Magdalen Street of 2016.

The Push the Pedalways initiative has seen massive changes throughout the city and, for me, has succeeded in guaranteeing that I no longer have the courage to tackle the potential dangers for cyclists the scheme has created in, for example, Magdalen Street. I'm quite sure my near neighbours in Tombland and those further afield across Norwich can tell a similar tale. Friends from Dutch and German cities are bemused by this attempt to create cycle routes in the medieval streets in the centre of Norwich. My specific concern is that in creating a dedicated cycle lane travelling against the flow of traffic – as in Magdalen Street – cyclists in that lane are in real danger of being 'squished' by the oncoming vehicles overtaking a cyclist cycling out of Norwich.

As a pedestrian, a cyclist, bus passenger and a motorist in Norwich I think there has to be a better solution. The 'one size fits all' approach across the city is a nonsense. Expensive traffic calming humps as far as the eye can see? Dig 'em all up – get rid of the lot. Employ a single 'randomly roaming' enforcement officer with a speed gun – they could easily raise enough revenue in a couple of weeks to eliminate the National Debt. And cycle lanes through medieval streets? Think again.

Oliver Chastney

Lowes Yard, Norwich

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