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CSs hailed as a success:
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/londons-cycle-superhighways-hailed-as-a-success-28877
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/londons-cycle-superhighways-hailed-as-a-success-28877
Hi Matt, back from your annual CC holiday?
It'd be interesting to know the breakdown of the increase in terms of existing cyclists who've changed their route to use the CSs and new cyclists. Also, for the new cyclists, how important were the CSs in determining their choice?
TfL believes that it is reasonable to conclude, at this stage, that this increase is not due to cyclists diverting from parallel routes.
What must not be forgotten is that before the CSs were deployed the routes were increasingly seeing higher cyclist flows, year on year.The Committee’s survey revealed far less enthusiasm from new cyclists for the cycle superhighways compared to the hire scheme. Only one per cent of respondents had started cycling specifically because of the cycle superhighways
Cycle Superhighway route 8
Mayoral Questions: Dec 2010
Question No: 3966 / 2010
Jenny Jones
Will cycle superhighway route 8 comply with the London Cycle Network-recommended
width of 1.5m?
Answer from the Mayor
All cycle lanes on Barclays Cycle Superhighway route 8 will be at least 1.5m
wide, and in many cases, wider. 80% of the route will include marked cycle
lanes, with the legal orders in place for mandatory cycle lanes along 25% of the
route (which are forbidden for use by general traffic). Between Chelsea Bridge
and Westminster, route 8 will mainly consist of new 2m wide mandatory cycle
lanes.
What do they by mandatory bicycle lanes, I was under the impression all bicycle lanes are optional?
What do they by mandatory bicycle lanes, I was under the impression all bicycle lanes are optional?
Cycle problems at Oval
Question No: 434 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
I have received a large number of complaints from cyclists using the Cycle
Superhighway at Oval that they are in conflict with other traffic at this
junction. What is being done to improve the situation?
Written answer from the Mayor
Overall, conditions for cyclists at this junction are a lot safer following the
introduction of Barclays Cycle Superhighway Route 7.
TfL has removed a major conflict point by taking out a southbound filter lane
for general traffic on the A3 at the junction of Kennington Park Road and
Brixton Road. The filter lane meant that cyclists travelling straight on had to
move from the bus lane across two lanes of fast-moving traffic. Now that the
filter lane has been removed, cyclists only need to cross one lane of general
traffic, which has been significantly calmed by the introduction of a signalised
left-hand turning.
Other improvements to cyclist safety at Oval include blue surfacing across the
junctions and trixi mirrors, both of which help make cyclists more visible to
motorists.
The blue paint doesn't make cyclists more visible, it makes the edge of the road where some motorists think we should be more visible.
Are there any decent suggestions about what could happen at this junction?