Skycycle ... Pie in the sky?

What they could do is take the trains and tracks off all these railways and tarmac over the lot. Then we would have nice fast dry cycle paths away from traffic and with decent facilities at regular intervals.

Given the lossmaking nature of train services it would actually be cheaper than running trains. All those people who would otherwise get on the train would have to be dealt with somehow, I suppose. Minor detail though.

In some fantasy world I'd fucking love this, the ability to travel 50-100 miles by bike in a straightish line rather than dodging through lanes would be very fucking handy. But I am a weird kind of luddite about transport.