London commuting.

[si_c]

We could always swap the divisions over so that the cycle lane becomes the car bit and vice versa.

I'm pretty sure that would cause members of the LTDA to explode.

 

[mjr]

If that was real footage there'd be a huge pile-up every morning

Meh, we've some way to go yet! People on bikes are very good at using junctions efficiently, unlike motorists. We need every junction looking like this

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-L-B1aH8AE


Do the junctions have countdown timers that accelerate if more cyclists arrive, like in the Netherlands?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GkCJArNfNY

 

[theclaud]

I have a new weapon to stop me being that person.

Has it involved getting over yourself at all?

 

[mjr]

Don't be silly.

Sorry - I think riding there this week has made me giddy

 

[theclaud]

No, not really.

Some will find that disappointing.

 

[theclaud]

I will do my best to try to give at least a cursory attempt at looking as though I might give a toss.

If only there were some instrument by which this might be measured.

 

[Lonestar]

Blimey,that is Blackfriars Bridge? I really have lost touch with that bridge with all my discoveries of new routes.The CS 2 is starting to become a nightmare now.

 

[mustang1]

Next newbie to whinge that no one wants back at them, show this video.

 

[cyberknight]

Im lucky if i see 5 all the way to work.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Although living and working in London, I can say the same. My commute on a SE to north route is not a busy one at all, untill I get to very near my work of when I start to see a lot more going from east to west heading into London. Though it has gotten busier as the years have gone by. 10 years ago I was lucky to see one other cycle commuter morning or evening. Now, 5 is a good number.

Mind you, the road next to where you work between Deptford and Greenwich now takes a good number of cyclists. It still surprises me how many there are.

 

[ianrauk]

Mind you, the road next to where you work between Deptford and Greenwich now takes a good number of cyclists. It still surprises me how many there are.

Hence my east to west comment.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Hence my east to west comment.

Not contradicting you, I was more noting my astonishment after having lived and ridden in the area for 40+ years.

 

[ianrauk]

Not contradicting you, I was more noting my astonishment after having lived and ridden in the area for 40+ years.

okey doke

 

[Absinthe Minded]

We could always swap the divisions over so that the cycle lane becomes the car bit and vice versa.

What a fabulous idea!

 

[Specialeyes]

I rode from Beckton to Oval and back on business yesterday evening, around 6.00pm and from Blackwall onwards it was heaving with cyclists - I loved it! Compared to the same 3-4 faces I see along the A127 each way it was a real pleasant change to encounter what felt, from my outside-London perspective, like a critical mass. Mind you, it was a beautiful evening. How many will still be there, with lights, in November, I wonder...