Cycling in London

[Origamist]

London TravelWatch, the watchdog for transport users in and around London, supports the Mayor’s wish to quadruple cycling in London, and has published its report Cycling in London, setting out how this should be achieved.

http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/document/3765/get

 

[CotterPin]

Thanks for this, Origamist. Very interesting. From a cursory read the big positive is the recognition that cyclists should be on the road and that sharing space with pedestrians muddies the waters and is should be a last resort.

The big negative for me was that there was a whole section devoted to enforcement and education for cyclists but there seemed to be diddly squat on dealing with dangerous driving. Instead it focussed on engineering solutions and the (I thought) largely moribund LCN+.

 

[gaz]

i wish they would spend more money on making sure utility companies don't dig up roads that are cycle routes, and then porly re-surface them so that cyclists now have to cycle into on coming traffic in order for best saftey.

Such as garrad's road along tooting bec common. such a joke!

 

[Origamist]

i wish they would spend more money on making sure utility companies don't dig up roads that are cycle routes, and then porly re-surface them so that cyclists now have to cycle into on coming traffic in order for best saftey.

Such as garrad's road along tooting bec common. such a joke!

I cycle that road daily - it looks like it has been mortared. The LCN markings are a sick joke.