Simon Parker's London Cycle Map is calling for trails of coloured signs and road markings to be added to the streets of the London Cycle Network. The result would be a vast network of easy-to-follow Tube-style routes criss-crossing the capital in all directions, enabling Londoners to cycle from anywhere to anywhere by following just a few coloured routes. 

This may sound like a pipe dream, but the precedent has been set elsewhere.

Bracknell Forest Council has equipped some sections of the local cycle network with colour-coded signage to make the routes easier to follow. So far, there is a Red Route which connects the Look Out Discovery Centre and Coral Reef Waterworld to Bracknell town centre, the Blue Route which is a circular route running from Coral Reef to Lily Hill Park, and the Yellow Route which runs from the town centre via Wildridings to South Hill Park – where it links up with the Red Route.

What a visionary policy!