1.7.1 The Government’s Motorcycling Strategy is a key development in government thinking on this mode of transport and represents the first strategy of its kind to be produced in Europe.

The strategy effectively “mainstreams” motorcycling into core transport policy and underpins other work which has already been done to incorporate motorcycling into guidance for Local Transport Plans.

Other government resources can now be linked with The Government’s Motorcycling Strategy, for example TAL 2/02 Motorcycle Parking and the relevant sections of PPG13: Transport.

1.7.2 The Government’s Motorcycling Strategy builds on the work of the Advisory Group on Motorcycling whose final report was published in August 2004. It covers a number of aspects of motorcycling including rider safety, training, vehicle safety and security.

These Guidelines extend on the The Government’s Motorcycling Strategy in the relevant sections that deal with policy and planning, parking provision, traffic engineering, road design, maintenance, road safety and road safety audit.